ONODA: 10,000 NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE

Nationality: France / Japan / Germany / Belgium / Italy / Cambodia

Language: Japanese / Tagalog

Genre: War / Historical / Drama

Duration: 167 min

Director: Arthur Harari

Writers: –

Cast: Yûya Endô, Kanji Tsuda, Yûya Matsuura

Synopsis:

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, his role will be to wage a guerilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after, Onoda 10.000 days later.