The Pornographers

The Pornographers

1966
2h 8m
7.2

7.2/10

51 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Drama Romance
Overview

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead husband, reincarnated as a carp, disapproves. Director Shohei Imamura has always delighted in the kinky exploits of lowlifes, and in this 1966 classic, he finds subversive humor in the bizarre dynamics of Haru, her Oedipal son, and her daughter, the true object of her pornographer-boyfriend’s obsession. Imamura’s comic treatment of such taboos as voyeurism and incest sparked controversy when the film was released, but The Pornographers has outlasted its critics, and now seems frankly ahead of its time.

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Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Nikkatsu Corporation Imamura Productions
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

based on novel or book film in film osaka, japan japanese new wave carp

Quick Facts

Original Title 「エロ事師たち」より 人類学入門
Release Date March 12, 1966
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0060560

Cast

Shoichi Ozawa
Shoichi Ozawa

Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata

Sumiko Sakamoto
Sumiko Sakamoto

Haru Masuda

Keiko Sagawa
Keiko Sagawa

Keiko Matsuda

Masaomi Kondo
Masaomi Kondo

Koichi Matsuda

Haruo Tanaka
Haruo Tanaka

Banteki

Ganjirō Nakamura II
Ganjirō Nakamura II

Elderly Executive

Chōchō Miyako
Chōchō Miyako

Brothel Madame

Kō Nishimura
Kō Nishimura

Detective Sanada

Ichirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai

Shinun Ogata

Shinichi Nakano
Shinichi Nakano

Kabo

Kazuo Kitamura
Kazuo Kitamura

Doctor

Asao Uchida
Asao Uchida

Furukawa

Key Crew

Shōhei Imamura
Director
Shōhei Imamura
Producer
Jirô Tomoda
Producer
Kazuya Yamamoto
Producer
Koji Numata
Screenplay
Shōhei Imamura
Screenplay