The Pornographers

The Pornographers

1966 ja 128 minutes

Rating: 7.3

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

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata

Sumiko Sakamoto

Sumiko Sakamoto

Haru Masuda

Keiko Sagawa

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

Shinichi Nakano

Shinichi Nakano

Kabo

Kazuo Kitamura

Kazuo Kitamura

Doctor

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Furukawa

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Father

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Company Manager

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Teacher Oda

Sayoko Kinoshita

Sayoko Kinoshita

Second-hand Bookstore Owner

Kayako Sono

Kayako Sono

Wife

Shōzō Fukuyama

Shōzō Fukuyama

Prayer

Shuntaro Tamamura

Shuntaro Tamamura

Nishioka

Hyōe Enoki

Hyōe Enoki

Middle-aged Man

Tokushichi Ogura

Tokushichi Ogura

Old Man

Yasuko Nishioka

Yasuko Nishioka

Housewife

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