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User Rating:
6.8/10   395 votes
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Director:
Stephen Wallace
Writers:
Denis Whitburn (screenplay) and
Brian A. Williams (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
26 July 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Tagline:
Law and justice are not necessarily compatible . . . [UK Video] more
Plot:
The island of Ambon in Indonesia, 1945. During the War, the number of Australian POWs on the island... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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User Comments:
Excellent. more (6 total)

Cast

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Bryan Brown ... Captain Cooper

George Takei ... Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi

Terry O'Quinn ... Major Beckett
John Bach ... Major Roberts
Toshi Shioya ... Lt. Tanaka
John Clarke ... Sheedy

Deborah Kara Unger ... Sister Littell (as Deborah Unger)

John Polson ... Private Jimmy Fenton

Russell Crowe ... Lt. Corbett
Nicholas Eadie ... Sgt. Keenan
Jason Donovan ... Private Talbot
Tetsu Watanabe ... Captain Ikeuchi
Sokyu Fujita ... Mr. Matsugae
Ray Barrett ... President of the Bench
Kazuhiro Muroyama ... Lt. Noburo Kamura
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Prisoners of the Sun (USA)
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Runtime:
108 min
Country:
Australia
Language:
English | Japanese
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 (bw) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Iceland:16
Filming Locations:
Queensland, Australia more
Company:
Blood Oath Productions more

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12 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent., 29 June 2001
9/10
Author: artzau from Sacramento, CA

There is a video for this film and it is a good one. The story, a post WW2 investigation of atrocities committed against allied prisoners of war by the Japanese Imperial Army, is a gripping one with an ironic twist. George Takei, the lovable Sulu from the old Star Trek plays a first class slime. Bryant Brown is dynamic (isn't he always) and there are other excellent performances turned in by Japanese actors Tetsu Watanabe and Toshi Shioya. This is not a film for the faint of heart. The story line often presented in flashback is tense and intense. The final scenes with their political agendized justice leaves all us with much to ponder. An excellent film in many respects. A wrenching portrait of a terrible time in our history. Check it out.

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