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Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

2021•2h 47m•7.1/10
DramaAdventureWarHistory

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7.1/10(154)

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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Production

Bathysphere Productions, To Be Continued, Ascent Film, Chipangu, Frakas Productions, Pandora Film, Anti-Archive, ARTE France Cinéma, RAI Cinema, Proximus, The Asahi Shimbun, Lotus Production

Language

FR

Status

Released

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Cast

Yuya Endo

Yuya Endo

Young Onoda

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Old Onoda

Yuya Matsuura

Yuya Matsuura

Young Kozuka

Tetsuya Chiba

Tetsuya Chiba

Old Kozuka

Shinsuke Kato

Shinsuke Kato

Shimada

Kai Inowaki

Kai Inowaki

Akatsu

Issey Ogata

Issey Ogata

Major Taniguchi

Taiga Nakano

Taiga Nakano

Tourist

Nobuhiro Suwa

Nobuhiro Suwa

Onoda's Father

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Captain Hayakawa

Tomomitsu Adachi

Tomomitsu Adachi

Second Kuroda

Kyūsaku Shimada

Kyūsaku Shimada

Lieutenant Suehiro

Angeli Bayani

Angeli Bayani

Iniez

Jemuel Satumba

Jemuel Satumba

Filipino Prisoner

Kuu Izima

Kuu Izima

Sick Soldier

Ryu Morioka

Ryu Morioka

Student

Ernie Gardose

Maire de Lubang

Akira Sakai

Soldat café volé

Kazato Saeki

Soldat bagarreur

Kazuteru Oh

Soldat bagarreur

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