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

Akemi Negishi
Keiko Kusakabe
Tadashi Suganuma
Kusakabe, Husband of Keiko
Kisaburo Sawamura
Kuroda

Shoji Nakayama
Nishio

Jun Fujikawa
Yoshisato

Hiroshi Kondō
Yanaginuma
Shozo Miyashita
Sennami
Kikuji Onoe
Kaneda
Rokuriro Kineya
Marui
Tsuruemon Bando
Doi
Daijiro Tamur
Kanzaki

Chizuru Kitagawa
A Homesick One
Takeshi Suzuki
Takahashi

Shirō Amakusa
Amanuma

Josef von Sternberg
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Crew

Josef von Sternberg
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Executive Producer
Michiro Maruyama
Book
Younghill Kang
Novel
Mitsuzō Miyata
Editor
Kōzō Okazaki
Director of Photography
Iwashita
Assistant Director
Nagamasa Kawakita
Executive Producer
Yoshio Osawa
Executive Producer
Kazuo Takimura
Producer
Hisashi Kase
Sound Recordist

Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Yoshio Watanabe
Special Effects

Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Tatsuo Asano
Dialogue
Takashi Kono
Art Direction
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