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Actors: Shoichi Ozawa, Sumiko Sakamoto, Keiko Sagawa
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Pornographers |
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THE PORNOGRAPHERS is a movie cowritten and directed by Shohei Imamura in 1966. This picture is about voyeurism, incest, orgies, and other sexual themes which are treated with a slight irony à la Fellini by an important japanese director.
Ogata is a director of erotic movies shot in 8mm. He usually shoots two movies a day, avoiding the police and the local mob. He's married to Haru and lives with his wife and the two children she had with her first late husband.
The health of Ogata's wife is deteriorating because of a bad heart condition. Ogata will have to deal successively with his son-in-law's never ending need for money, with his 15 years old stepdaughter's first sexual experiences and with his own impotence.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Pornographers |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- really kinky sex!
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- filmmaker/producer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- producer/director
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- gang
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
Water?
Yes
Water:
- peddle boat
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- mental hospital
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- orgies
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Japanese
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
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