Ernesto
2017, Japanese. Directed by Junji Sakamoto.
Freddy Maemura Hurtado, a second-generation Japanese-Bolivian, heads to Cuba to study medicine. He meets revolutionist Che Guevara. When civil war breaks out in Bolivia, he decides to join Guevara’s revolutionary army under the name of “Ernesto Medico”.
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 6 October 2017
- Original title
- エルネスト
- Country
- Cuba, Japan
- Written by
- Junji Sakamoto
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Ernesto runs 124 minutes (2h 4m).
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Ernesto isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 October 2017. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Ernesto?
Ernesto (2017) was directed by Junji Sakamoto and stars Joe Odagiri, Kento Nagayama, Juan Miguel Valero Acosta.