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The Pornographers

Movie
1966
2h 8m
Japanese
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Rating
WATCHMODE
7.1
IMDB
The Pornographers (1966) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
95

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Shoichi Ozawa
Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
Sumiko Sakamoto
Haru Masuda
Keiko Sagawa
Keiko Matsuda
Masaomi Kondo
Koichi Matsuda
Ganjir Nakamura II
Elderly Executive
Chch Miyako
Brothel Madame
K Nishimura
Detective Sanada
Ichir Sugai
Shinun Ogata
Asao Uchida
Furukawa
Jun Hamamura
Company Manager
Kin Sugai
Teacher Oda
Sayoko Kinoshita
Second-hand Bookstore Owner
Hye Enoki
Middle-aged Man
Directed By: Shōhei Imamura
Written By: Akiyuki Nosaka (Novel), Shōhei Imamura (Screenplay), + 1 more

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Maarten Delfgou says...
3 years ago
The Original name of the film is Erogotoshi-tachi - yori Jinruigaku nyûmon
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