Onoda: 10,000 Nights In The Jungle
Year: 2021Certificate: 15
- Director:
- Arthur Harari
- Cast:
- Issey Ogata, Kanji Tsuda, Shinsuke Kato, Yuya Endo, Yuya Matsuura
- Running Time:
- 173 mins
- Language:
- Japanese, Filipino
- English Subtitles:
- Yes
- Country of Origin:
- Belgium, Cambodia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan
- Genre(s):
- Action / adventure, Drama, Film, War
- Formats:
Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide, stay alive whatever happens, the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines where the Americans are about to land, his role will be to wage a guerilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after, Onoda 10.000 days later.