Anatahan

A slow, hypnotic descent into island fever, where lush black-and-white images and a droning narration create a dreamlike, claustrophobic tension.

Directed by

Josef von Sternberg

Genres

Drama, War

Starring

Akemi Negishi, Tadashi Suganuma, Kisaburo Sawamura

Overview

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

How it feels

Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Isolation, power, obsession, survival

Content

Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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