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

Also Known As: ONODA 一万夜を越えて 小野田的丛林万夜 Onoda: Ichiman Ya wo Koete Onoda: Ichiman Ya o Koete Onoda, 10 000 Nuits Dans la Jungle Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle Onoda: Beyond 10,000 Nights

Director: Arthur Harari

Country: Japanese

Genres: Action, Based on True Story, Drama, War

Status: Completed

Date aired: 2021

Summary:

Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hirō 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.