The Highest Honour
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The Highest Honour is a 1982 Australian/Japanese co-production[3] about Operation Jaywick and Operation Rimau by Z Special Unit during World War II.[4]
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The Highest Honour | |
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Directed by | Peter Maxwell Seiji Maruyama |
Written by | Lee Robinson Katsuya Susaki |
Based on | book by Yuzuru Shinozaki |
Produced by | Lee Robinson executive John McCallum |
Starring | John Howard Steve Bisley |
Cinematography | John McLean |
Music by | Eric Jupp |
Production company | Southern International Films |
Distributed by | Seven Network (AUS) Toho (Japan) Enterprise (UK) New World Pictures (US)[1] |
Release dates | 15 May 1982(Japan) January 18, 1985 (USA) 9 August 1989 (Australian TV) |
Running time | 96 mins(US) 108 mins (AUS) 143 mins (Japan) |
Countries | Australia Japan |
Languages | English Japanese |
Budget | over A$5 million[2] |
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The same story inspired the TV mini-series Heroes (1988) and Heroes II: The Return (1991).