Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021)

Onoda

173 min★ 7.2 · 3,533 votes

• Adventure
• Drama
• 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.

Release date

July 7, 2021

Country of origin

Japan, Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, Cambodia

Music

Sebastiano De Gennaro, Enrico Gabrielli, Andrea Poggio

Budget

$4,700,000