Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
Besides his glowing complexion, Shigeo Tokuda looks like any other 74-year-old man in Japan. Despite suffering a heart attack three years ago, the lifelong salaryman now feels healthier, and lives happily with his wife and a daughter in downtown Tokyo. He is, of course, more physically active than most retirees, but that's because he's kept his part-time job — as a porn star. Shigeo Tokuda is, in fact, his screen name — he prefers not to disclose his real name because, he insists, his wife and daughter have no idea that he has appeared in about 350 films over the past 14 years.
Tokuda's exploits have proved to be a goldmine for Glory Quest, which first launched an "old-man" series, Maniac Training of Lolitas, in December 2004. Its popularity led the company to follow up with Tokuda starring in Forbidden Elderly Care in August 2006. Other series followed, and soon elder porn had revealed itself as a sustainable new revenue stream for the industry.
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Posted by: KJ at June 19, 2008 11:37 AMIs the revenue stream steady, or merely an uncertain trickle? I wonder if it's hard to find reliable talent in that market.
Posted by: FL at June 19, 2008 11:53 AM2: Are you asking whether it's a going problem, or really a growing problem?
Posted by: M/tch M/lls at June 19, 2008 03:33 PMI would ask that, Mitch, but I'm not qualified, since my job doesn't involve miniaturization of some kind.
Posted by: FL at June 19, 2008 03:35 PM2: I wonder if it's reliable to find hard talent in that market.
Posted by: Heath at June 21, 2008 11:15 AM