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Kokoda is long on the muddy-bloody details of jungle warfare and short on fleshed-out characters.
Richard Kuipers, Variety
Kokoda
Mates became heroes. The track became legend.
2006 · 1h 32m · PG-13
Action, History, War
Directed by
Alister Grierson
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Kokoda
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A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.
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