Blood Oath (film)
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 Blood Oath Australian DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Stephen Wallace |
| Produced by | Charles Waterstreet Denis Whitburn |
| Written by | Denis Whitburn Brian A. Williams |
| Starring | Bryan Brown George Takei Terry O'Quinn |
| Music by | David McHugh |
| Cinematography | Russell Boyd |
| Editing by | Nicholas Beauman |
| Distributed by | Roadshow Entertainment |
| Release date(s) |  26 July 1990 26 July 1990 15 March 1991 |
| Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English Japanese |
Blood Oath is a 1990 Australian feature film, known in some countries as Prisoners of the Sun. The film is based on the real-life trial of Japanese soldiers for war crimes committed against Allied prisoners of war on the island of Ambon, in the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), such as the Laha massacre of 1942.
It was directed by Stephen Wallace and co-written by Denis Whitburn and Brian A. Williams. The cast included Bryan Brown, George Takei, Terry O'Quinn, John Bach, John Clarke, Deborah Kara Unger, John Polson, Nicholas Eadie, David Argue and Ray Barrett.
Blood Oath was notable as the first feature film for both Russell Crowe and Jason Donovan, in minor roles.
The film was nominated for several AFI Awards in 1990, including "Best Film". It won the AFI Awards for "Best Achievement in Sound" and "Best Achievement in Costume Design".
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[edit] Cast
- Bryan Brown as Captain Cooper
- George Takei as Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi
- Terry O'Quinn as Major Beckett
- John Bach as Major Roberts
- Sokyu Fujita as Mr. Matsugae
- John Clarke as Sheedy
- Deborah Unger as Sister Littell
- John Polson as Private Jimmy Fenton
- Russell Crowe as Lt. Corbett
- Nicholas Eadie as Sgt. Keenan
- Jason Donovan as Private Talbot
- Toshi Shioya as Lt. Tanaka
- Ray Barrett as President of the Bench
[edit] Box office
Blood Oath grossed $707,194 at the box office in Australia.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Prisoners of the Sun at the Internet Movie Database
- Blood Oath at the National Film and Sound Archive
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