The Pornographers (1966)

Original title

「エロ事師たち」より 人類学入門

Directed by

Shohei Imamura

Genre

drama film, comedy drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 08m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man in postwar Japan runs a small business producing and selling pornography. The film follows his messy personal life and his dealings with the people around him, all while showing the gritty reality of the underground sex trade.

satiricaldramaticdarkly comicobservationalunsettlinggroundedcynical

What happens

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 satirical Japanese film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It is based on the novel Erogotoshitachi by Akiyuki Nosaka. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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