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ONODA : 10 000 NUITS DANS LA JUNGLE
ONODA, 10 000 NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE

A drama based on the true story of Hiroo Onoda, the legendary Japanese soldier who spent 30 years in the Philippine jungle, refusing to surrender because he was convinced World War II had not ended. Camouflaged by leaves and bark, shooting water buffalo for sustenance, Onoda will not believe even the recordings of his brother’s voice, imploring him to give up, or the magazine articles left for him in the jungle, meant to enlighten him about a world that had changed dramatically since 1944. (His response: paranoid conspiracy theories about the enemy concocting fake news.) Was Onoda a self-deluded fanatic or a paragon of patriotism? Harari’s poignant, epic drama reveals the complexities of the man who became a modern myth – and the inspiration for Werner Herzog’s recently published novel.

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Credits

DIRECTOR 
Arthur Harari

PRODUCER
Fracas Productions, Pandora Films, Ascent Films

CAST
Endo Yuya
Kanji Tsuda
Yuaya Matsuura
Tetsuya Chiba

Overview

DETAILS
War, drama
Japanese
France, Germany, Belgium, Italy
2h40
2021

DISTRIBUTOR
Dark Star Pictures

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