Prisoners of the Sun

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Prisoners of the Sun ★★★ Blood Oath 1991 (R)

Right after WWII an Australian captain fights to convict Japa nese officers for atrocities against Allied POWs, but he's stonewalled by both the U.S. military and stilldefiant enemy pris oners. This fiery drama from Down Under packs a punch as it questions whether wartime justice even exists; similar in that way to Brown's earlier “Breaker Morant.” Takei (Sulu of the original “Star Trek”) makes an imposing Japanese admiral. 109m/C VHS, DVD . AU Bryan Brown, George Takei, Terry O'Quinn, John Back, Toshi Shioya, Deborah Kara Unger; D: Stephen Wallace.

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