New American trailer for Endō Yūya's "Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle"

"Your body is the homeland. Don't let it fall into the hands of the enemy." Dark Star Pictures has unveiled the new official US trailer for the film Onoda: 10,000 Jungle Nights, a French drama about a Japanese soldier that premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival last year. Based on a true story!! Which is particularly crazy when you think about it. Shot in Japanese, this international co-production tells the story of soldier Hiroo Onoda (played by Endô Yûya) sent to an island in the Philippines in 1944 to fight against the American offensive. When "Japan surrenders, Onoda ignores him, trained to survive at all costs in the jungle, he continues his war. He will take 10,000 days to capitulate, refusing to believe in the end of the Second World War." He would end up spending almost 30 years there. The film also stars Tsuda Kanji, Matsuura Yūya, Chiba Tetsuya, Katō Shinsuke, Inowaki Kai, and Ogata Issey. It finally hits theaters in the US later this month (from the Film Forum in New York). It looks dark and terrifying - not just a war movie, but a movie about how some people can never give up being in a war. They have to keep fighting.

Here is the official US trailer for Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle by Arthur Harari, on YouTube:

You can watch the first festival teaser for Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle here, for a first look.

Japan, 1944. Trained in intelligence work, soldier Hiroo Onoda (Endô Yûya), 22, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide, stay alive no matter what, and 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 lead a guerrilla war until the return of Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after… Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, originally known as Onoda, 10,000 Nights in the Jungle in French, is directed by French filmmaker Arthur Harari, his second feature film after directing Dark Inclusion previously. The screenplay is written by Vincent Poymiro and Arthur Harari. This was originally shown at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival last year in the Un Certain Regard section. It already opened in France last summer. Dark Star Pictures will debut Harari's Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle in select US theaters October 7, 2022, then on VOD starting December 13 later this year.

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