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

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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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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
Kyūsaku Shimada
Lieutenant Suehiro
Angeli Bayani
Iniez
Jemuel Satumba
Filipino Prisoner
Kuu Izima
Sick Soldier
Ryu Morioka
Student
Ernie Gardose
Maire de Lubang
Akira Sakai
Soldat café volé
Kazato Saeki
Soldat bagarreur
Kazuteru Oh
Soldat bagarreur
Takahisa Ishiko
Triplé de Mito
Masato Ogiwara
Triplé de Mito
Satoshi Hatakeyama
Triplé de Mito
Jomar Conde
Civil philippin "War over"
Tadachi Doi
Frère d'Onoda
Yasuhiro Isobe
Radio (voice)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Mar 23 2025

In anticipation of the Allied landings on the Philippine island of Lubang, the Japanese send a small squad to engage in some guerrilla warfare activities pending the reorganisation of their own troops ready to return in due course. Amongst these men is the young Lt. Hiroo Onoda. He is an idealistic young man who firmly believes in his cause and is determined to do what he can, for as long as he can. Now what we know from the outset is that his nation surrenders in 1945, one year after these troops are deployed - but nobody tells Onoda. With his small squad still patrolling the island, their tea...