From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan.
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Cast
| Akemi Negishi | ... |
Keiko Kusakabe, the 'Queen Bee'
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Tadashi Suganuma | ... |
Kusakabe, Husband of Keiko
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Kisaburo Sawamura | ... |
Kuroda
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Shôji Nakayama | ... |
Nishio
(as Nakayama)
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Jun Fujikawa | ... |
Yoshisato
(as Fujikawa)
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Hiroshi Kondô | ... |
Yanaginuma
(as Kondo)
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Shozo Miyashita | ... |
Sennami
(as Miyashita)
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Tsuruemon Bando | ... |
Doi
(as Tsuruemon)
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Kikuji Onoe | ... |
Kaneda
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Rokuriro Kineya | ... |
Marui
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Daijiro Tamura | ... |
Kanzaki
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Chizuru Kitagawa | ... |
A Homesick One
(as Kitagawa)
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Takeshi Suzuki | ... |
Takahashi
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Shirô Amakusa | ... |
Amanuma
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| Josef von Sternberg | ... |
Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
| Josef von Sternberg | ||
Written by
| Michiro Maruyama | ... | (book) |
| Tatsuo Asano | ... | (dialogue) (as Asano) |
| Josef von Sternberg | ... | (written by) |
| Younghill Kang | ... | (novel translation) |
Produced by
| Nagamasa Kawakita | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
| Kazuo Takimura | ... | producer (as Takimura) |
| Josef von Sternberg | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
| Yoshio Ôsawa | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Akira Ifukube | ... | (as Ifukube) |
Cinematography by
| Kôzô Okazaki | ||
| Josef von Sternberg | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
| Mitsuzô Miyata | ... | (as Miyata) |
Art Direction by
| Takashi Kôno | ... | (as Kono) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Iwashita | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Toyoshiro Fukuda | ... | storyboard artist |
Sound Department
| Hisashi Kase | ... | sound recordist (as Kase) |
Special Effects by
| Eiji Tsuburaya | ... | special effects (as Tsuburaya) |
| Yoshio Watanabe | ... | special effects artist (as Watanabe) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Kôzô Okazaki | ... | camera operator (as Okazaki) |
Additional Crew
| Okawa | ... | special assistant (as Okawa) |
| Shuji Taguchi | ... | assistant to director (as Taguchi) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Towa. (1953) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Arias Quality Pictures (1954) (United States) (theatrical)
- Dear Film (1954) (Italy) (theatrical)
- London Films International (1954) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Eureka Entertainment (2017) (United Kingdom) (DVD) (Blu-ray and DVD)
- Capricci Films (2018) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- Les Bookmakers (2018) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- Twyman Films (1975) (United States) (theatrical)
- Arias (United States) (English narration)
- Golden Frog Srls (2001) (World-wide) (video)
Special Effects
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
June 1944. A group of Japanese sailors and soldiers end up on Anatahan, an isolated island, after their boats are sunk by US planes. The island is not deserted: a man and his wife live there. He is not pleased to see them and she and her beauty will test the group's discipline, cohesion and selflessness. Written by grantss |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The plot is based on the actual story of one Japanese woman and 30-odd Japanese soldiers and sailors who remained on the island of Anatahan from June 1944 to 1951, when they were evacuated by the US Navy six years after the end of WWII. Due to inter-male conflicts about the woman, as well as probably disease and starvation, only 20 men survived. One of the survivors wrote the book "Anatahan" the movie is based on. However, Sternberg reduced the number of males to 13 for narrative purposes. (Source: Wikipedia ENG & FR and related links.) See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in D'un silence l'autre (1967). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Asatoya yunta See more » |
| Crazy Credits | In the English-language version, all of the Japanese cast and crew members except Akemi Negishi are billed solely by their last names. See more » |
| Quotes |
Narrator:
To look back on something is not the same as having lived it. See more » |