Onoda - 10 000 Nights in the Jungle / COMPLETED
- Director : Arthur Harari
- Producers : bathysphere, To Be Continued, Ascent Films, Pandora Film Production, Chipangu, Frakas Production, Anti-Archive
- Actors : ENDŌ Yūya, TSUDA Kanji, NAKANO Taiga, MATSUURA Yūya, CHIBA Tetsuya and KATŌ Shinsuke
- Genre : Drama
- Nationality : France, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Cambodia
- Duration : 165 min
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.
“Cannes 2021 - Un Certain Regard Opening Film”
“Toronto International Film Festival 2021”
“BUSAN International Film Festival”