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Directed by | Shōhei Imamura |
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Based on | Erogotoshitachi by Akiyuki Nosaka |
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Cinematography | Shinsaku Himeda |
Edited by | Mutsuo Tanji |
Music by | Toshirō Kusunoki |
Production company | Imamura Productions |
Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
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Running time | 128 minutes [1] [2] |
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]
Subuyan Ogata is a pornographic filmmaker living in Osaka. His business is under threat from thieves, the government, and his own family.
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]
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]