Yoshimoto "Sub" Ogata
Search results
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.
Director Shohei Imamura has always delighted in the kinky exploits of lowlifes, and in this 1966 classic, he finds subversive humor in the bizarre dynamics of Haru, her Oedipal son, and her daughter, the true object of her pornographer-boyfriend's obsession.
The Pornographers: Directed by Shôhei Imamura. With Shôichi Ozawa, Sumiko Sakamoto, Keiko Sagawa, Masaomi Kondô. 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.
Director Shohei Imamura has always delighted in the kinky exploits of lowlifes, and in this 1966 classic, he finds subversive humor in the bizarre dynamics of Haru, her Oedipal son, and her daughter, the true object of her pornographer-boyfriend’s obsession.
A medical instrument salesman becomes obsessed with finding aids for sexual pleasure. After a handicapped girl he lusts after kills herself, he feels the only true solution to sexual happiness is to construct an artificial, but physically authentic woman.
Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead husband, reincarnated as a carp, disapproves.
A pornographic filmmaker (Shôichi Ozawa) faces threats from gangsters and the police.
