Porn is one of the largest industries in Japan. Because, around 6000 new porn stars keep popping up to make their debut each year.
As reported by rocketnews24.com, a non-fiction writer, Atsuhiko Nakamura, interviewed more than 500 pornographic actress who was then making headlines in Japan. He also managed to uncover the dark side of the adult film industry in the City of Sunrise in a phenomenal book entitled Namae no nai Onna-tachi (The Nameless Women).
So, how the initial introduction of the adult film industry in Japan? In the late 1960s, adult film market in Japan or also called pink films, mostly dominated by the low-budget independent. TV programs and import of American films made a lot of companies out of business at that time.
Nikkatsu, the studio when the film was even big enough to fight for "survival". To attract a new audience, Takashi Itamochi, president of Nikkatsu-oldest film studio in Japan-finally decided to focus their film production into adult films.
For the first time, in November 1971, Nikkatsu Roman Porno with launching a series titled Apartment Wife. The series was made in total with emphasis on the artistic value of proved popular with the public and in the eyes of the critics.
The later introduction of pornography into the mainstream in Japanese theaters that could ultimately save Nikkatsu at the time of its demise. 17 years later, more focused Nikkatsu explore the adult film industry by releasing an average of three films each month. This is the beginning of the rise of making adult movies in Japan.
Here is the movie trailer for Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano phenomenal adaptation of the book Namae no nai Onna-tachi (The Nameless Women) Atsuhiko Nakamura essay that successfully reveals the dark side of Japanese porn industry.
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