The Highest Honour

The Highest Honour
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPeter Maxwell
Seiji Maruyama
Written byLee Robinson
Katsuya Susaki
Based onbook by Yuzuru Shinozaki
Produced byLee Robinson
executive
John McCallum
StarringJohn Howard
Steve Bisley
CinematographyJohn McLean
Music byEric Jupp
Production
company
Southern International Films
Distributed bySeven Network (AUS)
Toho (Japan)
Release dates
  • 15 May 1982 (1982-05-15) (Japan)
  • 9 August 1989 (1989-08-09) (Australian TV)
Running time
96 mins(US)
108 mins (AUS)
143 mins (Japan)
CountriesAustralia
Japan
LanguagesEnglish
Japanese
Budgetover A$5 million

The Highest Honour is a 1982 Australian/Japanese co-production about Operation Jaywick and Operation Rimau by Z Special Unit during World War II.

The same story inspired the TV mini-series Heroes (1988) and Heroes II: The Return (1991).