The Pornographers

is a 1966 satiric Japanese film directed by Shōhei Imamura. It is based on the novel Erogotoshitachi by Akiyuki Nosaka. Plot Subuyan Ogata is a pornographic filmmaker living in Osaka. His business is under threat from thieves, the government, and his own family. Cast Shōichi Ozawa as Subuyan Ogata Sumiko Sakamoto as Haru Matsuda Keiko Sagawa as Keiko Matsuda, Haru's daughter Haruo Tanaka as Banteki Nakamura Ganjirō II as Elderly executive from Hakucho Company Masaomi Kondō as Kōichi Matsuda, Haru's son Akira Nishimura as Detective Sanada Ichirō Sugai as Shinun Ogata, Subuyan's father Akiji Kobayashi Shinichi Nakano as Kabō Chōchō Miyako as Virgin House Madame Kazuo Kitamura as Doctor Production and reception The film is a dark comic satire, 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.