Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

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.

Cast

Yuya Endo

Yuya Endo

as Young Onoda

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

as Old Onoda

Yuya Matsuura

Yuya Matsuura

as Young Kozuka

Tetsuya Chiba

Tetsuya Chiba

as Old Kozuka

Shinsuke Kato

Shinsuke Kato

as Shimada

Kai Inowaki

Kai Inowaki

as Akatsu

Issey Ogata

Issey Ogata

as Major Taniguchi

Taiga Nakano

Taiga Nakano

as Tourist

Nobuhiro Suwa

Nobuhiro Suwa

as Onoda's Father

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Mutsuo Yoshioka

as Captain Hayakawa

Reviews

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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 ...

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