Pigs and Battleships (豚と軍艦, Buta to gunkan) is a 1961 Japanese satirical comedy film by director Shōhei Imamura. The film depicts black market trades between...
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Pigs + Battleships (or Pigs and Battleships on the cassette version) is the only studio album released by the British, Manchester-based new wave and dance...
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a Japanese film and television actress. She was discovered by Shōhei Imamura as a newcomer and cast in the film Pigs and Battleships. She went on to appear...
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Jacoby as an "uncharacteristically tender film". His 1961 satire Pigs and Battleships, of which Imamura later said that it was the kind of film he always...
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boutiques, for the passing sailors. The film Pigs and Battleships popularized the sukajan in the entire country and these jackets became the Japanese equivalent...
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dir. Ōshima), Blood Is Dry (1960, dir. Yoshida) and Dry Lake (1960, dir. Shinoda). Pigs and Battleships, released by Nikkatsu the following year, exemplified...
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incident, Rie employs Akira Kido, a lawyer and old friend, to set out to investigate her husband's real identity and background. The more they find out about...
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Godzilla Minus One (category Films about nuclear war and weapons)
written, directed, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. It is the 37th film in the Godzilla franchise, Toho's 33rd Godzilla film, and the fifth installment...
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Wes Anderson (section Early life and education)
were: The Earrings of Madame de... (1953) Au hasard Balthazar (1966) Pigs and Battleships (1961) The Insect Woman (1963) Unholy Desire (1964) The Taking of...
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1958 and 1966 made for them such notable films as Pigs and Battleships (1961), The Insect Woman (1963) and The Pornographers (1966).[citation needed] Strangely...
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Mark Kamins (section Life and career)
Out" (1983) and "Peacetrain" (1984) by Urban Blight. In 1984, Kamins recorded the Beastie Boys. He produced the 1985 album Pigs and Battleships by Quando...
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2010 Japanese psychological thriller film directed by Tetsuya Nakashima and based on author Kanae Minato's 2008 debut mystery novel, which won the 2009...
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starting with the initial murders. Enokizu tricks and then kills two men, steals their money and disappears. He travels to another city, where he asks...
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drama film written, edited and directed by Takeshi Kitano starring Claude Maki. A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The...
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Spirited Away (redirect from The Spiriting Away of Sen and Chihiro)
parents among a group of pigs to leave. After she answers correctly that none of the pigs are her parents, her contract disappears and she is given back her...
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The Hidden Fortress (category Japanese black-and-white films)
General Makabe Rokurōta and Misa Uehara as Princess Yuki while the peasants, Tahei and Matashichi, are portrayed by Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara respectively...
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1956 and 1960 and starred in many Nikatsu films, including Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate directed by Yūzō Kawashima and Pigs and Battleships directed...
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independent zombie comedy film written and directed by Shin'ichirō Ueda. It follows a team of filmmakers and actors who are tasked with making One Cut...
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(1960) - Sumi Ippiki ôkami (1960) Daisogen no wataridori (1960) Pigs and Battleships (1961) - Katsuyo Tokyo naito (1961) Hayauchi yarô (1961) - Dancer...
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Sakamoto as Orin, Ken Ogata, and Shoichi Ozawa. It is an adaptation of the book Narayama bushikō by Shichirō Fukazawa and slightly inspired by the 1958...
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Woman in the Dunes (category 1960s avant-garde and experimental films)
directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara and starring Eiji Okada, Kyōko Kishida, and Kōji Mitsui. It received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for two Academy...
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acclaim and, especially with its video releases, drew a large global cult following. It is often regarded as one of Fukasaku's best films and one of the...
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film is written, produced, directed and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda, and it stars Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, and Hiei Kimura. Nobody Knows tells the story...
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drama film directed, co-written, and edited by Akira Kurosawa. The plot derives from William Shakespeare's King Lear and includes segments based on legends...
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The Pornographers (section Production and reception)
living in Osaka. His business is under threat from thieves, the government, and his own family. Shōichi Ozawa as Subuyan Ogata Sumiko Sakamoto as Haru Matsuda...
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on the Boat 21 January Pigs and Battleships (Japan) 24 January His and Hers La Notte (Italy/France) 25 January One Hundred and One Dalmatians 26 January...
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premiered at the 67th Venice International Film Festival on September 7, 2010, and received the best screenplay award in the Fantastic Features section at Fantastic...
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USA as Fireworks, is a 1997 Japanese crime drama film written, directed and edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in it. The film's score was composed...
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directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class criminal who is taught to impersonate the...
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Tetsurō Tamba (section Awards and nominations)
as Miyata The Story of Osaka Castle (1961) as Sadamasa Ishikawa Pigs and Battleships (1961) as Slasher Tetsuji High Noon for Gangsters (1961) as Miyahara...
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