Pigs and Battleships
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Pigs and Battleships is a 1961 satirical Japanese film that critiques postwar society through a darkly comic story of small-time gangsters entangled with U.S. military presence in a port town.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pigs and Battleships canonical | 2 |
| Battleship | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Shinsaku Himeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Shohei Imamura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Nikkatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Mutsuo Tanji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmMovement | Japanese New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
crime film ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasColorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigs_and_Battleships NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSubtitlesAvailable | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Haruko
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kinta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Toshiro Mayuzumi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
U.S. military presence in Japan
ⓘ
postwar Japanese society ⓘ small-time gangsters ⓘ |
| notableFor |
darkly comic tone
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depiction of U.S. military influence in a Japanese port town ⓘ satirical critique of postwar Japanese society ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| portrays |
clash between traditional values and modernization
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corruption in port-town underworld ⓘ exploitation linked to U.S. military bases ⓘ |
| producer | Tomio Ikeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Nikkatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1961-10-15 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 108 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Hisashi Yamanouchi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shohei Imamura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Yokosuka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Hiroyuki Nagato
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jitsuko Yoshimura NERFINISHED ⓘ Masao Mishima NERFINISHED ⓘ Tetsuro Tamba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
Americanization of Japan
NERFINISHED
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gender inequality ⓘ organized crime ⓘ poverty and aspiration ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Battleship