Farewell to the King

1989 6.0 (69 votes) 1h 57m

Genres

War Adventure

Production Companies

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

In the midst of war, one man vanished into the jungle, and emerged as king.

Overview

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.