Release Date

15 Dec, 1991

Runtime

03:20: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

2/1

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Heroes II: The Return

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Mini-series

15 Dec, 1991

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.

Actors

Nathaniel Parker

John Bach

Craig McLachlan

Miranda Otto

Simon Burke

寺泉憲

Mark Lewis Jones

Ian Bolt

Anne-Louise Lambert

Wayne Scott Kermond

Troy Willats

Kelly Dingwall

John O'Hare

Kenneth Radley

Brett Partridge

Malcolm Robertson

Barbara Lowing

Edmund Pegge

Kate Sheil

Kit Taylor

Felix Nobis

Crew

Suza Maybury

Jill Porter

Nikki Gooley

Graham Benson

Carol Hughes

Roger Dowling

Peter Yeldham

Anthony Buckley

Virginia Bieneman

Wayne LeClos

Cassie Hanlon

Bernard Hides

Graham Purcell

Donald Crombie