Azumi Harusaki and SOD dropped by to film their newest project and I was there!
November 19, 2010
/ Tadashi Anahori
I recently had the pleasure of personally witnessing the amazing Azumi Harusaki during her filming of SOD's newest sexy poolside fuck fest.
My friends gave me a chance to get a behind the scenes look at the porn industry while SOD had rented a resort just outside of Tokyo. This does sound a little too good to be true, but I tell you, the cameras, lights and ridiculously sexy naked ladies walking around were very real. SOD's rental of the resort brought about 100 staff and crew to make sure the four gorgeous models had nothing to worry about while getting stuffed all over the ...
Nukipon to make porn even cheaper… in Japan
October 11, 2010
/ Tadashi Anahori
Following the lead of the very popular Groupon that has become very popular State side, the Japanese have taken the massive deal-of-the-day marketing tool in a different, sexier direction.
For those of you who don't know, Groupon is a large scale coupon which depends on the number of people who sign up for it every day. If the quota for the day is met, everyone who signs up that day will receive the deal. According to Groupon in the US, there were a few areas they would not offer bargains, some of those being plastic surgeons and strip clubs. Japan's own Nukipon however will be ...
Movie reveals porn’s secret supporting stars
September 8, 2010
/ Tadashi Anahori
A new film Namae no nai Onnatachi (名前のない女たち, literally "The Girls With No Names", though the English title is Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano) is about young JAV porn stars in Tokyo, a subject of course close to our heart!
It's based on a nonfiction bestseller, a four-volume compilation of interviews on life and sex with kikaku porn actresses.
A kikaku joyu is a supporting actress hired for the day, whose face and/or name doesn't appear on film, as opposed to tantai, the starring models. The ratio of tantai to kikaku girls is something like 5% to 95%!
The ...
An interview with JAV porn star Sora Aoi
September 6, 2010
/ Megumi
Are you one of the hundreds of thousands of Sora Aoi fans?
We spotted an interesting interview with porn star Sora Aoi on CNNgo.
One of the many nuggets in the article is this gem:
AV girls never marry anyone within the industry out of convention, again, entirely different to the regular entertainment business in Japan where idols, actresses and singers regularly marry directors, managers and stylists.
Does that mean there is hope for normal guys out there?!
Sora talks about her early ambitions to be a school teacher, her relationships with men, and her new activities as an ...
Tokyo’s most famous pink cinema Ueno Okura Theater closes its doors
August 13, 2010
/ Tadashi Anahori
Remember back in June when Megumi blogged about the pink movie theater Okura in Ueno that was closing down (to re-open as a "modern" porn cinema, including for women patrons)?
Tokyo Reporter managed to capture the final day closing events (oh, why do I have a regular job?!). After five decades of providing the citizens what they want, the curtains came down on a landmark of porn history in Japan...
Here's a couple of sample photos but you can check out more on his ...
Porno for seniors in Japan’s pink movie theaters
August 2, 2010
/ Tadashi Anahori
A new trend in Japan's pink movie theaters is a surge in the popularity of narration from the movie's stars. You can hear the women saying: "Now it's going in", "Now I will move my hips" etc.
Previously this kind of commentary was provided for the visually impaired but now it seems the target is seniors! I guess these patrons also might have trouble hearing, seeing or just remembering what is happening on the screen!
Pink movie theaters actually have popular morning showings (porn at ten a.m.!), as well as wheelchair access, naturally...
For example, the Porepore in Higashi Nakano ...
Former AKB48 idol Rina Nakanishi becomes porn star Riko Yamaguchi
July 26, 2010
/ Tadashi Anahori
Is this everyone's dreams come true?
Rina Nakanishi (中西里菜) used to be one of the minor members of idol group sensation AKB48 but has since left the world of idols for far more rewarding work in...porn!
The 22-year-old has taken on a new stage name, Riko (or Rico) Yamaguchi, as part of her new career.
She has also released a nude photo book called, appropriately enough, Departure. However, this gained the furore of her former employers at AKB48, who, though make the idols dress very skimpily, oppose actual nudity. They are now suing Nakanishi!
This reminds us of the ...
Japanese porn stars naked line-up
July 23, 2010
/ Tadashi Anahori
Just spotted this great pic recently.
The top stars of Japanese porn are all lined up just the way we want to see them. Which one is your favorite?!
I personally like Akiho Yoshizawa (吉沢明歩), down in the bottom left, the ...
End of sex era as Ueno pink movie theater closes
June 28, 2010
/ Megumi
Famous pink movie (sexploitation) theater Ueno Okura Theater is to shut its doors in August, bringing to an end fifty-nine years of sex history. A new cinema will be built in front of the old building.
Okura first appeared in northeast Tokyo in 1951 and started showing pink movies from 1962. Despite its age it still attracts many old fans to its weekly three-movie schedules, with some 2,000 visitors per week.
However, since the last decades saw the rise of video and then DVD, the pink movie theaters, once a staple of Japan's sex industry. There were some 300 theaters at its peak but now ...
How to remove mosaic pixellation from Japanese porn
June 10, 2010
/ Megumi
We don't like mosaic, right? There's nothing worse than having the mood ruined by some nasty pixels covering the very areas you want to see the most!
We won't get into the complicated, ambiguous reasons for why Japanese porn has mosaic (we've blogged about that before), but rather I wanted to give you all some practical tips. I'm gonna let you boys into a secret: There are ways to get rid of it!
With the Olympia DV-9900, your dreams have come true! All you need is this little gadget and your regular Japanese DVDs, and hey presto!
How does it work? Well, just hook it up between the DVD ...