Farewell to the King (1989)

US:: PG-13 Adventure War

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.

Updated May 10 2020

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1989-03-03

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Keywords:

paradise japanese deserter world war ii island shipwreck u.s. navy borneo wwii tribe jungle guerrilla warfare infantry

FACTS

Runtime: 117 mins Revenue: $2,420,917 Budget: $16,000,000 Rating: 6.1 Tag Line: In the midst of war, one man vanished into the jungle, and emerged as king.

Cast

James Fox

Col. Ferguson

Nick Nolte

Learoyd

Frank McRae

Sgt. Tenga

Gerry Lopez

Gwai

Marius Weyers

Sgt. Conklin

John Bennett Perry

Gen. MacArthur

William Wise

Dynamite Dave

Aki Aleong

Col. Mitamura