Pigs and Battleships
1961 · Movie · 108 min · ★ 7.1 · 83% critics
In post-occupation Yokosuka, a young couple dream of staying together while crime, poverty, and outside influence pull them in different directions. As one is drawn deeper into a local gang’s schemes, the other searches for a way out of a harsh, exploitative world.
Also known as Hogs and Warships · Pigs & Battleships
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Details
- Original title
- 豚と軍艦
- Years
- 1961
- Release date
- 1961-01-21
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (64 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re into harsh crime dramas with social bite and desperate romance, especially if Street of Shame or Battles Without Honor and Humanity appeal to you; Not for you if you want upbeat, comforting characters.
Pros: gritty atmosphere; sharp social critique; tense dark humor | Cons: bleak tone; messy plotting; hard to like characters
Themes
- japan
- yakuza
- u.s. navy
- poverty
- prostitution
- post war japan
- port city
- japanese new wave
- pigs
Cast & crew
Hiroyuki Nagato
as Kinta
Jitsuko Yoshimura
as Haruko
Masao Mishima
as Himori
Tetsuro Tamba
as Slasher Tetsuji
Shirō Ōsaka
as Hoshino
Takeshi Katō
as Ohachi
Shoichi Ozawa
as Gunji
Yōko Minamida
as Katsuyo
Hideo Sato
as Kikuo
Eijirō Tōno
as Kan'ichi
Directed by Shōhei Imamura