British distributors Third Window Films have officially announced that they will release on Blu-ray Arthur Harari's Onoda: 10, 000 Nights in the Jungle (2021), starring Issey Ogata, Kanji Tsuda, Shinsuke Kato, Yuya Endo, and Yuya Matsuura. The release will be available for purchase on May 1.
Official description: 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, but for Onoda and his men, the war will go on for 10,000 more days.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Interview with actor Kanji Tsuda
Interview with director Arthur Harari, DOP Tom Harari and assistant director Benjamin Papin