Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

2h 47min

Drama

Adventure

War

History

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.

Production Companies

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

Cast

Yuya Endo

Yuya Endo

Young Onoda
Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Old Onoda
Yuya Matsuura

Yuya Matsuura

Young Kozuka
Tetsuya Chiba

Tetsuya Chiba

Old Kozuka
Issey Ogata

Issey Ogata

Major Taniguchi
Nobuhiro Suwa

Nobuhiro Suwa

Onoda's Father
Mutsuo Yoshioka

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Captain Hayakawa
Tomomitsu Adachi

Tomomitsu Adachi

Second Kuroda
Kyūsaku Shimada

Kyūsaku Shimada

Lieutenant Suehiro
Jemuel Satumba

Jemuel Satumba

Filipino Prisoner
Kuu Izima

Kuu Izima

Sick Soldier

Release date

21st Jul 2021

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語