The Pirates of Buban (1972)
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.
Director: Shōhei Imamura
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Shōhei Imamura as Himself |
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Kō Nishimura as |
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Shoichi Ozawa as |
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Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as |
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Kazuo Kitamura as |
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Tohru Emori as |
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Masaomi Kondo as |
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Takeshi Katō as |
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Torahiko Hamada as |
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Akiji Kobayashi as |
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Ikuyo Morita as |
| Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Director |
| Writing | Shōhei Imamura | Writer |
| Camera | Masao Tochizawa | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Osamu Inoue | Editor |
| Editing | Kuzô Kuno | Editor |
| Sound | Kenichi Benitani | Sound Designer |