A U.S. Marine Corps pilot is shot down over the Vietnamese jungle. In his endeavor to get to safety, he meets a female guerrilla fighter and a nationalist named Hong.
During the occupation of Cambodia, a Japanese colonel falls in love with a French-Cambodian woman on Bokor Hill. Meanwhile, the people of Cambodia are divided between siding with their former French overlords and the new Japanese invaders.
In transit to Saigon, Jean Dartigues wants to see Nicole, whom he once knew and secretly loved. The young woman, now a widow, is a high school teacher. However, the police have just uncovered a story of arms and drug trafficking and are forbidding passengers to leave the airport. With the help of a...