Japanese male porn stars rarer than Bengal Tigers: actor

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Japanese male porn stars rarer than Bengal Tigers: actor

TOKYO - Japan's vast pornography industry is desperately short of men, one actor claims, insisting even the endangered Bengal Tiger is more numerous.

A veteran porn star known only as Shimiken says he is one of just 70 male actors, with just a handful of them doing all the heavy lifting.

"Everyday I meet the same people and see the same names on scripts," he said on Twitter under his @shimiken username last month, adding the number was "lower than that of Bengal Tigers".

Quite why there aren’t enough willing participants is a mystery to Shimiken: "This job is like an Aladdin’s Cave, in many senses."

"In contrast, the number of porn actresses is as high as 10,000, with 4,000 movies released every month," Shimiken said. "We lack porn actors here."

The huge imbalance in the field stands in marked contrast to other areas of employment in Japan, where men outnumber women. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared he wants 30 per cent of senior positions occupied by women by 2020.

The number of tigers in the world has fallen drastically from around 100,000 in the early 20th century to about 4,000 today, according to the international conservation body, WWF.

Most Bengal tigers live in India, where a little over 1,700 are found, according to another conservation group, the IUCN Global Species Programme.
AFP

-- The Nation 2014-09-12

[canuckamuck]

When you start to feel sorry for yourself, just put yourself in his shoes, poor bugger/er.

[Costas2008]

OK, are they going to put the Japanese porn stars in the endangered species?

Put them in a glass cage so they are protected and admired by the public.

Anyway, not a big deal, about them.

Edited September 12, 2014 by Costas2008

[Scott]

If they'd stop pixelating them, many of us would enjoy them more.

[retell]

So 4000 ÷ 70 = 58 movies per male actor per month

[tx22cb]

I'm tempted to apply for Japanese citizenship ....

[Basil B]

I suppose Japanese males fall short of the basic requirements...

Edited September 12, 2014 by Basil B

[kotsak]

It's time to fold it twice and head to Japan

[Kerryd]

It's understandable. When the director tells the (male) (Japanese) porn "star" to give her 9 inches and make it hurt, he has to bang her 3 times and slap her on her @ss !

Plus, who would want to be a male (of any race) star of Japanese porn, knowing what kinds of things they have those girls do ! I'd be scared there's still be octopuses hiding in their octopussys !

I don't watch porn (unless I'm the star) but what little I've seen of the Japanese stuff is scary. D@mn cute girls doing d@mn weird things !

(Though former army buddies back in the 80's used to bring some pretty raunchy stuff with them on training exercises, that they'd acquired in Copenhagen. Back in the days of 8mm films.)

[canuckamuck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmJ-VWPDM4</media>

[maoro2013]

So 4000 ÷ 70 = 58 movies per male actor per month

Some porn is not hardcore so may not need male actors but still you have a point I think.

[canopus1969]

...with just a handful of them doing all the heavy lifting.

The Jap schooldgirls I've seen on line look very small

[NoBrainer]

Why is it then, that most of the movies I have seen (purely for research purposes of course), feature 3 or 4 men on one woman?

Seems like it should be the other way around. And I would imagine that, like in America, the male stars only make about 25% of what the female stars are paid.

Anyway, if there are any openings for non Japanese speaking white guys, I'm only an hour away from the Airport.

[Baerboxer]

Maybe not so surprising.

Knew someone who produced "blue films" in the UK in the 70"s. He said they could easily recruit more ladies than they needed. Men were in short supply. He said few actually turned up for the screen test, and even fewer actually managed to complete the screen test satisfactorily. He was always looking for 'studs" and would pay good money.

[NoBrainer]

Maybe not so surprising.

Knew someone who produced "blue films" in the UK in the 70"s. He said they could easily recruit more ladies than they needed. Men were in short supply. He said few actually turned up for the screen test, and even fewer actually managed to complete the screen test satisfactorily. He was always looking for 'studs" and would pay good money.

I don't think I would show up either, if the job involved banging that trash from the U.K.

Even their Porn Stars look bloody awful.

[NoBrainer]

I thought this thread might have some Legs, But it looks like it is Petering out.

[rotary]

I wonder what is required to get a Japanese work permit? I have my own "tools".

[darren84310]

Then why is it that every Japanese porn film has one woman and at least two men?

[kotsak]

Then why is it that every Japanese porn film has one woman and at least two men?

In order to balance length and depth..

[GentlemanJim]

Japanese male porn stars rarer than Bengal Tigers: actor

Put them in the zoo then.

[GentlemanJim]

If they'd stop pixelating them, many of us would enjoy them more.

And many of us would not.

[catweazle]

Knew a cute freelancer back in the old days when I was living in Phuket. Think it was 1997. Banana was the place to be if you were going for the "posh" ones back then...

Suddenly, from one day onwards, she wouldn't go with any of us white guys anymore. When I asked her why, she said that from now on she only accepts Japanese "clientele".

Her answer to my question "Why Japanese?" was "333"... "Uuuuhhh, now it's getting mystical!" I thought - nodding, but not truly understanding...

Thus I eventually asked her what 333 stands for, and she replied: 3 centimeters, 3 minutes, 3.000 Baht !

It's a true story

[tw25rw]

If they'd stop pixelating them, many of us would enjoy them more.

And many of us would not.

I agree.. I've come to appreciate the censored stuff. Much in the same way as I can appreciate a woman in a bikini rather than naked..

I agree about it always being the same guys. And some of them are quite freaky looking.

[catweazle]

Why is it then, that most of the movies I have seen (purely for research purposes of course), feature 3 or 4 men on one woman?

Seems like it should be the other way around. And I would imagine that, like in America, the male stars only make about 25% of what the female stars are paid.

Anyway, if there are any openings for non Japanese speaking white guys, I'm only an hour away from the Airport.

He, NoBrainer - may I join you?

[canuckamuck]

They tried bringing in some Bengal tigers but the cats got spooked when the girls started making those squeaky noises

[csabo]

In a related study, Japanese male genatalia qualified to be in adult films is apparently more rare than Dodo birds. Now back to the newsroom with Yoshi and a look at sports...Yoshi?

[Ulysses G.]

I could care less about the Japanese men in the films. Japanese porn actresses are the most feminine and hottest of any country and actually seem to be having a good time doing really disgusting stuff. What more could a man that is watching hope for?

I agree that the films would be even better, if not pixelated though.

[ggt]

There is not much demand for a 2 to 4 inch penis...and a climax after 30 seconds of stimulation...

[WitawatWatawit]

Don't know about the films, but I was once asked by a guy sitting next to me on a bus if I knew any good looking western guys who might like to go to Osaka and work as "waiters" in coffee shops frequented only by single Japanese women. Usually bored, frustrated housewives. There was very good money to be made, I was assured. The guy made no bones about the fact that the blokes would be working as gigolos. He must have been desperate to recruit as he even asked if I wanted to go.

(That was 25 years ago, and is the first and only time I have ever heard of this Osaka-gigolo thing. Anyone else?

[GentlemanJim]

I could care less about the Japanese men in the films. Japanese porn actresses are the most feminine and hottest of any country and actually seem to be having a good time doing really disgusting stuff. What more could a man that is watching hope for?

I agree that the films would be even better, if not pixelated though.

Sure, what more!

I think the point is that it was an expression of interest to see the japanese male penis unpixelated that was declared as not being a desirable thing by "many of us".