A Glimpse Inside Japanese Pornography

I am a man. And as such, I enjoy my fair share of pornography. I can't speak for every male, but about 95% of the ones I've met in my lifetime has indeed expressed a similar fondness for it, as well as a couple of females I've talked to. Although, I'm not sure of how actual sales of porn in the U.S. are faring, especially with a lot of people now being able to very easily access it online, it still does incredible business in Japan.

No matter the commodity, whether it be music or food or manga, Japan has always catered to a wide variety of audiences. I believe, despite a few (apparently large) hiccups in recent years, it's why they've been so economically sound for so long. If you have a like, they will provide you with apt products.

And pornography is no exception. Japanese pornography isn't the only to feature bestiality or extreme bathroom fetishes, neither of which I am a fan of (oh, I hope you believe me. PLEASE BELIEVE ME!), but I've been fascinated as to what would drive an actress to hang upside down from an apparatus while vomiting on an individual, or, to perform sexual acts on a dog.

Hmm, it kind of tastes like chick-- Nope, dog rectum. It definitely tastes like dog rectum.

For a while now, I've also had an interest in someday being able to interview an actress or two to ask them why they got into the business, amongst the aforementioned questions. I've wanted to interview one mainly because I've had a script idea in mind about a Japanese pornographic actress. Despite knowing a couple people vaguely connected to the business in some way or another, I have yet to have my chance. I find the psyche involved with that sort of decision to be fascinating. Most people, as well as myself, would just assume that money would be the driving force behind that kind of choice, and indeed you may be correct, but there's no really knowing until you hear it straight from the source.  Why Japanese specifically? I feel that because Japan is looked at as such a sexually repressed society that it's much more interesting looking into their minds than it would a much American or Russian actress in the same field. 


Well, if I never get that interview, at least I have gained a little insight into what some actresses do after the business, thanks to this Rocket News article entitled, “What Happens to Japanese Porn Stars After They Retire?” Inside the Mind of an Adult Video Model. A lot of them apparently, and perhaps not surprisingly, enter the ever sustaining sex industry. As an experiment, (you gotta believe me here) I, as a gaijin, once tried my hand at getting into one of these places, with the help of a friend, since I've heard about how hard it is for a person of non-Japanese ancestry to get into them. And the rumors were correct, as place after place (really only about two or three) turned me down. But it wasn't like I was actually going to enter them even if they had accepted me. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. 

Today, I've just found out that a documentary about Japan's adult film industry will be coming out very soon.

I was really surprised to find that, while there are over 4,000 girls in the biz, there are ONLY 70 regular male actors. No wonder I see the same ugly mugs over and over in films. I wonder what the casting process is for men that so little are allowed in their world. Or is it just that it's some kind of exclusive club that's been established years ago that the sons of the forefathers of Japanese pornography are now running and they only allow friends in to. I don't know if the bestiality questions will be answered in this doc, but hopefully, as it suggests in the trailer above, they will touch on why so few men are in the business.

Also, if you're not a fan of mosaic (pixelation) in your Japanese porn, there's good news, provided to can wait another 38 years. But your grandchildren will be able to enjoy censor-less adult videos, so there's that. I myself have become accustomed to it over the years.

Here's an interesting article on some actress named, Yumi Kazama. I've never seen her work, but she looks like she's been successful for a while in a business that spits out girls like pornographic actresses spit out... I will not go any further for I've gone on for far too long on this subject.

Thanks to Rocket News for the inspiration on this and many posts to come.