ONODA, 10,000 NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE
| 2022 – 165′ – Drama, Biopic –
Written by Arthur Harari, Vincent Poymiro
Directed by Arthur Harari.
Starring Yûya Endô, Kanji Tsuda, Yûya Matsuura, Tetsuya Chiba, Shinsuke Kato, Kai Inowaki, Issei Ogata.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival (Un Certain Regard), US Premiere at THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL
In Japanese with English subtitles.
A DarkStar Pictures release.|
Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle recounts the amazing-but-true story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier trained in “secret warfare,” who spent almost 30 years hiding out in a Philippine jungle, oblivious to the fact that World War II had ended. Stubbornly faithful to his mission, Onoda leads his dwindling platoon into a kind of delusional guerilla-war odyssey, refusing to accept defeat and determined to fight to the finish. Arthur Harari’s second feature is ambitious and powerful in equal measure, long yet action-packed, suspenseful, endowed with truly epic performances, and in the end, an extraordinarily moving, almost anti-war tale.