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Aki Aleong, Choy Chang Wing, Elan Oberon, Frank MacRae, Frank McRae ...( see more  see more... ) , Gerry Lopez , James Fox , Marilyn Tokuda , Marius Weyers , Nick Nolte , Nigel Havers , Richard Morgan , Wayne Pygram , William Wise

After fleeing his Japanese captors in Borneo during World War II, American prisoner of war Learoyd (Nick Nolte) hides out in the jungle, where he's taken in by a tribe of headhunters who consider him ...( read more  read more... )sacred because of his intricate tattoos. When British soldiers discover Learoyd two years later, they're astonished that he's been crowned king. Now, they want him to rejoin the Allied fight, but Learoyd resists -- until his tribe is threatened.

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Directed by: John Milius

Release Date: March 3, 1989

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DVD Release Date: June 6, 2006

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  • bluerabbit2005
    November 22, 2008
    bluerabbit2005
    Interesting war film...tragic and absorbing...
  • kathy440
    May 9, 2008
    kathy440
    Très, très bon film. Il fait réaliser que l'être humain est capable d'une extrême violence mais en même temps, d'une bonté divine.
  • belay451
    February 23, 2008
    belay451
    very nice ,i loved it
  • markk415
    October 10, 2007
    markk415
    great semi-war drama
  • sonyas
    August 3, 2007
    sonyas
    fabulous obscure WW2 flick based in the pacific theatre
  • gaijin
    June 7, 2007
    gaijin
    hmmm.. cant decide yet....
  • SarahJoyFrost
    December 11, 2006
    SarahJoyFrost
    i would like to see this
  • vantandil
    October 14, 2006
    vantandil
    keep meaning to see it

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