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.
Director:
Shōhei Imamura
Writers:
Koji Numata, Shōhei Imamura.
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Shoichi Ozawa as Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata |
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Sumiko Sakamoto as Haru Masuda |
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Keiko Sagawa as Keiko Matsuda |
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Masaomi Kondo as Koichi Matsuda |
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Haruo Tanaka as Banteki |
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Ganjirō Nakamura II as Elderly Executive |
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Chōchō Miyako as Brothel Madame |
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Kō Nishimura as Detective Sanada |
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Ichirō Sugai as Shinun Ogata |
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Shinichi Nakano as Kabo |
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Kazuo Kitamura as Doctor |
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Asao Uchida as Furukawa |
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Taiji Tonoyama as Father |
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Jun Hamamura as Company Manager |
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Kin Sugai as Teacher Oda |
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Sayoko Kinoshita as Second-hand Bookstore Owner |
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Kayako Sono as Wife |
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Shōzō Fukuyama as Prayer |
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Shuntaro Tamamura as Nishioka |
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Hyōe Enoki as Middle-aged Man |
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Tokushichi Ogura as Old Man |
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Yasuko Nishioka as Housewife |
| Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Director |
| Writing | Akiyuki Nosaka | Novel |
| Production | Shōhei Imamura | Producer |
| Production | Jirô Tomoda | Producer |
| Production | Kazuya Yamamoto | Producer |
| Camera | Shinsaku Himeda | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Shōhei Andō | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Katsuharu Hayakawa | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Renji Yamamoto | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Toshiro Kusunoki | Music |
| Art | Hiromi Shiozawa | Art Direction |
| Sound | Toshirō Mayuzumi | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Noboru Tanaka | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yoshihiro Yūki | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Koji Numata | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shōhei Imamura | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Yasuo Iwaki | Lighting Director |
| Sound | Kenichi Benitani | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Ichirô Takada | Art Direction |
| Editing | Mutsuo Tanji | Editor |
| Directing | Tadahiko Isomi | Assistant Director |
| Production | Masanori Yamanoi | Production Manager |
| Art | Masami Shiozawa | Art Department Assistant |
| Lighting | Michiaki Oba | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Tomiyasu Iida | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Reijiro Sato | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Emasa Koyanagi | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Minoru Nobuoka | Sound Assistant |
| Production | Shinji Soshizaki | Production Assistant |
| Production | Kunio Takeshige | Production Assistant |
| Production | Junji Wada | Production Assistant |
| Production | Shogo Usami | Production Assistant |
