Japanese Talent Agency Launches Search For Prospective Porn Actors
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 January 2016 16:01
SINGAPORE: The shortage of male actors in Japanese adult film industry has prompted a Tokyo-based talent agency to look abroad for ‘male talent’ in Singapore, online entertainment news portal World of Buzzreported.
There is no escaping the fact that Japan has long been regarded as the hub for the production of adult films in Asia and around the globe.
However, recent industry figures estimated that there are merely 70 full-time male actors as opposed to the 10,000 females in Japanese adult film industry. To illustrate the proportion, male actors in adult films make up less than 1 % of the talents.
According to sources, a Tokyo-based adult film producer (JAV) in recent months has decided to carry out new talent search abroad, specifically in Singapore with hopes of recruiting up to ten male actors.
“In a view shared by many other producers, Singapore represents one of the best foreign markets for male JAV recruitment,” said Katsuo Ayumu, who has worked at a leading Japanese adult movie production company since 1973.
Ayumu further remarked : “We’ve tried recruiting male actors from Korea and China before, but we’ve found Japanese audiences react unfavorably to such casting, probably for historical or cultural reasons.
“I feel that audiences in Japan would be very welcoming of Singaporean actors. Perhaps the only challenge I foresee is the language barrier, but most of our actresses speak limited English so it shouldn’t be impossible to mount,” he said.
“The prospect for Singaporean men to succeed in the world of JAV is brighter,” he added.
So, are you up for it? Well, the answer lies within you.
-mD
