Prisoners of the Sun Movie Review 1991

Right after WWII an Australian captain fights to convict Japanese officers for atrocities against Allied POWs, but he's stonewalled by both the U.S. military and still-defiant enemy prisoners. 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.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 109 minutes.
Originally from Australian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Order in the Court, World War II, Japan, Down Under, Justice Prevails...?, POW/MIA

Cast

Bryan Brown, George Takei, Terry O'Quinn, John Back, Toshi Shioya, Deborah Kara Unger

Director

Stephen Wallace

Producer

Skouras Pictures