1989/03/03 (US) | War, Adventure
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.
John Milius
Director
John Milius
Screenplay
Nigel Havers
Capt. Fairbourne
Frank McRae
Sgt. Tenga
Gerry Lopez
Gwai
Nick Nolte
Learoyd
Marilyn Tokuda
Yoo
No Image
Choy Chang Wing
Lian
Aki Aleong
Col. Mitamura
$ 16,000,000
$ 2,420,917
Released
Albert S. Ruddy
Producer
André E. Morgan
Producer
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Novel
Anne V. Coates
Editor
Dean Semler
Director of Photography
Terry Leonard
Stunt Coordinator