Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

(2021)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 159 votes

Genres: Drama, Adventure, War, History

Year: 2021

Runtime: 166 мин

Country: France, Japan

Director: Артур Арари

Cast: Юя Эндо, 津田寛治, Юя Мацуура, 千葉哲也, カトウシンスケ, 井之脇海, Иссэй Огата, 仲野太賀, 諏訪敦彦, 吉岡睦雄

Plot

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.