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Blood Oath is a film of genre Drama directed by Stephen Wallace released in USA on 26 july 1990 with Bryan Brown
Blood Oath (1990)
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Add to a movie listBlood 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.
The film was the first film debut for both Russell Crowe and Jason Donovan, in minor roles. It 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".
Actors
Bryan Brown
(Captain Cooper)
George Takei
(Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi)
Terry O'Quinn
(Major Beckett)
John Bach
(Major Roberts)
Deborah Kara Unger
(Sister Littell)
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