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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Blood Oath
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Based on the true story of an Australian Army captain who, in 1946, was assigned by the Australian Army Legal Corps to prosecute Japanese soldiers for their role in the Laha Massacre (1942) and other incidents at Ambon Island POW camp between the fall of Ambon to the Japanese in 1942 and the end of the war.

Set against the background of international power politics, the script attempts to portray the perplexing issue of war guilt through the rhetoric of courtroom drama. It can usefully be compared with the Japanese documentary The Tokyo Trial (1984), the second half of which deals with the trial of twenty-eight alleged war criminals.

Notes

  • The co-author of the screenplay and author of the novelisation, Brian A. Williams, is the son of John Williams, the Australian officer who worked as prosecutor in the Ambon war-crimes trial (re-named Captain Cooper in the film).

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y separately published work icon Blood Oath Brian A. Williams , North Ryde London : Angus and Robertson , 1990 Z287177 1990 single work novel

A novelised account of the war crimes trials held on the islands of Ambon and Morotai following the end of World War II.
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Works about this Work

The Power of Film Captures Our Lives in War Garry Maddox , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 25 April 2012; (p. 3)
Strange Affinities: Representation and Affect in Australian POW Drama Peter Williams , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 65 no. 2 2005; (p. 71-85)
y separately published work icon 'Blood Oath' Bryan Kinneen , 2003 Perth : Centre for Research in Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) , 2003 Z1609514 2003 single work criticism Research undertaken by a student of the Centre for Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) into Blood Oath (1990). Includes aspects relating to the production phase, critical reception, principal performers and production crew, references and a synopsis.
A Writer in the Making Anabel Dean , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 May 1994; (p. 24)
Japan Gets a War Lesson Tom Ormonde , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 16 March 1991; (p. 4) The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 March 1991; (p. 25)
Australian as Victims Sandra Hall , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 31 July vol. 112 no. 5729 1990; (p. 98-99)
— Review of Blood Oath Denis Whitburn , Brian A. Williams , 1990 single work film/TV
A Slow Trip to Dramatic Heart Neil Jillett , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 July 1990; (p. 14)
— Review of Blood Oath Denis Whitburn , Brian A. Williams , 1990 single work film/TV
Blood Oath and a Bloody Beauty M. D. , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , September vol. 2 no. 3 1990; (p. 43)
— Review of The Big Steal David Parker , 1990 single work film/TV ; Blood Oath Denis Whitburn , Brian A. Williams , 1990 single work film/TV
Strange Affinities: Representation and Affect in Australian POW Drama Peter Williams , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 65 no. 2 2005; (p. 71-85)
y separately published work icon 'Blood Oath' Bryan Kinneen , 2003 Perth : Centre for Research in Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) , 2003 Z1609514 2003 single work criticism Research undertaken by a student of the Centre for Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) into Blood Oath (1990). Includes aspects relating to the production phase, critical reception, principal performers and production crew, references and a synopsis.
The Power of Film Captures Our Lives in War Garry Maddox , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 25 April 2012; (p. 3)
A Writer in the Making Anabel Dean , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 May 1994; (p. 24)
Japan Gets a War Lesson Tom Ormonde , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 16 March 1991; (p. 4) The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 March 1991; (p. 25)
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