The Highest Honor
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The Highest Honor is a 1983 Japanese-Australian film about Operation Jaywick
and Operation Rimau
by Z Special Unit
during World War II
. The same story inspired the mini-series Heroes (1988) and Heroes 2: The Return (1991).
Operation Jaywick
Operation Jaywick was a special operation undertaken in World War II. In September 1943, 14 commandos and sailors from the Z Special Unit raided Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour, sinking seven ships.- Background :...
and Operation Rimau
Operation Rimau
Operation Rimau was an attack on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour, carried out by an Allied commando unit Z Special Unit, during World War II using Australian built MKIII folboats. It was a follow-up to the successful Operation Jaywick, which had taken place in 1943, and Rimau, a shortened...
by Z Special Unit
Z Special Unit
Z Special Unit was a joint Allied special forces unit formed during the Second World War to operate behind Japanese lines in South East Asia...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. The same story inspired the mini-series Heroes (1988) and Heroes 2: The Return (1991).
Cast
- John Howard as Capt. R.C. Page
- Stuart WilsonStuart WilsonStuart Wilson is an English actor.-Early life:Wilson was born in Guildford, Surrey, to an RAF family, and consequently had a varied educational history. Having relocated to London, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After leaving Royal Academy of Dramatic Art he played in theatres...
as Lt. Gen. Ivan LyonIvan LyonLieutenant-Colonel Ivan Lyon DSO, MBE was a British soldier and military intelligence agent during Second World War... - Michael AitkensMichael AitkensMichael Aitkens is a British writer of drama scripts for movies, television, and the traditional stage. He is well known in the UK for the BAFTA nominated BBC situation comedy Waiting for God, first shown in 1990. He has written for many of the UK's favourite drama and comedy series.Michael...
- Vincent BallVincent BallVincent Ball is an Australian actor who has worked both in Australia and in the United Kingdom....
- Craig Ballard as Lt. B. Raymond
- James BeltonJames BeltonJames Belton was an Australian politician. He was born in Talbot, Victoria. In 1909 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Darwin. He was a minister from 1914 to 1916, but resigned to run for the Senate in 1917. He was re-elected in a by-election in July of that...
as Lt. H.R. Ross - Steve BisleySteve BisleySteve Bisley is an Australian film and television actor, who attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art .-Acting career:...
as A.B. W.G. Falls - Tony BonnerTony BonnerTony Bonner is an Australian television, film and stage actor and singer. Bonner became famous in the 1960s children's television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, later moving on to lead roles in the dramas Cop Shop and Skyways.-Early life:Bonner was born in Manly, a northern beach suburb of Sydney...
as Lt. W.G. Carey - Alan CassellAlan CassellAlan Cassell is an Australian actor, born in the UK and best known for his roles in film and television.Cassell was one of the actors who worked in Bruce Beresford's early Australian films....
as Lt. Ted Carse - Warren ColemanWarren ColemanWarren Coleman was an American operatic baritone. He created the roles of Crown in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess and the role of John Kumalo in Weill's Lost in the Stars, in the premiere of both shows on Broadway....
as Leading Seaman K.P. Cain - Diane CraigDiane CraigDiane Mary Craig is an actress born in County Down, Northern Ireland but who is best known for her performances on Australian television....
as Mrs. Page - Slim DeGrey as Leading Stoker J.P. McDowell
- George DuffGeorge DuffCaptain George Duff RN was a British naval officer during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, who was killed by a cannon ball at the battle of Trafalgar....
as Cpl. A.G. Campbell - Tim ElstonTim ElstonTim Elston is an Australian actor. He was known for his acting roles on television as Detective Mitchell in Bellamy, Dr Scott Collins in Prisoner and police sergeant Warren Bryant in Richmond Hill.-External links:...
as Sgt. D.P. Gooley - Takuya Fujioka as Matsumoto
- Ken Goodlet as Bill Reynolds
- John GriffithsJohn GriffithsJohn Griffiths AM is a Welsh Labour Co-operative politician and the Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development...
as Sgt. C.B. Cameron - Riki Harada as Sgt. Imai
- Michael Harrs as Lt Cpl. J.T. Hardy
- Mark Hembrow as Able Seaman F.W. Marsh
- Noel HoddaNoel HoddaNoel Hodda is an Australian actor, writer, dramaturge, director and teacher.He is a graduate of The National Institute of Dramatic Art at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.-Stage Work:...
as Able Seaman M.M. Berryman - Harold HopkinsHarold HopkinsHarold Horace Hopkins FRS was a renowned British physicist. His Wave Theory of Aberrations, , is central to all modern optical design and provides the mathematical analysis which enables the use of computers to create the wealth of high quality lenses available today...
as Cpl. C.M. Stewart - Andrew Inglis as Able Seaman A.M. Jones
- Kin'ya KitaôjiKin'ya Kitaojiis a Japanese actor.-Early life:He was born in Kyoto, son of famous jidaigeki film star Ichikawa Utaemon, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences Ⅱ in Tokyo.-Acting career:...
as Tachibana - Hôsei Komatsu as Yabe
- Veronica Lang as Mrs. Lyon
- John LeyJohn Ley-Life:He was born in Warwick 4 February 1583, and received his early education at the free school in that town. On 12 February 1602 he entered Christ Church, Oxford, and graduated B.A. and M.A. . Taking holy orders he was presented to the vicarage of Great Budworth, Cheshire, in 1616. He...
as Lt. A.I. Sargent - George MallabyGeorge MallabyGeorge Mallaby was a British-born actor, best known for his roles in Australian television.-Life:Mallaby was born in Hartlepool, England, and came to Australia with his parents when he was 16. His father was a policeman...
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Davidson - Hu Yin Mong as Lu Ran Shi
- Atsuo Nakamura as Minoru Tamiya
- Yû Numazaki as Capt. Nomura
- Neil Redfern as WO2 A. Warren
- Jiro SakagamiJirō Sakagamiwas a Japanese comedian, actor, and singer.-Career:Sakagami was born in Kagoshima Prefecture but spent most of his childhood in Manchukuo. Winning an NHK song contest at age 19, he headed to Tokyo to try to make a name in the entertainment business, eventually training as a comedian at the Asakusa...
as Kimura - Tarô ShigakiTaro Shigakiis a Japanese actor and voice actor.-Voice roles:* André Grandier in The Rose of Versailles* Franz, Fritz in Nutcracker Fantasy* Saki Vashtal in Area 88 * Soldier Blue in Toward the Terra * Siegfried in Swan Lake...
as Hayakawa - Trevor Sommers as Sub. Lt. J.G. Riggs
- Mizuho SuzukiMizuho Suzuki' is a Japanese actor and seiyū from Manchuria. He is a drop-out of Kyoto University.-Film:*Dun-Huang *Kaabee *Makai Tensho...
as Maj. Gen. Kawamura - Jonathan Sweey as Cpl. A. Crilley
- Hajime Tawara as Sgt. Maj. Omori
- Garry Waddell as Cpl. R.B. Fletcher