The Pornographers
movie
Released March 12, 1966
Overview
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.
Cast
Shoichi Ozawa
as
Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
Sumiko Sakamoto
as
Haru Masuda
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Keiko Sagawa
as
Keiko Matsuda
Masaomi Kondo
as
Koichi Matsuda
Haruo Tanaka
as
Banteki
Ganjirō Nakamura II
as
Elderly Executive
Chōchō Miyako
as
Brothel Madame
Kō Nishimura
as
Detective Sanada
Ichirō Sugai
as
Shinun Ogata
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Shinichi Nakano
as
Kabo
Kazuo Kitamura
as
Doctor
Asao Uchida
as
Furukawa
Crew
Shōhei Imamura
as
Director
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Akiyuki Nosaka
as
Novel
Shōhei Imamura
as
Producer
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Jirô Tomoda
as
Producer
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Kazuya Yamamoto
as
Producer
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Shinsaku Himeda
as
Director of Photography
Shōhei Andō
as
Camera Operator
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Katsuharu Hayakawa
as
Camera Operator
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Renji Yamamoto
as
Camera Operator
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Toshiro Kusunoki
as
Music
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Hiromi Shiozawa
as
Art Direction
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Toshirō Mayuzumi
as
Original Music Composer