Tokyo smut festival

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The Ueno Okura Theater, Japan’s most famous porno cinema is holding a Porn Festival from May 2 to 7.

The cinema shows porn all day everyday but that is not the point; “All our patrons are in their late 40s or older,” a theater spokesman says. “We want to attract younger fans, which is why we’re holding the festival.”

Organizers say the main attraction of the five day festival will be the talk shows. “We’re going to have nine adult movie directors involved in the talk show including Yutaka Ikejima, who started out as an actor and has directed over 100 works, and ‘Living Legend’ Kinya Ogawa, who was the chief assistant director on Japan’s first domestically produced porno ‘Nikutai no Ichiba (The Flesh Market)’ in 1962.”

Some of the actresses will be appearing as well. Among those lined up are are actress/director Yumi Yoshiyuki, Yuria Hidaka and Ami Natsui, who is also a regular on Sky Perfect cable TV.

But with so much porn readily available in the internet that can be accessed in privacy, what’s the attraction of going to a cinema?

Ueno Okura Theatre “Adult movies made for video are totally focused on honban (”the real thing,” i.e. intercourse), but pink movies like the ones we’re showing are artistic films all the way.” The spokesman says. “These films may have sex scenes, but they’ve also got romance, suspense and other storylines with proper developments. The appeal lies in how these films have incorporated eroticism. And youth is the gateway to success for the makers of these movies.”