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Prisoners of the Sun |  | Actors: David Argue, John Bach, Ray Barrett, Andrew Booth, John Clarke
Studio: Allumination
Category: DVD
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 39295
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: UAVD40647D
UPC: 084296061136
EAN: 0084296061136
ASIN: B00029NLLO
Theatrical Release Date: 1991
Release Date: August 24, 2004
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Studio: Peace Arch Home Entertain Release Date: 03/04/2008 Run time: 108 minutes
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Prisoners of the Sun September 25, 2009
Ramona L. Thomsen
Altho in this movie, Russell Crowe has not yet begun to reach his acting pinnacle, it is a fair movie and definitely one that belongs in any complete Russell Crowe movie collection
Gripping account of wartime atrocities. June 22, 2008
Robert Hansen (San Lorenzo, California)
This is a horrific account of wartime atrocities committed by Japanese troops during World War II. Anyone who sees this or knows the true story would not dispute the need to have used the Atomic Bomb. Even though it is dramatized, it does use people that really existed and something that actually happened to tell the story. The question posed is "why were some obviously guilty people" given a pass (for political exigencies) while an honest person caught up in the situation punished for following orders. Food for thought.
 In war often justice is not sweet January 6, 2008
BernardZ (Melbourne, vic Australia)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am not a great fan of Australian movies but this one is good.
The story itself is of a small war crimes tribunal of major significance to Australians but no-one else. In February 1942, about 1000 soldiers mainly Australians were taken by the Japanese to a camp. When the camp was liberated in 1945, only 139 Allied POWs survived. The film focus on the trial after the war mainly from the prosecution trying to pursue a case the public demanded but the Allied leaders found inconvenient and messy. To do this they follow two events that occurred at the camp the mass killing of 300 Australian soldiers and execution of 4 Australian airmen. The tragedy at the end is the man who was executed by the court I think probably should not have been. Even the prosecution did not want him executed. It is a common problem that it is harder in law to convict the person who ordered the event then the one who did it.
The acting, I thought was good.
The big problem when filming such an event is few actors would let themselves become skeletons, which is what the survivors are. So it is going to lack realism and there is nothing anyone can do about that. Even big budget movies have this problem. The filming was interesting mainly because it was done so cheaply. Check out the directors commentary, as he has some interesting comments on this topic.
Prisoners of the Sun September 16, 2007
Sandra L. Foster (St. Petersburg, FL United States)
This was a heroic story about Australian prisoners of the Japanese. I had never thought about other countries having POW's but this opened my eyes that all of our most loyal allies also have their tragedies and triumphs. Good movie.
One Soldier's Faith October 30, 2006
Artist & Author (Near Mt. Baker, WA)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
There is one aspect of this movie that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere, and I am surprised because it really is central to the story. This movie shows only one Japanese soldier who was executed as a result of the trial. (There were actually six executed by the time the trials were over; 85 went free.) What is interesting about the man who was executed is that he was a Christian, a Roman Catholic. He had already gone home to Japan, and was free. We aren't told if he was a Christian before he went to the island where the prisoner of war camp was located, or if he converted while there, or after he went back home to Japan.
However, he knew that he had executed one of the Australian airmen by beheading so he voluntarily went back to stand trial and to testify. It is subtle, but very clear that he went back because of his Christian faith; that he had to tell the truth and face whatever the consequences may be. While all the other Japanese on trial were lying about the execution of over 300 Australians, this one Christian Japanese soldier told the truth. He could tell the truth because his faith was stronger than his human fear of death. That encouraged one or two others to start to tell the truth. The officer who actually ordered the killings was so angry he tore the cross necklace from this Christian Japanese's neck.
I won't give the outcome of the movie for those who don't know it. However, I will say that the movie ends with the camera focused on this Christian soldier's Rosary/crucifix held in his hands. I would say that without this aspect of the movie, it never would have been made. Who would want to watch a movie where 85 out of 91 brutal, heartless soldiers, killers, on trial went free because of their lying and the politics of the post-WWII period?
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