Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
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
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Storyline
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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