Army Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda (Nakamura Shido) has been fighting guerrilla warfare in the jungles of Lubang Island in the Philippines with his subordinates Corporal Shimada (Yanagiba Toshiro) and Private First Class Kozuka (Nishijima Hidetoshi) since the end of the Pacific War, without knowing the war had ended. Eventually, the two men die, unable to fulfil their duty to their homeland, and Onoda is left alone, but when a rescue team is sent out from the home country, he does not obey the order to return, believing it to be a diversion by the enemy, as the form of the return order is different. However, an encounter with adventurer Norio Suzuki (Masato Sakai), who has come from Japan to look for Onoda, leads to Onoda's return to his homeland in March 1974, 30 years after the end of the war, after completing his intelligence work on Lubang Island.
Where to watch
Not streaming anywhere
Not on any streaming service in United States, and not available to rent.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
10 people
Yoshito Fukumoto Director · Toshimichi Saeki Screenplay
First release August 13, 2005 · Produced in Japan
Production
Fuji Television Network
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 13, 2005
TV
No release date listed for United States.
More from Yoshito Fukumoto
Other films they directed, best known first.