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Rating: 7 stars

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Japan post-war nikkatsu Criterion black and white pig pigs slums sailor brothel prostitute prostitution yakuza extortion

All movies seen on 03/17/2016

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Pigs and Battleships (1961)

Directed by Shōhei Imamura

Drama | Crime

Overview

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.

Length 108 minutes

Actors

Hiroyuki Nagato | Jitsuko Yoshimura | Masao Mishima | Tetsurō Tamba | Shirô Ôsaka | Takeshi Katô | Shoichi Ozawa | Yôko Minamida | Hideo Sato | Eijirô Tôno | Akira Yamauchi | Sanae Nakahara | Kin Sugai | Keiji Oizumi | Tomio Aoki | Kô Nishimura | Kotoe Hatsui | Toshio Takahara | Hyosuke Kobe | Takeo Yazu | Taiji Tonoyama | Hideo Kidokoro | Toyoko Takechi | Nobuo Kawakami | Shuntaro Tamamura | Hitomi Nakagawa | Ayako Fukuda | Osman Yusuf | John Blooming | Hyôe Enoki | Seijiro Takano | Toru Moriya | Sanzo Nakagawa | Tomoko Naraoka | Kôji Yashiro | Takashi Nomura | Mitzi Mori | Ayako Kanda

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Literally a movie about pigs. I suppose there’s an allegory here with these poor folks trying to get along under shitty circumstances. This is a tragic story. Not a particularly easy watch given the treatment of the both the people and pigs. How the US Navy sailors are portrayed is alarming and probably accurate. What I do like is how Imamura frames his shots and all the angles he uses to create tension. Cool to see Ko Nishimura pop up in a small cameo.

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