
Pigs and Battleships(1961)
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.


“Will things change for the better?”
In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the trading of ID cards and blood.
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Masahiko Tsugawa
Shin

Kayoko Honoo
Hanako

Isao Sasaki
Takeshi

Fumio Watanabe
Yosehei

Kamatari Fujiwara
Batasuke

Tanie Kitabayashi
Chika

Junzaburō Ban
Yotsematsu

Yūsuke Kawazu
Yasu

Kei Satō
Sakaguchi

Rokkō Toura
Masa
The Sun's Burial is a drama, crime film released in 1960 exploring themes of youth gang, osaka, japan, poverty, prostitution, post war japan, japanese new wave. Directed by Nagisa Ōshima, it stars Masahiko Tsugawa, Kayoko Honoo, Isao Sasaki. In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the trading of ID cards and blood.
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