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Blood Oath (1990) [R]

Release Date:
July 26, 1990

Original Title:
Blood Oath

Alternate Titles:
Prisoners of the Sun

Genres:
Drama | War

Production Companies:
Blood Oath
Siege
Sovereign Pictures
Village Roadshow Entertainment

Production Countries:
Australia

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  US: R 

Runtime: 108

Where does war end and murder begin?

Overview from TheMovieDB

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

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Production

Art Direction:
Virginia Bieneman

Camera Operator:
David Williamson

Cinematography:
Russell Boyd

Director:
Stephen Wallace

Editor:
Nicholas Beauman

Focus Puller:
John Platt

Grip:
Aron Walker
Warren Grieef
Ian Bird

Hairstylist:
Cheryl Williams

Key Grip:
Ray Brown

Makeup Artist:
Lesley Vanderwalt

Original Music Composer:
David McHugh

Producer:
Denis Whitburn
Charles Waterstreet

Production Design:
Bernard Hides

Screenplay:
Brian A. Williams
Denis Whitburn

Still Photographer:
Jim Townley

Visual Effects:
Roger Cowland

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