Heroes II: The Return
Drama
War & Politics
Heroes II: the Return is a 1991 Australian mini-series about Operation Rimau during World War II. The true and tragic story of Operation Rimau, one of the most daring raids of WW2. In September 1944 Ivan Lyon and 22 Australian and British troops attempted to blow up Japanese ships in Singapore. Just 10 miles away from the target they are discovered and so begin a long and desperate bid to escape to Australia. The series shows how after the war it is revealled that 13 men were killed during the pursuit and that the remaining 10 were murdered by the Japanese in a war crime. Tragically this was covered up and their killers were never charged while the men themselves never received any honours for their heroism.
1991-12-15
en
Cast
Nathaniel Parker as Lt. Col. Ivan Lyon
John Bach as Lt. Cmdr Donald 'Davo" Davidson
Craig McLachlan as Lt. Walter Carey
Miranda Otto as Roma Page
Simon Burke as Capt. Ellis
Ken Teraizumi as Hiroyuki Furuta
Mark Lewis Jones as Royal Marine Maj. Reggie Ingleton
Ian Bolt as Lt. Bobby Ross
Anne-Louise Lambert as Nancy Davidson
John O'Hare as Cpl. Flectcher
Kenneth Radley as Warr. Off. Alf Warren
Brett Partridge as Lt. Andrew 'Blondie' Sargent
Barbara Lowing as Gabrielle Lyon
Edmund Pegge as Maj. Chapman
Wayne Pygram as Lt. Bruno Reymond
Peter Muller as Riggs
Jonathan Sweet as Mackenzie
Robin Bowering as Marsham
Taro Ishida as General Otsuka
Gō Awazu as Mikizawa
Kazuhiro Muroyama as Major Kamiya
Warwick Tennant Moss as General Steven
Brian McDermott as Brigadier Johns