Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

2021 · 167 min · ★ 7.1 · Drama, Adventure, War, History

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

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Yuya Endo Young Onoda
Kanji Tsuda Old Onoda
Yuya Matsuura Young Kozuka
Tetsuya Chiba Old Kozuka
Shinsuke Kato Shimada
Kai Inowaki Akatsu
Issey Ogata Major Taniguchi
Taiga Nakano Tourist
Nobuhiro Suwa Onoda's Father
Mutsuo Yoshioka Captain Hayakawa
Tomomitsu Adachi Second Kuroda
Kyusaku Shimada Lieutenant Suehiro

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