Blood Oath

Blood Oath

108 mins | Drama, War | July 26, 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

Blood Oath

108 mins | Drama, War | July 26, 1990

Blood Oath
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
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Blood Oath Productions, Siege, Sovereign Pictures
Original title Blood Oath
Directors Stephen Wallace
Writers Brian A. Williams, Denis Whitburn

Cast

Bryan Brown

as Captain Cooper

George Takei

as Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi

Terry O'Quinn

as Major Beckett

John Bach

as Major Roberts

Toshi Shioya

as Lt. Tanaka

Deborah Kara Unger

as Sister Littell

John Clarke

as Sheedy

Russell Crowe

as Lt. Corbett

John Polson

as Private Jimmy Fenton

Tetsu Watanabe

as Captain Ikeuchi

Nicholas Eadie

as Sgt. Keenan

Jason Donovan

as Private Talbot

Sokyu Fujita

as Mr. Matsugae

Ray Barrett

as President of the Bench

Kazuhiro Muroyama

as Lt. Noburo Kamura

David Argue

as Flt. Lt. Eddy Fenton

Yuichiro Senga

as Lt. Shimada