Blood Oath (1990)

5.6/10 108 min Drama War

Overview

On an obscure Pacific Island just north of Australia, the Japanese Empire has operated a prisoner of war camp for Australian soldiers. At the close of World War II, the liberated POWs tell a gruesome tale of mass executions of over eight hundred persons as well as torture style killings of downed Australian airmen. In an attempt to bring those responsible to justice, the Australian Army establishes a War Crimes Tribunal to pass judgement on the Japanese men and officers who ran the Ambon camp. In an added twist, a high ranking Japanese admiral is implicated, and politics become involoved with justice as American authorities in Japan lobby for the Admiral's release. Written by Anthony Hughes

Cast

Bryan Brown

Captain Cooper

George Takei

Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi

Terry O'Quinn

Major Beckett

John Bach

Major Roberts

Deborah Kara Unger

Sister Littell

John Clarke

Sheedy

Russell Crowe

Lt. Corbett

John Polson

Private Jimmy Fenton

Tetsu Watanabe

Captain Ikeuchi

Nicholas Eadie

Sgt. Keenan

Jason Donovan

Private Talbot

Sokyu Fujita

Mr. Matsugae

Ray Barrett

President of the Bench

Kazuhiro Muroyama

Lt. Noburo Kamura

David Argue

Flt. Lt. Eddy Fenton

Donal Gibson

Corporal Patterson

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