
Anatahan(1953)
From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan.


A group of Japanese soldiers land in Chinese territory. They advance on a village ; one soldier, Norimoto, is killed in the attack, but the village is captured. Norimoto’s body is recovered and buried. Over the next two days, the soldiers advance inland. Two more soldiers, Naito and Takahashi, are injured. They remain behind to recover, but vow to catch up. Their comrades march on...
Yûji Azuma
Reizaburo Yamamoto
Shigeo Araki

Isamu Kosugi

Shirô Izome
Ryôichi Kikuchi
Haruhiko Nishi
Yoshio Tsuchida
Toshinosuke Nagao
Akira Kato
Mud and Soldiers is a drama, war film released in 1939. Directed by Tomotaka Tasaka, it stars Yûji Azuma, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Shigeo Araki. A group of Japanese soldiers land in Chinese territory. They advance on a village ; one soldier, Norimoto, is killed in the attack, but the village is captured. Norimoto’s body is recovered and buried. Over the next two days, the soldiers advance inland. Two more soldiers, Naito and Takahashi, are injured. They remain behind to recover, but vow to catch up. Their comrades march on...
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