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Pigs and Battleships (Blu-Ray and DVD Edition)
$26.99
With this, his fifth film, Shôhei Imamura finally answered his true calling as Japanese cinema's most dedicated and brilliant chronicler of society's underbelly with the astonishing Pigs and Battleships [Buta to gunkan]. A riotous portrait of sub-Yakuza gangsters battling for control of the local pork business in a U.S. Navy-occupied coastal town (Yokosuka), Imamura conjures a chaotic world of petty thugs, young love, tough-headed women, and underworld hypochondria, with one of the most unforgettable climaxes ever to grace the screen.
Featuring dynamic black-and-white 'Scope cinematography, the director's typically sly sense of social commentary, and a host of outstanding performances (including Jitsuko Yoshimura from Onibaba), Pigs and Battleships immediately became a cornerstone of the Japanese New Wave and remains perhaps Imamura's most sheerly entertaining work.
Special Dual Format Release Including Blu-Ray & DVD Versions Of The Film:
- Exclusively restored high-definition master from the original camera negative (1080p on Blu-ray)
- Stolen Desire [Nusumareta yokujô] (1958), Imamura's debut feature for Nikkatsu in a new high-definition transfer [93 minutes] (1080p on Blu-ray)
- Newly translated English subtitles for both films
• A booklet featuring essays on both films by Tony Rayns and rare stills
- Masters of Cinema
- Shôhei Imamura
- 15
English
- 1961
- Japanese
- 2
- B
Pigs and Battleships (Blu-Ray and DVD Edition)
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With this, his fifth film, Shôhei Imamura finally answered his true calling as Japanese cinema's most dedicated and brilliant chronicler of society's underbelly with the astonishing Pigs and Battleships [Buta to gunkan]. A riotous portrait of sub-Yakuza gangsters battling for control of the local pork business in a U.S. Navy-occupied coastal town (Yokosuka), Imamura conjures a chaotic world of petty thugs, young love, tough-headed women, and underworld hypochondria, with one of the most unforgettable climaxes ever to grace the screen.
Featuring dynamic black-and-white 'Scope cinematography, the director's typically sly sense of social commentary, and a host of outstanding performances (including Jitsuko Yoshimura from Onibaba), Pigs and Battleships immediately became a cornerstone of the Japanese New Wave and remains perhaps Imamura's most sheerly entertaining work.
Special Dual Format Release Including Blu-Ray & DVD Versions Of The Film:
- Exclusively restored high-definition master from the original camera negative (1080p on Blu-ray)
- Stolen Desire [Nusumareta yokujô] (1958), Imamura's debut feature for Nikkatsu in a new high-definition transfer [93 minutes] (1080p on Blu-ray)
- Newly translated English subtitles for both films
• A booklet featuring essays on both films by Tony Rayns and rare stills
- Masters of Cinema
- Shôhei Imamura
- 15
English
- 1961
- Japanese
- 2
- B
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