Director Arthur Harari has taken “bold steps” by going beyond the theme of “loyalty” in his film about Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who surrendered nearly 30 years after Japan’s ...

Werner Herzog has confirmed he is working on an animated feature adaptation of his 2021 novel The Twilight World about real-life Japanese solider Hiroo Onoda who refused to surrender for some 30 ...

Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier, continued fighting for 29 years after World War II ended. He was stationed on Lubang Island in 1944, and remained there for decades surviving on wild food and ...

Enigmatic German filmmaker and provocateur Werner Herzog is directing the first animated feature of his legendary sixty-plus year filmmaking career. I always felt that Hiroo Onoda’s story ...

Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese intelligence officer in the Imperial Army during World War II, is marooned on the Philippine island of Lubang for nearly 30 years and believes the war hasn't ended.

In 1974, WWII officer Hiroo Onda made international headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle, claiming to not know the war was over. He was returned to Japan and hailed as a national hero.

Werner Herzog has confirmed he is working on an animated feature adaptation of his 2021 novel The Twilight World about real-life Japanese solider Hiroo Onoda who refused to surrender for some 30 years ...