The Pornographers

The Pornographers (1966)

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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  • Release Date: 1966-03-12
  • Runtime: 2h 8min
  • Director: Shōhei Imamura

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  • Trailer

    Cast

    • 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

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