TV, Movie, Kings of the Sun (1963) Movie
Balam is the son of the ruler of a Mayan city-state whose people use wooden swords with obsidian edges. His father is killed in battle against metal-blade armed rivals led by Hunac Ceel. Balam succeeds to the throne, but is convinced by his advisers, including the head priest, to lead his followers away from the Yucatán, sail to the American Gulf Coast region, so they might regain their strength and fight another day.
Balam's party comes to a coastal settlement with many boats. Balam wants the population of the settlement to join him with their boats. The settlement's chief agrees that if Balam agrees to marry his daughter, Ixchel, and make her Queen. Balam agrees.
Kings of the Sun is a 1963 DeLuxe Colour film directed by J. Lee Thompson for Mirisch Productions, set in Mesoamerica at the time of the conquest of Chichen Itza by Hunac Ceel. Location scenes were filmed in Mazatlán and Chichen Itza.[3] The film marks the second project Thompson completed with Yul Brynner within a year — the other being Taras Bulba.
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