The Last Reunion (1980)

Director
Jay Wertz

Main cast
Leo Fong; Laird Stuart; Philip Baker Hall; Cameron Mitchell; Butz Aquino

Genres
Action

Description
Several members of a platoon of American soldiers not only kill a Japanese general, but also rape and murder the man's wife. The couple's son, Kimon, witnesses these ghastly events and vows revenge. Thirty-three years later the platoon get back together in Manila for a reunion. The adult Kimon also shows up to pick off the platoon members who are responsible for butchering his parents.


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