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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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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, 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.
More about Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
Cast
Yuya EndoYoung Onoda
Kanji TsudaOld Onoda
Yuya MatsuuraYoung Kozuka
Tetsuya ChibaOld Kozuka
Shinsuke KatoShimada
Kai InowakiAkatsu
Issey OgataMajor Taniguchi
Taiga NakanoTouristCredits
- Directed by
- Arthur Harari
- Written by
- Arthur Harari, Vincent Poymiro
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle
- Budget
- $4.7M
Production
Bathysphere ProductionsFrance
To Be ContinuedFrance
Ascent FilmItaly- ChipanguJapan
Frakas ProductionsBelgium
Pandora FilmGermany
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