Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

IMDb 7.1 2021 • 167 min • DramaAdventureWarHistory

Director

Arthur Harari

Country

FR

Plot Summary

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.

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