Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 21, 2021

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

japanese

Countries

Belgium, Cambodia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan

Production

Canal+,Ciné+,Lotus Production,RAI Cinema,ARTE,ARTE France Cinéma,Frakas Productions,Pandora Film,Ascent Film,Proximus,The Asahi Shimbun,Canal+ International,Anti-Archive,Bathysphere Productions,To Be Continued,Chipangu,BLAM,HAKO,Takimoto & Associates,Bathysphere Productions, To Be Continued, Ascent Film, Chipangu, Frakas Productions, Pandora Film, Anti-Archive, ARTE France Cinéma, RAI Cinema, Proximus, The Asahi Shimbun, Lotus Production

Budget

$4,700,000

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt9844938