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
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.
satiricalchaoticcynicalgrittyenergeticdarkly humorousbleak
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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