Hiroo Onoda, a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army, was deployed to Lubang island in the Philippines to fight the Allies. He refused to believe the war ended until 1974, when his ...

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 ...

Hiroo Onoda - The holdout Japanese soldier who refused to believe that Japan had surrendered. Loyal servant of the Emperor, he kept true and faithful to his orders to never surrender and to keep ...

A Filipina-Australian film maker says it’s time to set the record straight about Hiroo Onoda, by giving his victims a voice. Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world ...

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 ...