If you loved The Insect Woman, try Pigs and Battleships
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Shōhei Imamura, and they both carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Insect Woman, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Pigs and Battleships is
You hustle scams near the U.S. naval base at Yokosuka with your girl. But rival gangs fight over the spoils. Imamura's early, frenetic style leaves one both exhausted and exhilarated.

