Pigs and Battleships (Buta to gunkan) (Hogs and Warships)

Pigs and Battleships (Buta to gunkan) (Hogs and Warships) (1961)

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Long before he gained fame for winning the 1983 Cannes Golden Palm award for The Ballad of Narayama, director Shohei Imamura created this superbly crafted, sardonic drama about the yakuza (Japanese Mafia) and the modernization of Japan after World War II. Kinta (Hiroyuki Nagato) is caught in the… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 48 min.
Directed By
Shohei Imamura
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 21, 1961 Wide
On DVD
May 19, 2009

Critic Reviews

  • Anton Bitel, Little White Lies

    not some dry anatomisation of Japan's post-war ills, but an energetic genre piece, full of rampant criminality and doomed romance, which remains rambunctiously entertaining from beginning to end.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Stella D


    imamura's early and provocative yakuza film makes a strong statement about japanese postwar society and particularly how the u.s. military presence affects the seaport town of yokosuka. imamura was in full rebellion against his master ozu at this point and the film so shocked… More

  • Walter M


    "Pigs and Battleships" takes place in a Japanese port city that also serves as host for a major American naval base where several gangs are competing for a share of the profits that are made from such illicit activity as prostitution. Kinta(Hiroyuki Nagato) is a low-level… More

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