Pigs and Battleships

Filmmaker Shohei Imamura lifts the veil on the seedier side of life in 1960s Japan with this comedic portrait of a dim, misguided Yokohama hustler turned gang member (Hiroyuki Nagato) whose responsibilities include the care and feeding of black market swine. Jitsuko Yoshimura co-stars as his newly pregnant girlfriend, a simple barmaid whose mother would rather see her become a well-paid prostitute.