The Pornographers

Mar 12, 1966

2h 8m

★ 7.3

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Imamura Productions

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Cast

Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata

Shoichi Ozawa

Haru Masuda

Sumiko Sakamoto

Keiko Matsuda

Keiko Sagawa

Koichi Matsuda

Masaomi Kondo

Banteki

Haruo Tanaka

Elderly Executive

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Brothel Madame

Chōchō Miyako

Detective Sanada

Kō Nishimura

Shinun Ogata

Ichirō Sugai

Kabo

Shinichi Nakano

Doctor

Kazuo Kitamura

Furukawa

Asao Uchida

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