In 1945, as war raged across the world, an incredible drama was unfolding in the remote jungles of Borneo. This film follows the extraordinary experiences of a group of stranded US airmen, the local tribe of Dayaks, and Major Tom Harrisson, one of the most eccentric officers in the British Army, who encouraged the ancient custom of headhunting against the Japanese. As US airmen parachuted from their damaged plane into the jungle, World War II crashed head first into the isolated world of Borneo’s interior, where tribes still hunted with blowpipes and poison made from tree bark. A gripping and improbable tale of cat and mouse followed.
