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

Cast

Yuya Endo,Kanji Tsuda,Yuya Matsuura,Tetsuya Chiba,Shinsuke Kato,Kai Inowaki,Issey Ogata,Taiga Nakano,Nobuhiro Suwa,Mutsuo Yoshiokaand 16 more

Director

Arthur Harari

Writer

Arthur Harari,Vincent Poymiro

Producer

Nicolas Anthomé

Cinematography

Tom Harari

Music

Gak Sato,Andrea Poggio,Sebastiano de Gennaro,Olivier Marguerit,Enrico Gabrielli

Budget

$4,700,000

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

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