Mar 03, 1989
117 min
Full-HD

Farewell to the King (1989)

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.

Category

War Adventure

Country

United States of America

Companies

Orion Pictures Cine Location Services David Hannay Productions Film Plan Financing Number 1 Ruddy Morgan Productions Southeast Asia Film Location Services Sdn. Bhd.

Nick Nolte

Learoyd

Nigel Havers

Capt. Fairbourne

Marilyn Tokuda

Yoo

Frank McRae

Sgt. Tenga

Gerry Lopez

Gwai

James Fox

Col. Ferguson

Marius Weyers

Sgt. Conklin

John Bennett Perry

Gen. MacArthur

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