Buta to Gunkan

by Shohei Imamura

1961. The Himori gang is in troubles since the authorities decide to close the brothel they had opened near an American naval base. To make ends meet, they start to steal, rob and intimidate. The situation gets even worse when the cashier of the gang steals all the money that was destined to the purchase of some pigs and Tetsuji, the boss, is hospitalized. The gang tears itself apart.
Country: Giappone
Year: 1961
Running time: 108'
Format: 35 mm
Language: giapponese
Subtitles: italiano
Genre: fiction
Screenplay: Hisashi Yamauchi
Cinematography: Shinsaku Imeda
Editing: Mutsuo Tanji
Music: Toshiro Mayuzumi
With: Hiroyuki Nagato, Mitsi Mori, Takeshi Kato
Produced by: Nikkatsu