ONODA: 10,000 NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE
ONODA, 10000 NUITS DANS LA JUNGLE
Director
Arthur Harari
Cast
Endo Yuya, Tsuda Kanji
Producer
bathysphere, To Be Continued (TBC)
Screenwriter
Arthur Harari, Vincent Poymiro
**Due to exceptional circumstances outside of our control, the November 5th screening is CANCELLED. All ticket holders have been contacted via email. Sorry for the inconvenience.
*Please note that this film will be presented in theaters without English subtitles.
*Please note that this film will be presented in theaters without English subtitles.
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 guerilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after Onoda 10.000 days later.
CINEMANIA’s opinion:
Opening film in the “Un certain regard” section of the Cannes Film Festival 2021, ONODA is an unusual project, one of these “jungle tales” that, despite its many sources of inspiration, does not resemble anything "déjà vu". Arthur Atari, director of DARK DIAMOND (presented at CINEMANIA 2017) delivers his version of the true story of a Japanese man who continued to fight for thirty years after the second world war, juggling between “survival film” and war and adventure story. A surprising “huis clos” with open sky, a story of folly, shot entirely in Cambodia.
CINEMANIA’s opinion:
Opening film in the “Un certain regard” section of the Cannes Film Festival 2021, ONODA is an unusual project, one of these “jungle tales” that, despite its many sources of inspiration, does not resemble anything "déjà vu". Arthur Atari, director of DARK DIAMOND (presented at CINEMANIA 2017) delivers his version of the true story of a Japanese man who continued to fight for thirty years after the second world war, juggling between “survival film” and war and adventure story. A surprising “huis clos” with open sky, a story of folly, shot entirely in Cambodia.
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