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.

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Cast

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

Details

Director

Arthur Harari

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Budget

$4,700,000

Production

Bathysphere Productions, To Be Continued, Ascent Film, Chipangu, Frakas Productions, Pandora Film, Anti-Archive, ARTE France Cinéma, RAI Cinema, Proximus, The Asahi Shimbun, Lotus Production

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

March 23, 2025

★ 7/10

In anticipation of the Allied landings on the Philippine island of Lubang, the Japanese send a small squad to engage in some guerrilla warfare activities pending the reorganisation of their own troops ready to return in due course. Amongst these men is the young Lt. Hiroo Onoda. He is an idealistic young man who firmly believes in his cause and is determined to do what he can, for as long as he ca...