The Pornographers

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Where to watch

Criterion Channel

Overview

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.

Cast

Shoichi Ozawa

Yoshimoto 'Subu' Ogata

S

Sumiko Sakamoto

Haru Masuda

K

Keiko Sagawa

Keiko Matsuda

Masaomi Kondo

Koichi Matsuda

Haruo Tanaka

Banteki

Ganjirō Nakamura II

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