Overview
From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan.
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Setting
Set in Anatahan
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Music
Music by Akira Ifukube
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Josef von Sternberg
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Josef von SternbergScreenplay
- Younghill KangNovel
- Michiro MaruyamaBook
- Original title
- アナタハン
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 28, 1953
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Cast
Akemi NegishiKeiko Kusakabe- Tadashi SuganumaKusakabe, Husband of Keiko
- Kisaburo SawamuraKuroda
Shoji NakayamaNishio
Jun FujikawaYoshisato
Hiroshi KondōYanaginuma- Shozo MiyashitaSennami
- Kikuji OnoeKaneda
- Rokuriro KineyaMarui
- Tsuruemon BandoDoi
- Daijiro TamurKanzaki
Chizuru KitagawaA Homesick One- Takeshi SuzukiTakahashi
Shirō AmakusaAmanuma
Josef von SternbergNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
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