Attack Force Z
5.4
Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific during WWII, Captain Kelly and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who could hold the secret to peace.
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Mel Gibson
Captain Kelly
Known for
Braveheart
Signs
John Phillip Law
Lieutenant Veitch
Known for
Barbarella
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Sam Neill
Sergeant Costello
Known for
Jurassic Park
Peaky Blinders
Chris Haywood
Able Seaman A.D. 'Sparrer' Bird
Known for
Sleeping Beauty
Quigley Down Under
Sylvia Chang Ai-chia
Chien Hua
Known for
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Eat Drink Man Woman
Ko Chun-Hsiung
Lin Chan-Lang
Known for
Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Island of Fire
John Waters
Ted King
Known for
2:22
Breaker Morant
Val Champion
Ed Ayres
No other roles listed
Yi Yuan
Imanaka
Also in
Fearless Fighters
Shaolin Kung Fu
Ku Chun
Rice Farmer
Known for
A Summer at Grandpa's
Wei Su
Wong Chong
Also in
Beautiful Duckling
All the King's Men
Yu Wang
Oshiko Imoguchi
Also in
Execution in Autumn
The World of Drunken Master
Tim Burstall Director · Roger Marshall Screenplay Lin Hung-chung Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $88K · United States release June 11, 1982 · Produced in Australia, Taiwan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$88,000
Production
Fauna Productions
Production
Central Motion Picture Corporation
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Australian Film Commission
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John McCallum Productions
Production
Australia · Taiwan
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English · Japanese
Release dates
France · May 18, 1981
Premiere · Cannes (non-festival pick)
United States · June 11, 1982
Theatrical
Australia
June 1, 1982 · Theatrical
Germany
June 10, 1982 · Theatrical
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