The Pornographers
Original title: 「エロ事師たち」より 人類学入門
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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.
The Pornographers cast
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Shoichi Ozawa
Character:
Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
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Sumiko Sakamoto
Character:
Haru Masuda
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Keiko Sagawa
Character:
Keiko Matsuda
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Masaomi Kondo
Character:
Koichi Matsuda
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Haruo Tanaka
Character:
Banteki
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Ganjirō Nakamura II
Character:
Elderly Executive
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Chōchō Miyako
Character:
Brothel Madame
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Kō Nishimura
Character:
Detective Sanada
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Ichirō Sugai
Character:
Shinun Ogata
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Shinichi Nakano
Character:
Kabo
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Kazuo Kitamura
Character:
Doctor
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Asao Uchida
Character:
Furukawa
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Taiji Tonoyama
Character:
Father
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Jun Hamamura
Character:
Company Manager
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Kin Sugai
Character:
Teacher Oda
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Sayoko Kinoshita
Character:
Second-hand Bookstore Owner
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Kayako Sono
Character:
Wife
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Shōzō Fukuyama
Character:
Prayer
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Shuntaro Tamamura
Character:
Nishioka
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Hyōe Enoki
Character:
Middle-aged Man
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Tokushichi Ogura
Character:
Old Man
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Yasuko Nishioka
Character:
Housewife
