Pig-Chicken Suicide

Oct 30, 1981

1h 31m

★ 6.2

Overview

Pig Chicken Suicide is a veritable assault on the senses, mixing violent images of animal slaughter, racial strife and surrealism to tell the story of two Koreans living in Japan who's love is destroyed due to overwhelming racial discrimination.

Genres

Horror

Drama

Production Companies

Yokubô Production

Kyôeisha

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Cast

Naomi Hagio

Takahiro Hattori

Toshihiko Hino

Remi Nakamachi

Masatomo Nakamura

Jun'ichi Saitô

Kazuhiro Sano

Madoka Satô

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