The Pornographers

The Pornographers
The Pornographers
	Video cover of The Pornographers
Directed by	Shōhei Imamura
Written by	Shōhei Imamura; Kōji Numata;
Based on	Erogotoshitachi ; by Akiyuki Nosaka
Starring	Shōichi Ozawa; Sumiko Sakamoto; Masaomi Kondō; Keiko Sagowa;
Cinematography	Shinsaku Himeda
Edited by	Mutsuo Tanji
Music by	Toshirō Kusunoki
Production; company	Imamura Productions
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release date	March 12, 1966 (Japan);
Running time	128 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Pornographers (“エロ事師たち”より人類学入門, "Erogotoshitachi" yori jinruigaku nyūmon, lit. An introduction to anthropology through pornographers) is a 1966 satiric Japanese film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It is based on the novel Erogotoshitachi by Akiyuki Nosaka.^[3]^[4]

Plot[edit]

Subuyan Ogata is a pornographic filmmaker living in Osaka. His business is under threat from thieves, the government, and his own family.

Cast[edit]

Shōichi Ozawa as Subuyan Ogata
Sumiko Sakamoto as Haru Matsuda
Keiko Sagawa as Keiko Matsuda, Haru's daughter
Haruo Tanaka as Banteki
Nakamura Ganjirō II as Elderly executive from Hakucho Company
Masaomi Kondō as Kōichi Matsuda, Haru's son
Akira Nishimura as Detective Sanada
Ichirō Sugai as Shinun Ogata, Subuyan's father
Akiji Kobayashi
Shinichi Nakano as Kabō
Chōchō Miyako as Virgin House Madame
Kazuo Kitamura as Doctor

Production and reception[edit]

The film is a satirical black comedy, depicting the underbelly of the Japanese post-war economic miracle, in this case pornographers and small time gangsters in Osaka. It has been called Imamura's best-known film outside Japan.^[5]

Release[edit]

The Pornographers was released in Japan in March 1966 where it was distributed by Nikkatsu. It was released in the United States by Toho International with English subtitles in August 1966.^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "エロ事師たちより人類学入門 (Erogotoshitachi yori Jinruigaku nyumon)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "エロ事師たちより人類学入門 (Erogotoshitachi yori Jinruigaku nyumon)" (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786400324.
^ "エロ事師たちとは (The Pornographers, novel)" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ Sklar, Robert (2002). Film: An International History of the Medium (2nd ed.). New York: Prentice Hall. p. 365. ISBN 978-0-130340498.

External links[edit]

The Pornographers at IMDb
The Pornographers at AllMovie
Hoberman, J. (4 August 2003). "The Pornographers". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

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[jmdb-1] "エロ事師たちより人類学入門 (Erogotoshitachi yori Jinruigaku nyumon)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[kinenote-2] "エロ事師たちより人類学入門 (Erogotoshitachi yori Jinruigaku nyumon)" (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[galbraith-3] Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786400324.

[kotobank-4] "エロ事師たちとは (The Pornographers, novel)" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[5] Sklar, Robert (2002). Film: An International History of the Medium (2nd ed.). New York: Prentice Hall. p. 365. ISBN 978-0-130340498.

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