Blood Oath (film)

Infobox Film
name = Blood Oath


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caption = "Blood Oath" DVD cover
director = Stephen Wallace
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writer = Denis Whitburn
Brian A. Williams
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starring = Bryan Brown
George Takei
Terry O'Quinn
music =
cinematography = Russell Boyd
editing =
distributor = Roadshow Entertainment
released = 1990
runtime = 108 min.
country = AUS
language = English / Japanese
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imdb_id = 0100414

"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".

ee also

*Netherlands East Indies campaign
*Japanese war crimes

External links

[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100414/ "Prisoners of the Sun"] at [http://www.imdb.com/ IMDB]
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=248443;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Blood Oath at the National Film and Sound Archive]