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Pigs and Battleships
豚と軍艦
Directed by Shohei Imamura
1961•1h 48m•NR•★ 7.1
Comedy / Crime / Drama
Synopsis
In the sleazy, neon-drenched naval port of Yokosuka occupied by American GIs, a low-level yakuza punk is tasked by his syndicate with fattening up hundreds of black-market hogs on garbage behind the brothels, while his tough girlfriend refuses to become a prostitute and plans her escape, culminating in an anarchic stampede of squealing pigs through the bar district. Shohei Imamura's savage, anthropological satirical masterpiece.
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DirectorShōhei Imamura
WriterHisashi Yamanouchi
CinematographyShinsaku Himeda
MusicToshirō Mayuzumi
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Runtime1h 48m (108 mins)
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DirectorShohei Imamura
LanguagesJapanese, English
CountryJP
StudioNikkatsu
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