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Pigs and Battleships

Name: Pigs and Battleships
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1961-01-21
Cast: Hiroyuki Nagato, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Masao Mishima, Tetsuro Tamba, Shirō Ōsaka

CrimeDrama

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.

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Cast

Hiroyuki NagatoJitsuko YoshimuraMasao MishimaTetsuro TambaShirō ŌsakaTakeshi KatōShoichi OzawaYōko MinamidaHideo SatoEijirō TōnoAkira YamanouchiSanae Nakahara

Director

Shōhei Imamura

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