---
title: 'Attack Force Z (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tim Burstall'
released: '1982-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/attack-force-z-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083591/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Attack Force Z (1982)

1982 · 93 min · Action, War · Australia


## Synopsis

Attack Force Z is a 1981 war film directed by Tim Burstall, and starring John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, and Koo Chuan Hsiung. It dramatizes the exploits of Z Special Unit, also known as Z Force, a joint Australian, British and New Zealand commando unit. Its main brief was to conduct reconnaissance and sabotage missions throughout Imperial Japanese-occupied Southeast Asia during the Second World War.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tim Burstall](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-burstall)
- **Screenplay:** [Roger Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-marshall)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Eric Jupp](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-jupp)
- **Producer:** [John McCallum](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mccallum), [Lee Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-robinson)
- **Editor:** [David Stiven](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-stiven)

## Cast

- [John Waters](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-waters-2)
- [Sam Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-neill)
- [Jimmy Wang Yu](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-wang-yu)
- [Mel Gibson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-gibson)
- [John Phillip Law](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-phillip-law)
- [Chris Haywood](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-haywood)
- [Sylvia Chang](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvia-chang)
- [Ko Chun-hsiung](https://cinepixo.com/people/ko-chun-hsiung)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/attack-force-z-1982
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