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Blood Oath (1990)

Blood Oath (1990)

Drama War

Where does war end and murder begin?

Release Date: 1990, July 26
Directors: Stephen Wallace
Countries: Australia
Production: Blood Oath, Siege, Sovereign Pictures, Village Roadshow
Cast: John Bach, Russell Crowe, Tetsu Watanabe, George Takei, John Polson, Donal Gibson, Bryan Brown, Deborah Kara Unger, Terry O'Quinn, Kazuhiro Muroyama, Ray Barrett, John Clarke

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

Keywords:

1940s war crimes prisoner of war indonesia ambon