The Pornographers

The Pornographers
Video cover of The Pornographers
Directed byShōhei Imamura
Written by
  • Shōhei Imamura
  • Kōji Numata
Based onErogotoshitachi
by Akiyuki Nosaka
Starring
CinematographyShinsaku Himeda
Edited byMutsuo Tanji
Music byToshirō Kusunoki
Production
company
Imamura Productions
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release date
  • March 12, 1966 (1966-03-12) (Japan)
[1][2]
Running time
128 minutes[1][2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b "エロ事師たちより 人類学入門 (Erogotoshitachi yori Jinruigaku nyumon)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "エロ事師たちより 人類学入門 (Erogotoshitachi yori Jinruigaku nyumon)" (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. ^ Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786400324.
  4. ^ "エロ事師たちとは (The Pornographers, novel)" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 22 January 2019.