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, his role will be to wage a guerilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The empire will surrender soon after, Onoda 10.000 days later. Inspired by a true history.
Presented in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival.
Onoda, 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
2021
16 years
165 min.
Fiction
France, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Cambodia
France, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Cambodia , war, history, international festivals
Colorido
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