Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

2021 · 167 min · JA · 7.0 (117 votes)
Dir. Arthur Harari · Starring Yuya Endo, Kanji Tsuda, Yuya Matsuura, Tetsuya Chiba, Shinsuke Kato, Kai Inowaki · Music Gak Sato
DramaAdventureWar

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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A stark, meditative journey into unwavering conviction. This film plunges you into the suffocating weight of isolation and the relentless grip of duty, even as the world moves on. It's a profound study of endurance against all odds.

introspectiveharrowingaustereresilientslow-burnwartime dramabiographical epicnaturalisticdutysurvivalideologyisolation
biography
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