Blood Oath (1990)
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
Director:
Stephen Wallace
Writers:
Denis Whitburn, Brian A. Williams.
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Bryan Brown as Captain Cooper |
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George Takei as Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi |
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Terry O'Quinn as Major Beckett |
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John Bach as Major Roberts |
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Toshi Shioya as Lt. Tanaka |
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Deborah Kara Unger as Sister Littell |
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John Clarke as Sheedy |
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Russell Crowe as Lt. Corbett |
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John Polson as Private Jimmy Fenton |
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Tetsu Watanabe as Captain Ikeuchi |
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Nicholas Eadie as Sgt. Keenan |
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Jason Donovan as Private Talbot |
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Sokyu Fujita as Mr. Matsugae |
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Ray Barrett as President of the Bench |
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Kazuhiro Muroyama as Lt. Noburo Kamura |
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David Argue as Flt. Lt. Eddy Fenton |
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Yuichiro Senga as Lt. Shimada |
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Andrew Booth as Pvt. Mitchell |
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Malcolm Cork as Australian Soldier |
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Donal Gibson as Corporal Patterson |
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Shane McNamara as Major Roberts' Aide |
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Peter Waterstreet as Flight Sgt. O'Donnell |
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Tim Reuther as Flight Lt. Smith |
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Matthew Keyes as Corporal Rogers |
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Christina Ongley as Nurse Pearson |
| Directing | Stephen Wallace | Director |
| Writing | Denis Whitburn | Screenplay |
| Writing | Brian A. Williams | Screenplay |
| Camera | Ian Bird | Grip |
| Camera | Ray Brown | Key Grip |
| Camera | Warren Grieef | Grip |
| Camera | John Platt | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Jim Townley | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Aron Walker | Grip |
| Camera | David Williamson | Camera Operator |
| Sound | David McHugh | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Nicholas Beauman | Editor |
| Production | Charles Waterstreet | Producer |
| Production | Denis Whitburn | Producer |
| Art | Bernard Hides | Production Design |
| Art | Virginia Bieneman | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lesley Vanderwalt | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cheryl Williams | Hairstylist |
| Visual Effects | Roger Cowland | Visual Effects |
| Camera | Russell Boyd | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Russell Boyd | Cinematography |