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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