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[Year 10 Discussion Thread]

On 2017-6-1 at 6:47 AM, Noodlebug said:

I really want to get into this game, but it looks like Year 10 has been in discussion for a few years now. Is the game still active?

Damn! It was such a clever idea.

[Year 10 Discussion Thread]

3 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

You seem to be off to a splendid start. Things are in a bit of waiting period right now. As some people (myself definitely included) are in need of motivation to finish our projects

 

Look forward to your continued participation

 

I honestly do not understand some of the rules and processes of this game. Should I do something after posting my movie?

[Year 10 Discussion Thread]

2 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Welcome @Marlon Bosch Glad to see your interest in participating.

 

 

Oh Thanks, please tell me if you have any suggestions. 

[CAYOM Y10: Part 1 (TAKE TWO) (THIRD TRIMESTER)]

 THE SECRET WAR OF HIROO ONODA

"The True Story of a Man who fought WWII for 30 Years"

 

Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Genre: Historical Drama
Date: October 30 (Limited) November 6 (Wide)
Cast:

Taron Egerton: Norman Stakes

Kōji Yakusho: Hiroo Onoda (Old)

Takumi Saito: Hiroo Onoda (Young)

Tadanobu Asano: Norio Suzuki (Old)

Osamu Mukai: Norio Suzuki (Young)

 

Theaters: 83 (October 30) 1,821 (November 6)
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Budget: 15 million

 

 

Spoiler

 

“Never Mind your Happiness, do your Duty”

                                                                        Peter Drucker

 

The year is 1974, 29 years after the end of WWII. Norman Stakes, a young English graduate of Oxford University, obsessed with Japanese involvement in World War II, decides to follow the Japanese army's passage through the Pacific Islands. His journey takes him to the Philippine island of Lubang, a sparsely populated island, with a lush jungle, under Japanese control by the end of WWII. The day before his departure, the small house where he was staying is robbed at night and stripped of a sheep and various crops. It is after this event, that Norman begins to hear the story of the men of the jungle, who live from stolen goods. Norman is intrigued by the lack of attention from the local authorities lend to the matter, and begins to investigate the attacks of these men of the forest. What he discovers leaves him breathless.

 

Norman learns that in late 1945 a group of Japanese soldiers refused to surrender against allied troops who invaded the island. They took refuge in the jungle and tried to sabotage the actions of the allies. A few years later they disappeared, coinciding with the first attacks of the jungle men. Intrigued and against the recommendations of the inhabitants of Lubang, he goes into the jungle in search of its mysterious inhabitants. Shortly after he is wounded by a trap made by these mysterious inhabitants, and captured by a man dressed in an old Japanese military uniform of World War II. He is taken to a cave converted into a rustic dwelling by the mysterious man, where speaking Japanese, learns the intriguing story of his captor, Hiroo Onoda, and his 29-year struggle against Allied troops.

 

Through flashbacks we see the story of Onoda and his troops. How Onoda enlisted the Japanese army and became an Intelligence Officer. How they were sent to Lubang where he became close friend of Norio Suzuki, a fellow young Japanese under his command. How it all happened with a simple command. Lieutenant Onoda's last order in early 1945 was to stay and fight. Loyal to a military code that taught that death was preferable to surrender, he remained behind on Lubang Island when Japanese forces withdrew in the face of an American invasion. Onoda, Suzuki and 2 other men hid in the jungle.

In present day, Onoda shows his intact 29 years old katana to Norman, as  prove of his warrior`s honor, and refuses to believe that the great Japanese Empire surrendered so easily in 1945. Norman returns with images of the atomic bomb, And once again Onoda refuses to believe such lies.

 

In another flashback we see how Onoda and his men found leaflets proclaiming the war's end, but believed they were enemy propaganda. They built bamboo huts, pilfered rice and other food from a village and killed cows for meat. Norio Suzuki surrendered to Filipino forces in 1950, and two others were shot dead, one in 1954 and another in 1972, by island police officers in skirmishes.

 

Norman decides to go to Japan, where he discovers that Onoda has been declared dead in 1959. Without the support  from the Japanese government, Norman looks for the fomrer Onoda`s commanding officer to relieve him of his endless war, but discovers that he is dead. Then, in a last attempt, Norman searchs for Norio Suzuki, who had surrendered to the Filipinos in 1950, and finds him, working in a bookstore. He convinces him to return with him, and in late 1974, Norio Suzuki, on the island of Lubang, convinces Onoda to surrender to the Filipinos. Onoda knows that he will be condemned for his acts, and under a golden sunset, Onoda, in a profound bow full of shame, gives his sword to the island's mayor, and in a deeply moving scene, Onoda is forgiven for his actions.

 

Norman returns to England in 1975, after finishing his trip. Onoda returns to Japan, 30 years after leaving his country, as a national hero, met by his aging parents and huge flag-waving crowds.

 

Onoda died in 2014, at the age of 91, remaining the last man fighting the Second Great War.