Attack Force Z

original title:
Attack Force Z
other titles:
Z-tzu te kung tui, The Z Men, (Die grünen Teufel vom Mekong)
country / year of production:
Australia , Taiwan / 1982
original length:
93 min. , color
premiere:
D: 5 February 1982
genre:
action
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director:
Tim Burstall
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cast (role):
John Phillip Law , Mel Gibson , Sam Neill
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plot synopsis:
Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II. Force Z is the name of an Australian military corps. A plane carrying a high-profile Japanese defector lands accidently somewhere in the South Pacific and Force Z has to find it. But there is a traitor right in the middle of the good guys. The allied group of five people saves the life of the diplomat and defector and protects him from the enemy.
keywords:
island , execution , special forces , liberation , escape , behind enemy lines
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
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Was filmed in Taiwan.
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