Anatahan

Year: 1954

Runtime: 92 min

Language: Japanese

Director: Josef von Sternberg

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During the final days of World War II, a group of Japanese soldiers find themselves stranded on the deserted island of Anatahan. Their attempts to establish order quickly devolve into a violent power struggle, centered around Keiko, a mysterious woman they refer to as the "Queen Bee." As tensions escalate and resources dwindle, the men’s desperation reveals their primal instincts and the fragility of their grasp on sanity, blurring the boundaries between survival and savagery.

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