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A dazzling, unruly portrait of postwar Japan, Pigs and Battleships details, with escalating absurdity, the desperate power struggles between small-time gangsters in the port town of Yokosuka. Shot in gorgeously composed, bustling CinemaScope, the film follows a young couple as they try to navigate Yokosuka’s corrupt businessmen, chimpira, and their own unsure future together. With its breakneck pacing and constantly inventive cinematography, this film marked Shohei Imamura as a major voice in Japanese cinema.
Original Release
01/21/1961
US Release
09/13/1963
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Hiroyuki Nagato | Kinta |
Jitsuko Yoshimura | Haruko |
Masao Mishima | Himori |
Tetsuro Tanba | Slasher Tetsuji |
Shirô Ôsaka | Hoshino |
Takeshi Katô | Ohachi |
Shoichi Ozawa | Gunji, Gangster in check shirt |
Yoko Minamida | Katsuyo |
Hideo Sato | Kikuo |
Eijirô Tôno | Kan'ichi |
Directors
Writers
Hisashi Yamanouchi, Gisashi Yamauchi, Kazu Ôtsuka
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hiroyuki Nagato | Kinta |
Jitsuko Yoshimura | Haruko |
Masao Mishima | Himori |
Tetsuro Tanba | Slasher Tetsuji |
Shirô Ôsaka | Hoshino |
Takeshi Katô | Ohachi |
Shoichi Ozawa | Gunji, Gangster in check shirt |
Yoko Minamida | Katsuyo |
Hideo Sato | Kikuo |
Eijirô Tôno | Kan'ichi |
Akira Yamanouchi | Sakiyama |
Sanae Nakahara | Hiromi |
Kin Sugai | Haruko's mother |
Bumon Kahara | Harukoma |
Tomio Aoki | Kyuro |
Ko Nishimura | Yajima |
Kotoe Hatsui | Wife, Tsune |
Toshio Takahara | Dr. Miyaguchi |
Takeo Yazu | Masuyama |
Taiji Tonoyama | Chen |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Kano Ôtsuka | Producer |