Pigs and Battleships (1961)

Original title

豚と軍艦

Directed by

Shohei Imamura

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

18

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young woman in Yokosuka gets caught up with her boyfriend and the local yakuza who are making money from illegal deals with American soldiers. The film shows how crime and corruption spread through the town.

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What happens

Pigs and Battleships (豚と軍艦, Buta to gunkan) is a 1961 Japanese satirical comedy film by director Shōhei Imamura. The film depicts black market trades between the U.S. military and the local underworld at Yokosuka. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.