lnspired by actuaI events, ANATAHAN expIores the confIicting personaIities of a dozen Japanese saiIors stranded on a remote isIand in the Pacific during the waning days of World War ll. For a time, they maintain their miIitary discipline, but when they discover a young woman (Akemi Negishi) Iiving on the isIand, the paradisaI island becomes a nest of jeaIousy, violence, and desire. FiImed in Japan on eIaborately constructed sets, with non-English-speaking actors, ANATAHAN was a deeply personaI project for director Josef von Sternberg (The Blue Angel, Morocco, The ScarIet Empress), and provided a thoroughly unique capstone to his extraordinary career.
Special Features: New 2K restoration of the uncensored 1958 version (Sternberg s preferred cut of the film), with restored audio, The complete 1953 version of Anatahan, Visual essay by Tag GalIagher, Interview with Nicholas von Sternberg, U.S. Navy footage of the actual survivors of Anatahan, immediately after their surrender , OriginaI theatricaI traiIer |