The Pornographers
Video cover of The Pornographers
Directed byShōhei Imamura
Written by
  • Shōhei Imamura
  • Kōji Numata
Based onErogotoshitachi
by Akiyuki Nosaka
Starring
CinematographyShinsaku Himeda
Edited byMutsuo Tanji
Music byToshirō Kusunoki
Production
company
Imamura Productions
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release date
  • March 12, 1966 (1966-03-12) (Japan)
[1][2]
Running time
128 minutes[1][2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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

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

Cast

Production and reception

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

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786400324.
  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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Films directed by Shōhei Imamura
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