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The Pornographers

7.3/ 1019662h 8m

ComedyDramaRomance

A former Buddhist monk turned erotic filmmaker, Subuyan lives with hairdresser Haru and her two teenage children. Shooting two skin flicks per day, he somehow manages to stay out of the clutches of the yakuza, but real trouble starts when Haru discovers him lusting after her daughter.

Directed by Shōhei Imamura

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Subuyan Ogata

Sumiko Sakamoto

Sumiko Sakamoto

Haru Matsuda

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Shiratori

Chōchō Miyako

Chōchō Miyako

Brothel Madame

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Banteki

Keiko Sagawa

Keiko Matsuda

Masaomi Kondo

Masaomi Kondo

Koichi Matsuda

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Detective Sanada