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The Pornographers

The Pornographers

19667.22h 8m

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.

Directed by Shōhei Imamura
Written by Akiyuki Nosaka, Koji Numata, Shōhei Imamura
Produced by Shōhei Imamura, Jirô Tomoda, Kazuya Yamamoto
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Top Cast

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata

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Sumiko Sakamoto

Haru Masuda

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Keiko Sagawa

Keiko Matsuda

Masaomi Kondo

Masaomi Kondo

Koichi Matsuda

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Banteki

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Elderly Executive

Chōchō Miyako

Chōchō Miyako

Brothel Madame

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Detective Sanada

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Shinun Ogata

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Shinichi Nakano

Kabo

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookfilm in filmosaka, japanjapanese new wavecarp

About The Pornographers

The Pornographers is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1966 exploring themes of based on novel or book, film in film, osaka, japan, japanese new wave, carp. Directed by Shōhei Imamura, it stars Shoichi Ozawa, Sumiko Sakamoto, Keiko Sagawa. 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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