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Summary
From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan.
Good for
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
- Solo watch
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+32)
Critics 100Audiences 68GoodWatch 75
Tomatometer100%
IMDb7.0
Audience score65%
Running time
1 h 31 min
Shorter than most dramas, −18 min on the typical 109
typical 10991Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1953
June 28, 1953
73 years ago
Genres
DramaWarLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesIntense
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 4 more15 people
- Akemi NegishiKeiko Kusakabe
- TSTadashi SuganumaKusakabe, Husband of Keiko
- KSKisaburo SawamuraKuroda
- Shoji NakayamaNishio
- Jun FujikawaYoshisato
- Hiroshi KondōYanaginuma
- SMShozo MiyashitaSennami
- KOKikuji OnoeKaneda
- RKRokuriro KineyaMarui
- TBTsuruemon BandoDoi
- DTDaijiro TamurKanzaki
- Chizuru KitagawaA Homesick One
- TSTakeshi SuzukiTakahashi
- Shirō AmakusaAmanuma
- Josef von SternbergNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
Directing · 2
- Josef von Sternberg Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Director of Photography
- Iwashita Assistant Director
Writing · 3
- Younghill Kang Novel
- Michiro Maruyama Book
- Tatsuo Asano Dialogue
Production · 3
- Nagamasa Kawakita Executive Producer
- Yoshio Osawa Executive Producer
- Kazuo Takimura Producer
Camera · 1
- Kōzō Okazaki Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Mitsuzō Miyata Editor
Sound · 1
- Akira Ifukube Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- Takashi Kono Art Direction
Other crew · 3
- Eiji Tsuburaya Special Effects
- Hisashi Kase Sound Recordist
- Yoshio Watanabe Special Effects
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