Movie
Pigs and Battleships
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1961-01-21
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Nikkatsu Corporation
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- 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
- Akira Yamanouchi as Sakiyama
- Sanae Nakahara as Hiromi
Crew
- Shōhei Imamura - Director
- Hisashi Yamanouchi - Screenplay
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