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EROGOTOSHI-TACHI YORI: JINRUIGAKU NYUMON (1966)

AKAs:
The Pornographers (USA) (reissue title)
The Pornographers: Introduction to Anthropology (USA) (complete title) 

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Criterion Collection # 207

DVD Release Date: August 05, 2003

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Director: Shohei Imamura

Description:
Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead husband, reincarnated as a carp, disapproves. Director Shohei Imamura has always delighted in the kinky exploits of lowlifes, and in this 1966 classic, he finds subversive humor in the bizarre dynamics of Haru, her Oedipal son, and her daughter, the true object of her pornographer-boyfriend's obsession. Imamura?s comic treatment of such taboos as voyeurism and incest sparked controversy when the film was released, but The Pornographers has outlasted its critics, and now seems frankly ahead of its time.

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The Pornographers
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Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 6.62 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 127 minutes

Type: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 | Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): Japanese DD1.0 Mono

Subtitles: optional English


DISC FEATURES:

# New high-definition digital transfer
# New and improved English subtitle translation
# Theatrical trailer
# Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition.


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