Anatahan
From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan. June 1944. A group of Japanese sailors and soldiers end up on Anatahan, an iso…
Anatahan
From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan. 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. —grantss In June 1944, twelve Japanese seaman are stranded on an abandoned-and-forgotten island called Ana-ta-han for seven years. The island's only inhabitants are the overseer of the abandoned plantation and an attractive young Japanese woman. Discipline is represented by a former warrant officer but ends when he suffers a loss-of-face catastrophe. Soon, discipline and rationality are replaced by a struggle for power and the woman. Power is represented by a pair of pistols found in the wreckage of an American airplane, so important that five men pay for their lives in a bid for supremacy. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Anatahan
Drama,History,War
Film Details
From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan. 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. —grantss In June 1944, twelve Japanese seaman are stranded on an abandoned-and-forgotten island called Ana-ta-han for seven years.
The island's only inhabitants are the overseer of the abandoned plantation and an attractive young Japanese woman. Discipline is represented by a former warrant officer but ends when he suffers a loss-of-face catastrophe. Soon, discipline and rationality are replaced by a struggle for power and the woman.
Power is represented by a pair of pistols found in the wreckage of an American airplane, so important that five men pay for their lives in a bid for supremacy. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>.