- Reaction score
- 2,276
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.
"I was a fan of adult films and went directly to his office to ask if they'd got specific films in stock," he says. "He asked me there and then if I wanted to appear in a film. I immediately said no."
He soon changed his mind and at 59 in a hotel in western Tokyo he launched his acting career, playing the part of a company president with a roving eye.
www.theguardian.com
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.
"I was a fan of adult films and went directly to his office to ask if they'd got specific films in stock," he says. "He asked me there and then if I wanted to appear in a film. I immediately said no."
He soon changed his mind and at 59 in a hotel in western Tokyo he launched his acting career, playing the part of a company president with a roving eye.
Japan's 77-year-old porn actor: unlikely face of an ageing population
Shigeo Tokuda, star of 350 adult films, is part of a shifting demographic sparking profound changes in Japanese society
Last edited by a moderator:
