

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4.7M
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- Language
- Japanese
- world war ii
- biography
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France, Japan, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Cambodia
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- PremiereInternational Film Festival of India28 Nov 2021
United StatesUS
- PremiereColcoa French Film Festival7 Nov 2021
- Theatrical (limited)7 Oct 2022
- Digital / OTT13 Dec 2022
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical15 Apr 2022
BrazilBR
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival22 Oct 2021
- Theatrical1425 Aug 2022
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival22 Aug 2021
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival7 Jul 2021
- TheatricalU21 Jul 2021
- Digital / OTTVOD1 Dec 2021
- PhysicalBD, DVD15 Dec 2021
- Digital / OTTMyCanal22 Feb 2022
GermanyDE
- Theatrical122 Jun 2022
GreeceGR
- PremiereThessaloniki International Film Festival4 Nov 2021
Hong KongHK
- PremiereHong Kong International Film Festival18 Aug 2022
IrelandIE
- PremiereJapanese Film Festival Ireland10 Apr 2022
IsraelIL
- PremiereHaifa Film Festival24 Sept 2021
- PremiereArava International Film Festival8 Nov 2021
JapanJP
- TheatricalG8 Oct 2021
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Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle was released on 21 July 2021.
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CinemaSerf
3/23/2025
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 …
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