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

7.1/10 • 167 min • Drama Adventure War History

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.

Cast

Yuya Endo

Young Onoda

Kanji Tsuda

Old Onoda

Yuya Matsuura

Young Kozuka

Tetsuya Chiba

Old Kozuka

Shinsuke Kato

Shimada

Kai Inowaki

Akatsu

Issey Ogata

Major Taniguchi

Taiga Nakano

Tourist

Nobuhiro Suwa

Onoda's Father

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Captain Hayakawa

Tomomitsu Adachi

Second Kuroda

Kyusaku Shimada

Lieutenant Suehiro

Angeli Bayani

Iniez

Jemuel Satumba

Filipino Prisoner

Kuu Izima

Sick Soldier

Ryu Morioka

Student

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