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:
Shōhei Imamura, Koji Numata.
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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 |
| Writing | Akiyuki Nosaka | Novel |
| Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Director |
| Production | Shōhei Imamura | Producer |
| Production | Kazuya Yamamoto | Producer |
| Camera | Shinsaku Himeda | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jirô Tomoda | Producer |
| Art | Hiromi Shiozawa | Art Direction |
| Camera | Shōhei Andō | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Renji Yamamoto | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Toshiro Kusunoki | Music |
| Camera | Katsuharu Hayakawa | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Toshirō Mayuzumi | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Noboru Tanaka | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yoshihiro Yūki | Assistant Director |
| Art | Ichirô Takada | Art Direction |
| Sound | Emasa Koyanagi | Sound Assistant |
| Production | Kunio Takeshige | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Kenichi Benitani | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Mutsuo Tanji | Editor |
| Sound | Minoru Nobuoka | Sound Assistant |
| Writing | Shōhei Imamura | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Yasuo Iwaki | Lighting Director |
| Art | Masami Shiozawa | Art Department Assistant |
| Writing | Koji Numata | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Reijiro Sato | Lighting Technician |
| Production | Masanori Yamanoi | Production Manager |
| Directing | Tadahiko Isomi | Assistant Director |
| Production | Shogo Usami | Production Assistant |
| Lighting | Tomiyasu Iida | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Michiaki Oba | Lighting Technician |
| Production | Junji Wada | Production Assistant |
| Production | Shinji Soshizaki | Production Assistant |
