The Pornographers (1966) more movies like this

directed by Shohei Imamura
featuring Shoichi Ozawa, Sumiko Sakamoto, Masaomi Kondo, Keiko Sagowa

A small-time purveyor of blue movies has to defend his livelihood against thieves, authorities, and his widowed girlfriend and her family in Shohei Imamura's dark satire. The Pornographers concerns the exploits of the hapless Subu (Shoichi Ozawa), an impotent (in every sense of the word) middle-aged entrepreneur employing a small crew in the back ...

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The Ballad of Narayama (1983) more movies like this

directed by Shohei Imamura
featuring Sumiko Sakamoto, Ken Ogata, Seiji Kurasaki, Mitsuko Baisho, Nijiko Kiyokawa

In this second, award-winning interpretation of a novel by Shichiro Fukazawa, director Shohei Imamura has inserted some scenes of violence and ritual sex that are shocking and were absent in the first, 1958 film. The story is set in the 19th century in a remote and severely impoverished mountain village in northern Japan. In this fictional society ...

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