Above the War (1989)

Genre : Action, War

Runtime : 1H 35M

Director : Ken Watanabe
Writer : Ken Watanabe

Synopsis

Somewhere in North Vietnam, an American base is overrun by V.C. and a golden Buddha statue is stolen. The American high command won't have this and sends in an elite force of goof-offs to recover the item. The team (the B-TEAM!!) is to be led by Rom Kristoff and feature two white guys and two Asian guys in order to (hysterically!) trade-off who is keeping who prisoner among them in order to infiltrate enemy lines.

Actors

Romano Kristoff
Romano Kristoff
Top
Michael Welborn
Michael Welborn
Kio
Jeff Griffith
Jeff Griffith
Fish
Yasuaki Kurata
Yasuaki Kurata
Cook
Shinya Ono
Shinya Ono
Animal
Shinya Ono
Shinya Ono
General Kom
Leo Gamboa
Leo Gamboa
Commander Thieu
Richard Harrison
Richard Harrison
General O'Connor
Evie Fender
Evie Fender
Lieutenant Jhons
Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith
Boy
Francis Kerone
Francis Kerone
General Murphy
Mike Monty
Mike Monty
General Stark
George Soeth
George Soeth
General Hamilton
Robert Denny
Robert Denny
General Benders
Curtis Carter
Curtis Carter
General Davis
Pat Andrew
Pat Andrew
General 1
Oscar Daniels
Oscar Daniels
General 2
Fritz Lenhartz
Fritz Lenhartz
General 3
Jorge Holgate
Jorge Holgate
General 4
Daniel Gardner
Daniel Gardner
General 5
Russell Koppen
Russell Koppen
General 6
Mike Villareal
Mike Villareal
Sok
Kevin Blanco
Kevin Blanco
Guen
Smiley Kume
Smiley Kume
Front Line Officer
John Denny
John Denny
Kovitch
David Anderson
David Anderson
Riley
Martin Peters
Martin Peters
Sullivan
Donald Wilson
Donald Wilson
Burnet
Paul Scott Maxwell
Paul Scott Maxwell
Capten Gordon
Archie Adamos
Archie Adamos
Min

Crews

Dick Kajiwara
Dick Kajiwara
Executive Producer
Tokuo Inoue
Tokuo Inoue
Music
Akira Ishiguro
Akira Ishiguro
Music
Atsuo Katayama
Atsuo Katayama
Music
Sugiyama Tom
Sugiyama Tom
Music
Stanley Iwaki
Stanley Iwaki
Cinematography
Jun Pereira
Jun Pereira
Cinematography
Boy Cuenco
Boy Cuenco
Editor
Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe
Director
Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe
Screenplay

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