The Pornographers

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Shoichi Ozawa

Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata

Age : 83 | Popularity : 3%

Sumiko Sakamoto

Haru Masuda

Age : 87 | Popularity : 3%

Keiko Sagawa

Keiko

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Masaomi Kondo

Koichi

Age : 82 | Popularity : 3%

Haruo Tanaka

Banteki

Age : 79 | Popularity : 9%

Ganjirô Nakamura II

Elderly Executive

Age : 81 | Popularity : 3%

Chōchō Miyako

Brothel Madame

Age : 80 | Popularity : 3%

Kō Nishimura

Detective Sanada

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

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

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