The Pornographers

The Pornographers (1966)


  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1966-03-12
  • User Rating: 7.3/10 from 43 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 8min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Nikkatsu Corporation
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Shōhei Imamura
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From 43 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Shoichi Ozawa

    as Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
  • Sumiko Sakamoto

    as Haru Masuda
  • Keiko Sagawa

    as Keiko Matsuda
  • Masaomi Kondo

    as Koichi Matsuda
  • Haruo Tanaka

    as Banteki
  • Ganjirō Nakamura II

    as Elderly Executive
  • Chōchō Miyako

    as Brothel Madame
  • Kō Nishimura

    as Detective Sanada
  • Ichirō Sugai

    as Shinun Ogata
  • Shinichi Nakano

    as Kabo
  • Kazuo Kitamura

    as Doctor
  • Asao Uchida

    as Furukawa
  • Taiji Tonoyama

    as Father
  • Jun Hamamura

    as Company Manager
  • Kin Sugai

    as Teacher Oda
  • Sayoko Kinoshita

    as Second-hand Bookstore Owner
  • Kayako Sono

    as Wife
  • Shōzō Fukuyama

    as Prayer
  • Shuntaro Tamamura

    as Nishioka
  • Hyōe Enoki

    as Middle-aged Man
  • Tokushichi Ogura

    as Old Man
  • Yasuko Nishioka

    as Housewife
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

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