The Pornographers
The Pornographers

The Pornographers

7.2

2 hr 8 min

1966-03-12

51

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.

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Trailers

Characters

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata

Sumiko Sakamoto

Sumiko Sakamoto

Haru Masuda

Keiko Sagawa

Keiko Sagawa

Keiko Matsuda

Masaomi Kondo

Masaomi Kondo

Koichi Matsuda

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Banteki

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Elderly Executive

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