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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Nick NolteLearoyd
Nigel HaversCapt. Fairbourne
Marilyn Tokuda
Frank McRaeSgt. Tenga
Gerry LopezGwai
James FoxCol. Ferguson
Marius WeyersSgt. Conklin
John Bennett PerryGen. MacArthur
Aki AleongCol. Mitamura
Wayne PygramBren ArmstrongExplore the crew
- Producer
- Albert S. Ruddy
- Producer
- Andre Morgan
- Director
- John Milius
- Screenplay
- John Milius
- Editor
- Anne V. Coates
- Director of Photography
- Dean Semler
- Original Music Composer
- Basil Poledouris