# Japanese Nipples of Fury? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 27, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188 "2003-07-27T02:03:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/1 "2003-07-27T02:03:11Z")
I was just watching “Fist of Fury”, a badly dubbed old Bruce Lee film. In one scene, Bruce bursts into a room where the two men who killed his teacher are conspiring. Via the camera, he looks at one man’s nipples and says “So…you’re Japanese!” Somebody will have to clue me in, cuz I dinna ken this one. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/2 "2003-07-27T02:32:54Z")
WAG here: I believe much like people think of African American males with big penises, Japanese people are considered to have long nipples. I’ve never seen a Japanese person topless, nor have I seen Japanese porno. I suppose I could do some research online… ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/3 "2003-07-27T02:41:51Z")
Best thread title of the week. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/4 "2003-07-27T02:50:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lumpy \* > \*\*Best thread title of the week. 😛 \*\* ::shuffles feet, kicks at pebble:: Shucks, tweren’t nuthin… ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/5 "2003-07-27T02:50:47Z")
From my experience, Japanese nipples don’t appear to be any longer than nipples of other nationalities (Asian or Western). Of course, my sample group is only female, so I may be missing something. Are you sure there wasn’t anything else in the frame, like a tattoo, scar, necklace, or piece of clothing? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/6 "2003-07-27T02:54:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sublight \* > \*\*From my experience, Japanese nipples don’t appear to be any longer than nipples of other nationalities (Asian or Western). Of course, my sample group is only female, so I may be missing something. > > Are you sure there wasn’t anything else in the frame, like a tattoo, scar, necklace, or piece of clothing? \*\* The nipply gentleman in question was wearing an undergarment, but nothing of an obvious ethnic origin (at least not to me). The camera was clearly looking at his nipples, as immediately following Lee’s statement, he pulled his undershirt up over them. ---
**Author:** ![Beryl\_Mooncalf\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@Beryl\_Mooncalf\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beryl_Mooncalf_1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/7 "2003-07-27T06:37:47Z")
I’ll bet that L(.)(.)ked funny when he said that. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/8 "2003-07-27T07:26:33Z")
Long in which direction? ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/9 "2003-07-27T12:15:52Z")
I’m quite fond of onsens (Japanese spas) and I’ve thus seen my share of naked Japanese men. I’ve never noticed anyone’s nipples being different from standard-issue nipples. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/10 "2003-07-27T12:17:44Z")
I’m Japanse so I’d volunteer to measure my nipples but I have no idea how. ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/11 "2003-07-27T13:17:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chefguy \* > \*\* Via the camera, he looks at one man’s nipples and says “So…you’re Japanese!” > > Somebody will have to clue me in, cuz I dinna ken this one. \*\* I’m assuming there were only two of them? 😃 Julie ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/12 "2003-07-27T13:23:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lumpy \* > \*\*Best thread title of the week. 😛 \*\* Not only that … BAND NAME, surely? Julie 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/13 "2003-07-27T13:26:16Z")
Everyone knows that Japanese nipples, while no longer than those of their oriental and caucasian brethren, are much more, you know,…inscrutable. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/14 "2003-07-27T14:59:56Z")
**Anyone of Chinese ancestry out there that can shed any light on this? I tried to Yahoo this, but only got porn sites in return, and now I’m in trouble with my spousal unit.** ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/15 "2003-07-27T15:06:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Already in Use \* > \*\*Long in which direction? \*\* Wicked pointy. Again, this is just a WAG. I’ve heard it, but I’ve never seen it. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/16 "2003-07-27T15:16:35Z")
I’ve only seen Korean nipples. They looked… like nipples. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/17 "2003-07-27T15:18:36Z")
Crud. I meant to add that I have also seen white-boy nipples, which would form the basis of my comparison. Korean nipples and white-boy nipples are not noticeably different from one another. I’m just gonna stop now. I probably should have stopped a while ago. ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/18 "2003-07-27T16:18:45Z")
**Chefguy** , you might find consolation in the fact that [you’re not alone.](http://www.geocities.com/rnr_party/Movie26.html) > [@](#): > > The one oddball thing I’ll NEVER understand (e-mail me if you have the answer) - in one scene, Bruce overhears the cook talking about his involvement in killing his teacher. Bruce bursts in the door and looks down and the camera zooms in on the cook’s nipples. Bruce then extrapolates, “So, you’re Japanese!” What’s that about??? [And also:](http://www.breakingitdown.com/movies/connection.html) > [@](#): > > – In the scene in which Bruce Lee discovers the true poisoners of his master, he bursts in, the camera closes in on one man’s exposed nipples, then backs up. Bruce Lee says, “So, you’re Japanese,” as if this had just been established in the nipple shot. Congratulation, you’ve just discovered an inscrutable mystery. ---
**Author:** ![schplebordnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@schplebordnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schplebordnik)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/19 "2003-07-27T16:40:19Z")
I asked Cecil this once, but got no reply. Perhaps it is time to reask, as this is obviously a burning issue. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188/20 "2003-07-27T17:33:20Z")
Perhaps it’s a coloration issue. I’ve noticed that Asian nipples tend to have different shading than Occidental nipples, so perhaps a slightly different shade would indicate not only Asian, but the general area of Asia where one comes from. (Generally, however, facial structure is more varied and tends to reveal one’s origin quite well.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-nipples-of-fury/191188.md?page=2)