This absurdist depiction of a postwar Japan supposedly imbibing democracy while prospering from the presence of the US military is generally considered to be Imamura's first masterpiece. The pimping gangsters in Yokusaka port contrive a plan to raise pigs for the black market, feeding the swine with kitchen scraps from the US Navy. Young Haruko tries to steer her teen hood boyfriend away the scheme but lands in trouble herself. In a film crowded with energy and camera movement, the climax is a standout: an anarchic shoot-out amidst a melee of stampeding pigs.