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.
小沢昭一
as Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata
坂本スミ子
as Haru Masuda
Keiko Sagawa
as Keiko Matsuda
近藤正臣
as Koichi Matsuda
田中春男
as Banteki
二代目 中村鴈治郎
as Elderly Executive
ミヤコ蝶々
as Brothel Madame
西村晃
as Detective Sanada
菅井一郎
as Shinun Ogata
Shinichi Nakano
as Kabo
北村和夫
as Doctor
内田朝雄
as Furukawa
