And you thought the Philippines was weird

I was eating macaroni and cheese at the office, surfing Time Magazine's website, when I came across this article.

It's about elder porn, as in old people fornicating on the screen. And you can only imagine my face all scrunched-up as I read about Shigeo Tokuda (a screen name), aged 78, and his "Lolita" themed porn movies.

Note the small, naked photo at the bottom left.

The article stated:

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. "The adult-video industry is very competitive," says Glory Quest p.r. representative Kayoko Iimura. "If we only make standard fare, we cannot beat other studios. There were already adult videos with Lolitas or themes of incest, so we wanted to make something new. A relationship between wife and an old father-in-law has enough twist to create an atmosphere of mystery and captivate viewers' hearts."

Director Gaichi Kono says the eroticism of elders is captivating to younger viewers. "I think that, as a subject, there is this something that only an older generation has and the young people do not possess. It is because they lived that much more. We should respect them and learn from them," says Kono passionately.

While there might be some sense in the whole "learning from the elders" thing, I don't think I can stomach watching any of this crap. When you have to resort to watching elderly porn, and get turned on by old, flabby, wrinkly things (middle finger to ageism and all that), there's something wrong with you.

Only in Japan, I tell myself, where most couples daw aged 50 and up don't have sex anymore, and how, on average, couples only have sex twice a year. I can already here some brilliant bums gasping and clutching at their hearts in the background.

And you thought the Philippines had problems.

P.S. Dibs on this for a possible short story! hahahaha.