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Inspired by an actual event during WWII, Josef von Sternberg’s Anatahan, tells the story of a dozen Japanese sailors who are stranded on the remote island of Anatahan during the waning days of the war. The war ends, unbeknownst to the men, but it is then that they engage in their own private war: for dominance of their island domain and possession of the sole woman in their midst, Keiko, the so-called “Queen Bee” of Anatahan (Akemi Negishi).
Original Release
06/28/1953
US Release
05/17/1954
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Akemi Negishi | Keiko Kusakabe, the 'Queen Bee' / Keiko Kusakabe |
| Tadashi Suganuma | Kusakabe, Husband of Keiko |
| Kisaburo Sawamura | Kuroda |
| Shôji Nakayama | Nishio |
| Jun Fujikawa | Yoshisato |
| Hiroshi Kondô | Yanaginuma |
| Shozo Miyashita | Sennami / Senba |
| Tsuruemon Bando | Doi |
| Kikuji Onoe | Kaneda (as Kikuji) / Kaneda |
| Rokuriro Kineya | Marui (as Rokuriro) / Marui |
Directors
Writers
Josef von Sternberg, Michiro Maruyama, Tatsuo Asano, Younghill Kang
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Akemi Negishi | Keiko Kusakabe, the 'Queen Bee' / Keiko Kusakabe |
| Tadashi Suganuma | Kusakabe, Husband of Keiko |
| Kisaburo Sawamura | Kuroda |
| Shôji Nakayama | Nishio |
| Jun Fujikawa | Yoshisato |
| Hiroshi Kondô | Yanaginuma |
| Shozo Miyashita | Sennami / Senba |
| Tsuruemon Bando | Doi |
| Kikuji Onoe | Kaneda (as Kikuji) / Kaneda |
| Rokuriro Kineya | Marui (as Rokuriro) / Marui |
| Daijiro Tamura | Kanzaki |
| Chizuru Kitagawa | A Homesick One |
| Takeshi Suzuki | Takahashi |
| Shirô Amakusa | Amanuma |
| Josef von Sternberg | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Josef von Sternberg | Executive Producer |
| Nagamasa Kawakita | Executive Producer |
| Yoshio Osawa | Executive Producer |
| Kazuo Takimura | Producer |
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