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Bookmark this pageBlood Oath (1990)
Director: Stephen Wallace
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From Time Out Film Guide
Ambon Island, Indonesia, 1946: dejected Japanese PoWs lead members of the Australian Army Legal Corps to a hidden clearing where scores of Australian PoWs were executed by prison camp guards. What follows is run-of-the-mill courtroom drama as Captain Robert Cooper (Brown, predictably curt), the hard-line prosecutor assigned to the war crimes case, questions suspects: Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi (Takei, impressive), his sadistic underling Captain Ikeuchi (Watanabe), and a young Japanese signals officer (Shioya). The result may be of historical interest to those unfamiliar with some of the lesser-known details of WWII, and goes some way towards highlighting cultural differences and opposing views of war. Jason Donovan makes his big screen debut: two minutes and the immortal line, 'Do you need anything?' Quite.Author: DA
Cast & crew
Director: Stephen Wallace
Producer: Charles Waterstreet, Denis Whitburn, Brian Williams
Cast: Bryan Brown, George Takei, Terry O'Quinn, John Bach, Toshi Shioya, John Clarke, Tetsu Watanabe, Deborah Unger, John Polson, Jason Donovan full cast
Duration: 108 mins
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