Anatahan
From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan.
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Akemi Negishi
Keiko Kusakabe
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Shoji Nakayama
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Jun Fujikawa
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Hiroshi Kondō
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Shozo Miyashita
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Kikuji Onoe
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Daijiro Tamur
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Chizuru Kitagawa
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Josef von Sternberg Director · Younghill Kang Author Michiro Maruyama Author
First release June 28, 1953 · Produced in Japan · Languages English, Japanese
Production
Daiwa Building
Production
Japan
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Original title
アナタハン
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · June 28, 1953
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Portugal
August 6, 2026 · Digital
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