Pigs, geishas and sailors
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Pigs, geishas and sailors |
| Original title | 豚 と 軍艦 Buta to Gunkan |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Shōhei Imamura |
| script | Shōhei Imamura, Kazu Otsuka, Hisashi Yamanouchi |
| production | Shinsei Horiba, Matoo Ogasawara |
| music | Toshiro Mayuzumi |
| camera | Shinsaku Himeda |
| cut | Matsuo Tanji |
| occupation | |
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Pigs, geishas and sailors (original title: 豚 と 軍艦 Buta to Gunkan , dt. "Pigs and warships") is a Japanese film by Shōhei Imamura from 1960 . The film is based on a story by Kazu Otsuka.
action
The film is set in post-war Japan during the American occupation: Kinta, a young petty criminal and member of the Yakuza , makes his living doing black market deals. One of Kinta's tasks is to illegally sell pigs that have been fed waste. Kinta's supporter, Tetsu, suffers from a stomach ulcer, but thinks it is cancer and is terrified to death. Haruko, his girlfriend, secretly goes to work as a prostitute while working in a bar. Although Kinta engages in illegal activities, he believes in a certain criminal "professional ethos". Drunken, arrogant American sailors can be seen again and again during the film.
criticism
"A dark film that presents an amoral world with no hope of functioning interpersonal relationships."
- Vincent Canby of the New York Times writes: “ Pigs, geishas and sailors is no more or less anti-American than he would be anti-Japanese. It is the work of a singularly intelligent filmmaker who perseveres in looking at things for a long time (which in this case means: satirical) view. "
Web links
- Pigs, geishas and sailors in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Review in the New York Times
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b pigs, geishas and sailors. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 18, 2017 .
- ↑ a b http://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/09/movies/film-imamura-s-pigs-and-battleships.html