Dark Star Pictures: Onoda 10, 000 Nights in the Jungle Detailed for Blu-ray

Dark Star Pictures has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Arthur Harari's Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2022), starring Issey Ogata, Kanji Tsuda, Shinsuke Kato, Yuya Endo, and Yuya Matsuura. The release will be available for purchase on December 13.

Label description: A drama based on the true story of Hiroo Onoda, the legendary Japanese soldier who spent 30 years in the Philippine jungle, refusing to surrender because he was convinced World War II had not ended. Camouflaged by leaves and bark, shooting water buffalo for sustenance, Onoda will not believe even the recordings of his brother's voice, imploring him to give up, or the magazine articles left for him in the jungle, meant to enlighten him about a world that had changed dramatically since 1944. (His response: paranoid conspiracy theories about the enemy concocting fake news.) Was Onoda a self-deluded fanatic or a paragon of patriotism? Harari's poignant, epic drama reveals the complexities of the man who became a modern myth – and the inspiration for Werner Herzog's recently published novel.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• Conversation between the director and composers_THE MUSIC (31 min)
• Conversation between the director, writer and editor_THE SCRIPT (37 min)
• Casting: The Long Night with Tsuda and Suzuki (22 min)
• Casting: Silent Solo - Tsuda Kanji (8 min)
• Casting: Young Endo - Haïku "Conspiracy Theory" (9 min)