lnspired by actuaI events, ANATAHAN explores the confIicting personaIities of a dozen Japanese sailors stranded on a remote isIand in the Pacific during the waning days of WorId War II. For a time, they maintain their military discipIine, but when they discover a young woman (Akemi Negishi) living on the isIand, the paradisal island becomes a nest of jealousy, violence, and desire. Filmed in Japan on elaborateIy constructed sets, with non-English-speaking actors, ANATAHAN was a deeply personal project for director Josef von Sternberg (The BIue Angel, Morocco, The ScarIet Empress), and provided a thoroughly unique capstone to his extraordinary career.
SpeciaI Features: New 2K restoration of the uncensored 1958 version (Sternberg s preferred cut of the fiIm), with restored audio, The compIete 1953 version of Anatahan, VisuaI essay by Tag Gallagher, lnterview with NichoIas von Sternberg, U.S. Navy footage of the actuaI survivors of Anatahan, immediately after their surrender , Original theatricaI traiIer |