The Pornographers (1966)
2h 8m
Running Time
March 12, 1966Release Date
The Pornographers (1966)
2h 8m
Running Time
March 12, 1966Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Shoichi Ozawa
Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata

Sumiko Sakamoto
Haru Masuda

Keiko Sagawa
Keiko Matsuda

Masaomi Kondo
Koichi Matsuda

Haruo Tanaka
Banteki

Ganjirō Nakamura II
Elderly Executive

Chōchō Miyako
Brothel Madame

Kō Nishimura
Detective Sanada

Ichirō Sugai
Shinun Ogata

Shinichi Nakano
Kabo

Kazuo Kitamura
Doctor

Asao Uchida
Furukawa

Taiji Tonoyama
Father

Jun Hamamura
Company Manager

Kin Sugai
Teacher Oda

Sayoko Kinoshita
Second-hand Bookstore Owner

Kayako Sono
Wife

Shōzō Fukuyama
Prayer

Shuntaro Tamamura
Nishioka

Hyōe Enoki
Middle-aged Man

Tokushichi Ogura
Old Man

Yasuko Nishioka
Housewife

Akiyuki Nosaka
Novel

Shōhei Imamura
Director / Producer / Screenplay

Kazuya Yamamoto
Producer

Shinsaku Himeda
Director of Photography

Jirô Tomoda
Producer

Hiromi Shiozawa
Art Direction

Shōhei Andō
Camera Operator

Renji Yamamoto
Camera Operator

Toshiro Kusunoki
Music

Katsuharu Hayakawa
Camera Operator

Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer

Noboru Tanaka
Assistant Director

Yoshihiro Yûki
Assistant Director

Ichirô Takada
Art Direction

Emasa Koyanagi
Sound Assistant

Kunio Takeshige
Production Assistant

Kenichi Benitani
Sound Recordist

Mutsuo Tanji
Editor

Minoru Nobuoka
Sound Assistant

Yasuo Iwaki
Lighting Director

Masami Shiozawa
Art Department Assistant

Koji Numata
Screenplay

Reijiro Sato
Lighting Technician

Masanori Yamanoi
Production Manager

Tadahiko Isomi
Assistant Director

Shogo Usami
Production Assistant

Tomiyasu Iida
Lighting Technician

Michiaki Oba
Lighting Technician

Junji Wada
Production Assistant

Shinji Soshizaki
Production Assistant
Media.


Details.
Release DateMarch 12, 1966
Original Name「エロ事師たち」より 人類学入門
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 8m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
film in film
japanese new wave
Wiki.
The Pornographers (“エロ事師たち”より 人類学入門, "Erogotoshitachi" yori jinruigaku nyūmon, lit. 'An introduction to anthropology through pornographers') is a 1966 satirical Japanese film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It is based on the novel Erogotoshitachi by Akiyuki Nosaka.
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