Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

2021 Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard - Opening FilmBased on the unbelievable true story!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.Interview with lead actor Kanji Tsuda (23 min)Interview with director Arthur Harari, DOP Tom Harari and assistant director Benjamin Papin (25 min)Trailer