The Pornographers (1966)
Erogotoshi-tachi yori: Jinruigaku nyûmon (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 2h 8min
- Comedy, Drama
- 12 Aug 1966 (USA)
- Movie
While avoiding the mob and local authorities, a world-weary pornographer finds being a family man the most difficult as he wrestles with his own desires and afflictions.
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Awards:
- 3 wins.
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Cast
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Shôichi Ozawa | ... |
Ogata(Subu) / Husband
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Sumiko Sakamoto | ... |
Haru / wife
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Keiko Sagawa | ... |
Keiko / Ogata's stepdaughter
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Masaomi Kondô | ... |
Koichi / Ogata's stepson
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| Haruo Tanaka | ... |
Banteki / Ogata's assistant
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| Ganjirô Nakamura | ... |
Elderly Executive
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Chôchô Miyako | ... |
Brothel Madame
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| Kô Nishimura | ... |
Sanada / Detective
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| Ichirô Sugai | ... |
Shinun / Ogata's Father
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Shinichi Nakano | ... |
Kabo / Ogata's workmate
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Kazuo Kitamura | ... |
Doctor
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Asao Uchida | ... |
Furukawa
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| Jun Hamamura |
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| Kin Sugai |
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Sayoko Kinoshita |
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Kayako Sono |
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Shôzô Fukuyama |
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Tokushichi Ogura |
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Yasuko Nishioka |
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| Akiji Kobayashi |
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Shuntarô Tamamura |
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Hyôe Enoki |
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Tomo Fukuchi |
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Tetsu Furuya |
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Aoe Ginza |
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Tadaichi Kitami |
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Tatsurô Komada |
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Sadako Nishimura |
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Kitarô Ogawa |
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Takashi Oka |
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Toshiko Sawa |
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Yonehachi Shima | ... |
Ginjiro Sekiguchi
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Susumu Sugiyama |
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Directed by
| Shôhei Imamura | ||
Written by
| Akiyuki Nosaka | ... | (novel) |
| Shôhei Imamura | ... | (screenplay) (as Shohei Imamura) & |
| Koji Numata | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Shôhei Imamura | ... | producer (as Shohei Imamura) |
| Jirô Tomoda | ... | producer |
| Kazuya Yamamoto | ... | producer |
Music by
| Toshiro Kusunoki | ||
| Toshirô Mayuzumi | ||
Cinematography by
| Shinsaku Himeda | ||
Editing by
| Mutsuo Tanji | ||
Art Direction by
| Hiromi Shiozawa | ||
| Ichirô Takada | ||
Production Management
| Shinji Soshizaki | ... | executive in charge of production |
| Kunio Takeshige | ... | executive in charge of production |
| Shôgo Usami | ... | executive in charge of production |
| Atsushi Wada | ... | executive in charge of production |
| Masanori Yamanoi | ... | executive in charge of production |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Tadahiko Isomi | ... | assistant director |
| Noboru Tanaka | ... | assistant director |
| Yoshihiro Yûki | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Kenichi Benitani | ... | sound |
| Shigemasa Koyanagi | ... | sound recordist |
| Minoru Nobuoka | ... | sound recordist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Shôhei Andô | ... | camera operator |
| Katsuharu Hayakawa | ... | camera operator |
| Tomiyasu Iida | ... | lighting technician |
| Yasuo Iwaki | ... | gaffer |
| Reijirô Satô | ... | lighting technician |
| Renji Yamamoto | ... | camera operator |
| Michiaki Ôba | ... | lighting technician |
Production Companies
Distributors
- East West Classics (1987) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Toho (1966) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- AV Visionen Filmverleih (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
- Channel Neko (2007) (Japan) (tv)
- Elephant Films (2014) (France)
- Nikkatsu (Japan)
- The Criterion Collection (2003) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2004) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
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Mr. Ogata lives a complicated life: he is a pornographer making two skin flicks per day and trying to stay beneath the radar screen of the local mob; he deeply loves his ailing wife Haru who's cursed by the restless spirit of her dead first husband; he also has a mistress, a step-son who wants to go to university, and a step-daughter entering adolescence. He lusts after his step-daughter, and when Haru finds out about those sexual advances, she asks him to marry the girl. Haru even signs over her business to him, and a crisis ensues when Ogata uses her nest egg to buy equipment so he and his pals can set up their own film processing lab. Surreal images and events weave their way into Ogata's life.
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | An English-subtitled print included among the opening credits the phrase, approximately, "presented by Doctors Phyllis and Eberhardt Kronhausen" - the well-known sexologists. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Shohei Imamura, le libre penseur (1995). See more » |
| Quotes |
Koichi:
Get more money from him. He makes plenty from his dirty business. Society has to suffer so he can send me to college. See more » |