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Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

20217.12h 47m

Overview

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, this role will be to wage a guerrilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after; Onoda, 10,000 days later.

Directed by Arthur Harari
Written by Arthur Harari, Vincent Poymiro
Produced by Nicolas Anthomé
Box OfficeBudget: $4.7M0

Top Cast

Yuya Endo

Yuya Endo

Young Onoda

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Old Onoda

Yuya Matsuura

Yuya Matsuura

Young Kozuka

Tetsuya Chiba

Tetsuya Chiba

Old Kozuka

Shinsuke Kato

Shinsuke Kato

Shimada

Kai Inowaki

Kai Inowaki

Akatsu

Issey Ogata

Issey Ogata

Major Taniguchi

Taiga Nakano

Taiga Nakano

Tourist

Nobuhiro Suwa

Nobuhiro Suwa

Onoda's Father

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Captain Hayakawa

Themes & Keywords

world war iibiography

About Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle is a drama, adventure, war, history film released in 2021 exploring themes of world war ii, biography. Directed by Arthur Harari, it stars Yuya Endo, Kanji Tsuda, Yuya Matsuura. 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, this role will be to wage a guerrilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after; Onoda, 10,000 days later.

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