Onoda (2021)

Original title

Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle

Directed by

Arthur Harari

Genre

drama film, adventure film, war film, biographical drama film

Country

Cambodia, Germany, France, Italy

Runtime

2h 53m

Rated

14

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 155 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Japanese soldier hides in the jungle for decades after World War II ends because he refuses to believe it is over. The film follows his gradual loss of connection to the outside world.

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What happens

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (Japanese: ONODA 一万夜を越えて, Hepburn: Onoda: Ichiman'ya o Koete; lit."Onoda: Over ten thousand nights", French: Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle) is a 2021 war drama film directed by Arthur Harari and co-written with Vincent Poymiro, with the collaboration of Bernard Cendron. It is inspired by the life of Hiroo Onoda (Yuya Endo) a Japanese soldier who refused to believe that World War II had ended and continued to fight on a remote Philippine island until 1974. It is an international co-production between France, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Italy, and Cambodia. The film was particularly inspired by Cendron and Gérard Chenu's 1974 biography Onoda, seul en guerre dans la jungle, Cendron's archives, and Harari's conversations with the author. Harari did not base it on Onoda's own memoir; he considers the film to be fiction inspired by history rather than a biopic. The film had its world premiere at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, on 7 July 2021. It was theatrically released in France on 21 July 2021, and in Japan on 8 October 2021. It was received with critical acclaim, winning Best Original Screenplay at the 47th César Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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