The Pornographers

The Pornographers
VHS video cover of The Pornographers (1966)
Directed by Shohei Imamura
Produced by Jiro Romado[1]
Written by Shohei Imamura
Kōji Numata
Based on Novel by Akiyuki Nosaka[1]
Starring Shōichi Ozawa
Sumiko Sakamoto
Masaomi Kondō
Keiko Sagowa
Music by Toshirō Kusunoki[1]
Cinematography Shinsaku Himeda[1]
Edited by Matsuo Tanji[1]
Production
company
Imamura Productions[1]
Distributed by Nikkatsu
Release date
 March 1966
Running time
 128 minutes[1]
Country Japan
Language Japanese

The Pornographers is a 1966 Japanese film directed by Shohei Imamura and based on a novel (Erogotoshitachi) by Akiyuki Nosaka. Its original Japanese title is "Erogotoshitachi" yori Jinruigaku nyūmon (「エロ事師たち」より 人類学入門), which means 'An introduction to anthropology through the pornographers'. It tells the story of porn film-maker Mr. Subuyan Ogata, whose business is under threat from thieves, the government, and his own family.

The film is a dark comic satire, 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.[2]

Cast

Release

The Pornographers was released in Japan on March 1966 where it was distributed by Nikkatsu.[1] It was released in the United States by Toho International with English-subtitles in August 1966.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Galbraith IV 1996, p. 103.
  2. ↑ Sklar, Robert (2002). Film: An International History of the Medium, Second edition. New York: Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 0-13-034049-9. , p.365.

Bibliography

  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
  • The Pornographers on IMDb
  • The Pornographers at AllMovie
  • The Pornographers an essay by J. Hoberman at the Criterion Collection
  • "エロ事師たちより　人類学入門 (Erogotoshitachi yori Jinruigaku nyumon)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
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