Buta to gunkan

The ultimate reply to Ozu. No stoic politeness from the Japanese characters here, just an animal desire to get ahead in a nihilistic world. The ending is incredible.

While for most of the film we may think this is about how postwar Japan is a wannabe gangster trying to turn the scraps doled out by the US military into viable profit, by the end of the film we understand that this was merely childish fantasy, and that the real question for Japan in the 1950s is how to avoid being a whore for a corrupt and corrupting America and instead strike out on its own path. Dynamic camerawork and generally well done, if a little too melodramatic and hysterical in parts.

A bit more melodrama than I bargained for. A solid addition to the canon of 60s anti-imperialist new wave.

Title doesn't lie - lots of pigs.

B-movie yakuza-story of aimless youth in postwar Japan under American influence. Imamura does work hard to inject it with real nuance and gritty humanity but that also makes it tonally inconsistent at times. It's very impressively shot and generally showcases more talent in the execution than in writing. Has aged pretty well and is still strangely fresh when compared to some modern crime-films. Imamura's willful attitude is already very much evident here.

Bursting with anarchic energy.

A slight weaker Imamura film for me but still a great work from Japanese cinema. It's a perfect postcard of the period it was made in - with Japan still under American occupation after WWII, and coping with the capitalist boom that was taking place and disturbing what it meant to be Japanese - following loners, crooks and working class women trying to make ends meet only to feel the worst brunt of it, through threads of a B-movie yakuza film and shot with considerable skill by Imamura.

Inflammatory, anti-American; somehow grotesque and humanistic in equal measure. Imamura's mastery of style shows precisely within this confusion of the terrible and the hilarious. After all, it IS kinda funny Kinta has a confederate flag on his baseball cap. But the more you think about it, the worse it gets.

Slice-of-life film based on the reconstruction of post-war Japan, where the only way to get ahead seems to be to sell yourself to the highest bidder. There are a lot of characters here to keep track of so it's a tiny bit confusing in parts. I'm a fan of tidy endings; I'm not sure I'll ever forget the "yakuza" storyline's conclusion. Some good performances and some weighty topics, but I just can't say I "enjoyed" it, although it was worth watching.

those last 30 minutes are INSANE!!!

Part critique of American influence in Japan, and part wild yakuza film. It's got kind of a B-movie vibe to it, lots of action and humor, but compelling drama as well. I think the message is handled too bluntly (and the business with the hogs somewhat confusing), but the craftsmanship makes up for it. There's some phenomenal camerawork, especially in the use of tracking shots and overhead shots. I've never seen guys get trampled by a pig stampede before.

Todos Porcos estreava há 60 anos no Japão. Mostra bem o chiqueiro que virou o Japão por conta da intervenção norte-americana, a ponto de não ser mais simbolismo e literalmente se transformar numa cidade de porcos. Box Versátil Nouvelle Vague Japonesa Volume 1.

Anlattığı yakuza hikayesinin yanına Amerikan kültürünün Japonya üzerindeki etkisine dair incelikli laflar iliştirerek, çok güçlü bir film çıkarıyor Imamura ortaya. Hele o final... Ayrıca burada puan verdiğim 2222. film olmuş. Ne güzel.

Most sardonic "this story is entirely fictional" disclaimer ever.

Release the pigs or I will spray you all with bullets!

oddly hewn farce . . the ver. i watched could've been higher def. might#ve taken me out of it a bit.