The Pornographers
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.
Year: 1966
Studio: Nikkatsu Corporation, Imamura Productions
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Cast: Shoichi Ozawa, Sumiko Sakamoto, Keiko Sagawa, Masaomi Kondo, Haruo Tanaka, Ganjirō Nakamura II
Crew: Akiyuki Nosaka (Novel), Shōhei Imamura (Director), Shōhei Imamura (Producer), Kazuya Yamamoto (Producer), Shinsaku Himeda (Director of Photography), Jirô Tomoda (Producer)
Runtime: 128 minutes
Release: Mar 12, 1966
IMDb: 7.30/10 by 44 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : film in film, japanese new wave
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