Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
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.
Released: 2021-07-21
Genre:
Drama , Adventure , War
Casts:
Taiga , Tetsuya Chiba , Kai Inowaki , Yûya Matsuura , Mutsuo Yoshioka
Duration: 167
min
Country:
Belgium
Production:
Canal+ , RAI Cinema , Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC) , ARTE , Pandora Film , Eurimages , Frakas Productions , Proximus , Canal+ International , Bathysphère Productions , Asahi Shimbun , Ascent Film , Anti-Archive , To Be Continued , Takimoto & Associates , BLAM , HAKO , Chipangu