"The Pornographers" is as hard and well filmed as any Bergman, and its theme of despair is similar—although Bergman has never achieved such pathos of dark humour. Nelson Rodrigues comes to mind when we think of the plotline, and the movie is also kind of low-life love and criticism of customs common in Brazilian cinema in the seventies—but here we have a high quality cinematography that Brazil only reached in the new millenium.

Well, it seems Japanese in the 60's where already making "anthropological" differentiations, putting it into beautifully framed film and chocking audiences for fun.

There's nothing explicit in it, but what is implicit will certainly raise a lot of brows. The lives of low-class Japanese people and Japanese sexuality are portraied as directly as anything. Beware of incest, pedophily, profound voyerism—and put some little social commentary to that: someone is reborn as a fish, the daugher starts to make orgies, and money is always an issue.

Japanese movie requires a little samadhi, of course. It is not for everyone: it's subjects, directeness and psychological features are very peculiar. Its pace is from another world entirely, and it requires a little focus. The use of unusual framing, due to the theme's voyeristic nature, is truly something out of this world. The acting is, as usual considering japanese productions in general, top-notch.