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


During the Vietnam War, an American G.I. deserts his base in Japan and escapes to Tokyo with the help of his Japanese bar hostess girlfriend. In the capital he gets involved with an anti-war organization while dodging the military police.
Keith Sykes
Jim

Reisen Ri
Relko

Kazuo Kitamura
Tachikawa

Toshiko Kobayashi
Mrs. Tachikawa

Shoichi Ozawa
Tanikawa

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Mrs. Tanikawa

Hideo Kanze
Shimezu

Tamao Nakamura
Mrs. Shimezu
Hisashi Igawa
Ota

Kunie Tanaka
Fujimura
Summer Soldiers is a drama, war film released in 1972. Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, it stars Keith Sykes, Reisen Ri, Kazuo Kitamura. During the Vietnam War, an American G.I. deserts his base in Japan and escapes to Tokyo with the help of his Japanese bar hostess girlfriend. In the capital he gets involved with an anti-war organization while dodging the military police.
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