Anatahan

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Anatahan

1953

1h 31m

6.6(43 votes)

Drama

War

Overview

From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan.

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15 members

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根岸明美

Keiko Kusakabe

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菅沼正

Kusakabe, Husband of Keiko

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Kisaburo Sawamura

Kuroda

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中山昭二

Nishio

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藤川準

Yoshisato

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近藤宏

Yanaginuma

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Shozo Miyashita

Sennami

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Kikuji Onoe

Kaneda

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Rokuriro Kineya

Marui

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Tsuruemon Bando

Doi

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Daijiro Tamur

Kanzaki

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喜多川千鶴

A Homesick One

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Takeshi Suzuki

Takahashi

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天草四郎

Amanuma

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Josef von Sternberg

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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