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.
Unfortunately the movie The Pornographers is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Director |
Writing | Akiyuki Nosaka | Novel |
Production | Shōhei Imamura | Producer |
Production | Jirô Tomoda | Producer |
Production | Kazuya Yamamoto | Producer |
Camera | Shinsaku Himeda | Director of Photography |
Camera | Shōhei Andō | Camera Operator |
Camera | Katsuharu Hayakawa | Camera Operator |
Camera | Renji Yamamoto | Camera Operator |
Sound | Toshiro Kusunoki | Music |
Art | Hiromi Shiozawa | Art Direction |
Sound | Toshirō Mayuzumi | Original Music Composer |
Directing | Noboru Tanaka | Assistant Director |
Directing | Yoshihiro Yûki | Assistant Director |
Writing | Koji Numata | Screenplay |
Writing | Shōhei Imamura | Screenplay |
Lighting | Yasuo Iwaki | Lighting Director |
Sound | Kenichi Benitani | Sound Recordist |
Art | Ichirô Takada | Art Direction |
Editing | Mutsuo Tanji | Editor |
Directing | Tadahiko Isomi | Assistant Director |
Production | Masanori Yamanoi | Production Manager |
Art | Masami Shiozawa | Art Department Assistant |
Lighting | Michiaki Oba | Lighting Technician |
Lighting | Tomiyasu Iida | Lighting Technician |
Lighting | Reijiro Sato | Lighting Technician |
Sound | Emasa Koyanagi | Sound Assistant |
Sound | Minoru Nobuoka | Sound Assistant |
Production | Shinji Soshizaki | Production Assistant |
Production | Kunio Takeshige | Production Assistant |
Production | Junji Wada | Production Assistant |
Production | Shogo Usami | Production Assistant |