Storyline

During World War II, a shot-down American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain find themselves stranded on the same small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. Following war logic, each time the crafty Japanese devises something useful, he guards it to deny its use to the Yank, who then steals it, its proceeds or the idea and/or ruins it. Yet each gets his chance to kill and/or capture the other, but neither pushes this to the end. After a while of this pointless pestering, they end up joining forces to build and man a raft...—KGF Vissers

Plot Keywords

friendship between men, world war two, independent film, naval officer, stranded on an island, island, japanese, uniform, underwear, stick fight, mud, loincloth, fishing, boxer shorts, marine, desert island, unsubtitled foreign language, all male cast, bondage, minimal cast

Short Review

The symbolism is at once too vague and too facile to provide any indication of just what the message is supposed to be. Still, the basic idea is intriguing, even if its logic won't bear much examination.

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Streaming Service

1. Amazon Video : Rent from $1.99, Or $0.00 with a Prime membership