Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
1944, Japan. Hiroo Onoda,22, is trained for intelligence work and discovers a mentality that contradicts the official line: no suicide; stay alive no matter what; the task is more vital than everything else. This job will be to wage a guerilla struggle until the Japanese troops return to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines where the Americans are going to land. The Empire will surrender soon after; Onoda will surrender 10,000 days later.
Released: 2021-07-21
Duration: 167
min
Production:
Eurimages,
Ascent Film,
Pandora Film,
Frakas Productions,
ARTE France Cinéma,
Ciné+,
Proximus,
Bathysphère Productions,
Canal+ International,
RAI Cinema,
Canal+,
Anti-Archive,
Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC),
ARTE,
Asahi Shimbun,
To Be Continued,
Takimoto & Associates,
BLAM,
HAKO,
Chipangu