Prisoner of Japan

Prisoner of Japan

An Expose of the Jap Menace!

1942 · 64 min · ★ 5.0 · War

An American astronomer living on a Pacific island attempts to thwart the Japanese during WWII.

Directed by Arthur Ripley · Written by Edgar G. Ulmer

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