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The Pirates of Buban
The Pirates of Buban

The Pirates of Buban

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By going to the Philippines, Imamura comes to meet people living in an extreme poverty. He discovers very quickly that some communities are under the control of cruel & armed pirates. Imamura will come to meet those men in order to understand their position.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

46 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

01 January 1972

Country

Japan

Cast

Shōhei Imamura

Shōhei Imamura

Himself

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Kazuo Kitamura

Kazuo Kitamura

Tohru Emori

Tohru Emori

Masaomi Kondo

Masaomi Kondo

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada

Akiji Kobayashi

Akiji Kobayashi

Ikuyo Morita

Ikuyo Morita

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