# Japanese Porn Industry Comes Up Short in the Male Department **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469 "2015-05-21T02:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/21 "2015-05-21T20:06:49Z")
I was thinking of booking a flight to Tokyo. But then I pictured how the job interview would be like, as soon as they got a look at me with my clothes off. “Well, yes, we’re absolutely desperate for manpower. But, come on, we still have \*some \*standards.” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/22 "2015-05-22T02:48:41Z")
When you end up always seeing the same 3 guys servicing all the females in American porn, 70 sounds like a lot. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/23 "2015-05-22T02:59:07Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I applied as well, and pointed out that they would save money blurring out my genitalia. Ten, twenty pixels, tops, so _:fingers crossed:_ > > Regards, > Shodan Yeah, that’s what I was thinking, considering that most Japanese porn is still censored for some odd reason (I know what some of them are, having asked this exact question in GQ). But, it, um, opens up a lot of possibilities, and the Japanese would probably really like saving the extra pixels, as long as the girls can really act and make it seem larger than life…so to speak… ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/24 "2015-05-22T03:08:06Z")
> [@](#): > > When you end up always seeing the same 3 guys servicing all the females in American porn, 70 sounds like a lot. Your American porn taste is a bit too upmarket. There’s at least fourteen. But now I’m left to wonder who’s the Ron Jeremy of JAV. And it would be a crying shame (and horribly distracting) to try and pixel-censor Ron’s great talent. But really, **Sam** , that thread title… “Japanese Porn Industry Comes Up Short in the Male Department” … (emphasis added) OK how many of y’all out there thought of something _other_ than _number of performers_ when you read that? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/25 "2015-05-22T03:11:39Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Your American porn taste is a bit too upmarket. There’s at least fourteen. But now I’m left to I wonder who’s the Ron Jeremy of JAV. > > And it would be a crying shame (and horribly distracting) to try and pixel-censor Ron’s talent. > > But really, **Sam** , that thread title… “Japanese Porn Industry Comes Up Short in the Male Department” … (emphasis added) > OK how many of y’all out there thought of something _other_ than _number of performers_ when you read that? I admit it…my first thought was shoe size… ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/26 "2015-05-22T05:13:51Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Your American porn taste is a bit too upmarket. There’s at least fourteen. But now I’m left to wonder who’s the Ron Jeremy of JAV. When Shigeo Tokuda retires or dies a lot of Japanese women in the porn industry will be lonely. 🙂 > **[Japan's 77-year-old porn actor: unlikely face of an ageing population](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/21/japan-oldest-porn-actor-tokuda)** > > Shigeo Tokuda, star of 350 adult films, is part of a shifting demographic sparking profound changes in Japanese society > [@](#): > > He is a prolific artiste who has appeared in more than 350 films. But Shigeo Tokuda gets little in the way of recognition on the streets of Tokyo. Perhaps that’s because at 77 he couldn’t look less like a star. Or perhaps it’s because admirers tend to keep their appreciation of his work to themselves. > > Tokuda has shot to prominence as Japan’s oldest porn actor, the unlikely face of a brand of Japanese blue movie that taps into the country’s fast changing demographics. And yet he didn’t even get started until he was almost 60. > > Tokuda, who is married with two adult children and a grandchild, made his debut in 1994 after a meeting with a porn director in Tokyo. AFAIK, he is currently over 80 years old and still active. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/27 "2015-05-22T12:16:13Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > I was thinking of booking a flight to Tokyo. But then I pictured how the job interview would be like, as soon as they got a look at me with my clothes off. > > “Well, yes, we’re absolutely desperate for manpower. But, come on, we still have \*some \*standards.” ☹ This from a guy named **Martin Bigfoot** :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/28 "2015-05-22T17:54:19Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I guess the Japanese will have to specialize in girl-on-girl porn. > > I don’t really see that as a problem. Considering that way too often Japanese pictorials consist of a lovely lady in business attire, maid outfit, schoolgirl uniform, or other fetish wear who starts to undress, but then when it’s in danger of becoming interesting she’s surrounded by half a dozen or so men such that the last few images consist of the nude lass hidden within a sea of naked male butts (NOT a pretty sight, even with pixilation), I say definitely it’s time to give these 70 men a rest. (Probably all the good stuff’s behind the paywalls, that would explain it :mad:). Hmmm _“…a growing social trend known as herbivore men: Those who shun sex and traditional masculine values in favour of a quiet, uncompetitive lifestyle. ‘Mentally, men have become weaker,’ said actress Yuko Shiraki. ‘They’re less macho, less proactive about sex. … The same applies to sex and attitude towards women and relationships. They just click on the internet for it’.”_ Clicking aside, there’s nothing in that quote to indicate that this “herbivore man” phenomenon is confined only to the adult entertainment industry, but rather applies to modern Japanese society in general. Does that mean there are now millions of normal Japanese ladies who are rather…unsatisfied? :dubious: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/29 "2015-05-22T18:02:03Z")
This article about the old guy porn star is one of the few places I have seen porn called blue movies. I tell you I was shocked to get that defined, some odd things said by others made a whole lot more sense. “My old boss was a creep who asked me if I like blues, said he had plenty if I wanted to come home with him” Future me:smack: ooooooo ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/30 "2015-05-24T08:04:26Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I guess the Japanese will have to specialize in girl-on-girl porn. > > I don’t really see that as a problem. Honestly, since they pixel out the equipment anyways, I think they could get by using just women and maybe a flesh-colored double dildo to make sure things line up. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/31 "2015-05-24T08:19:28Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Honestly, since they pixel out the equipment anyways, I think they could get by using just women and maybe a flesh-colored double dildo to make sure things line up. Oh, don’t worry, they’re way ahead of you on that one. I’m not posting links. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/32 "2015-05-24T08:28:06Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Oh, don’t worry, they’re way ahead of you on that one. > > I’m not posting links. With one half pretending to be a man? Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/33 "2015-05-24T08:33:53Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > With one half pretending to be a man? Interesting. Oh. That I’m not sure of. I’ll do some more research and get back to you. > [@Spiderman](#): > > This from a guy named **Martin Bigfoot** :dubious: Oh, I’m sure my equipment is sizable enough. It’s just that the rest of me is way too flabby, ugly and hairy in the wrong places. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/34 "2015-05-24T09:10:41Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Oh. That I’m not sure of. I’ll do some more research and get back to you. Sure. Research. That’s the reason. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469/35 "2015-05-24T11:59:56Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > When you end up always seeing the same 3 guys servicing all the females in American porn, 70 sounds like a lot. Yeah, but then again, they’re all working at the same time. [On the same girl](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukkake) (Wiki link, mildly NSFW) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-porn-industry-comes-up-short-in-the-male-department/720469.md?page=1)