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The Pornographers (1966)

ALL 03/12/1966 (ja) Comedy, Drama, Romance 128 Min
  • Release
    03/12/1966
  • Production
    Nikkatsu Corporation, Imamura Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    73%
  • Original title
    「エロ事師たち」より 人類学入門
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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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.

  1. Shōhei Imamura

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Mutsuo Tanji

    Editor



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  1. Shoichi Ozawa

    Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata

  2. Sumiko Sakamoto

    Haru Masuda

  3. Keiko Sagawa

    Keiko Matsuda

  4. Masaomi Kondo

    Koichi Matsuda

  5. Haruo Tanaka

    Banteki

  6. Ganjirō Nakamura II

    Elderly Executive

  7. Chōchō Miyako

    Brothel Madame

  8. Kō Nishimura

    Detective Sanada

  9. Ichirō Sugai

    Shinun Ogata

  10. Shinichi Nakano

    Kabo

  11. Kazuo Kitamura

    Doctor

  12. Asao Uchida

    Furukawa

  13. Taiji Tonoyama

    Father

  14. Jun Hamamura

    Company Manager

  15. Kin Sugai

    Teacher Oda

  16. Sayoko Kinoshita

    Second-hand Bookstore Owner

  17. Kayako Sono

    Wife

  18. Shōzō Fukuyama

    Prayer

  19. Shuntaro Tamamura

    Nishioka

  20. Hyōe Enoki

    Middle-aged Man

  21. Tokushichi Ogura

    Old Man

  22. Yasuko Nishioka

    Housewife

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 22 , Crews : 32

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The Pornographers (1966) 128 Min

ALL 03/12/1966 (ja)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • Release 03/12/1966
  • Production
    Nikkatsu Corporation, Imamura Productions
  • Original title 「エロ事師たち」より 人類学入門
  • ja
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Shōhei Imamura

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Mutsuo Tanji

    Editor

  4. Shōhei Imamura, Jirô Tomoda, Kazuya Yamamoto

    Producer



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