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Kinta (Hiroyuki Nagato) is caught in the mesh of poverty and opts out by joining the local yakuza gang. His greed draws him into the drug dealing, pimping, and racketeering that fill the gang's coffers. One day he is given the legit job of tending the pigs owned by his mob boss, who live on the slop thrown out by the neighbourhood's American military base. Kinta's girlfriend begs him to go straight and settle down, but he can't see a future in it.

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EAN5060000700329

eBay Product ID (ePID)102271297

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Film/TV TitlePigs and Battleships /Stolen Desire

ActorJitsuko Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Sanae Nakahara, Shiro Osaka, Yoko Minamida, Tetsuro Tamba

DirectorShohei Imamura

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

FormatBluraydvd

Release Year2011

LanguageJapanese

FeaturesBlack & White, Widescreen, Stolen Desire Imamura's 1958 feature for Nikkatsu [93 minutes]\Newly translated English subtitles for both films\Booklet, With Subtitles

Aspect Ratio2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen

GenreThriller, General

Run Time201 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate15

Number of Discs2

Country/Region of ManufactureJapan

Director of PhotographyShinsaku Himeda

Consumer AdviceContains strong language, sex references and an implied sexual assault

Additional InformationLong 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 mesh of poverty and opts out by joining the local yakuza gang. His greed draws him into the drug dealing, pimping, and racketeering that fill the gang's coffers. One day he is given the legit job of tending the pigs owned by his mob boss, who live on the slop thrown out by the neighborhood's American military base. Kinta's girlfriend begs him to go straight and settle down, but he can't see a future in it. As the final denouement nears, increasingly acerbic commentary, mixed with pointed symbolism, decries American treatment of Japan and the Japanese' own moral corruption.

Movie/TV TitlePigs And Battleships /Stolen Desire

ComposerToshiro Mayuzumi

Sound sourceDolby Digital