Farewell to the King
1989, Film, 117 min, Action, Adventure, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 63
In the midst of war, one man vanished into the jungle, and emerged as king.
An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.
Directed by John Milius
Cast
- Nick Nolte as Learoyd
- Nigel Havers as Botanist
- Frank McRae as Tenga
- Gerry Lopez as Gwai
- Marilyn Tokuda as Yoo
- Chang Wing Choy as Lian
- Aki Aleong as Colonel Mitamura
- Marius Weyers as Conklin
- William Wise as Dynamite Dave
- Wayne Pygram as Bren Armstrong
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