The Pornographers

The Pornographers
VHS video cover of The Pornographers (1966)
Directed by	Shohei Imamura
Produced by	Jiro Romado
Written by	Shohei Imamura Kōji Numata
Based on	Novel by Akiyuki Nosaka
Starring	Shōichi Ozawa Sumiko Sakamoto Masaomi Kondō Keiko Sagowa
Music by	Toshirō Kusunoki
Cinematography	Shinsaku Himeda
Edited by	Matsuo Tanji
Production company	Imamura Productions
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release date	March 1966
Running time	128 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Pornographers is a 1966 Japanese film directed by Shohei Imamura and based on a novel (Erogotoshitachi) by Akiyuki Nosaka. Its original Japanese title is "Erogotoshitachi" yori Jinruigaku nyūmon (「エロ事師たち」より 人類学入門), which means 'An introduction to anthropology through the pornographers'. It tells the story of porn film-maker Mr. Subuyan Ogata, whose business is under threat from thieves, the government, and his own family.

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.

The Pornographers was released in Japan on March 1966 where it was distributed by Nikkatsu. It was released in the United States by Toho International with English-subtitles in August 1966.