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.
- Released
- 1989-03-03
- Genres
- War, Adventure
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- John Milius, John Milius
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 80 votes
Cast
- Nick Nolte as Learoyd
- Nigel Havers as Capt. Fairbourne
- Marilyn Tokuda as Yoo
- Frank McRae as Sgt. Tenga
- Gerry Lopez as Gwai
- James Fox as Col. Ferguson
- Marius Weyers as Sgt. Conklin
- John Bennett Perry as Gen. MacArthur
- Aki Aleong as Col. Mitamura
- Elan Oberon as Vivienne
- Wayne Pygram as Bren Armstrong
- Choy Chang Wing as Lian
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