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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.
Original Release
03/12/1966
US Release
08/12/1966
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Shoichi Ozawa | Ogata(Subu) / Husband / Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata |
Sumiko Sakamoto | Haru Masuda / Haru / wife |
Keiko Sagawa | Keiko / Ogata's stepdaughter |
Masaomi Kondo | Koichi / Ogata's stepson |
Haruo Tanaka | Banteki / Ogata's assistant |
Ganjiro Nakamura | Elderly Executive |
Chôchô Miyako | Brothel Madame |
Ko Nishimura | Sanada / Detective / Detective Sanada |
Ichirô Sugai | Shinun / Ogata's Father / Shinun Ogata |
Shinichi Nakano | Kabo / Ogata's workmate |
Directors
Writers
Shohei Imamura, Akiyuki Nosaka, Koji Numata
Cast
Name | Character |
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Shoichi Ozawa | Ogata(Subu) / Husband / Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata |
Sumiko Sakamoto | Haru Masuda / Haru / wife |
Keiko Sagawa | Keiko / Ogata's stepdaughter |
Masaomi Kondo | Koichi / Ogata's stepson |
Haruo Tanaka | Banteki / Ogata's assistant |
Ganjiro Nakamura | Elderly Executive |
Chôchô Miyako | Brothel Madame |
Ko Nishimura | Sanada / Detective / Detective Sanada |
Ichirô Sugai | Shinun / Ogata's Father / Shinun Ogata |
Shinichi Nakano | Kabo / Ogata's workmate |
Kazuo Kitamura | Doctor |
Asao Uchida | |
Taiji Tonoyama | |
Jun Hamamura | |
Kin Sugai | |
Sayoko Kinoshita | |
Kayako Sono | |
Shôzô Fukuyama | |
Tokushichi Ogura | |
Yasuko Nishioka |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Shohei Imamura | Producer |
Jirô Tomoda | Producer |
Kazuya Yamamoto | Producer |