Japanese Age-Old Porn… I Blame Viagra

This article from TIME makes you look at your grandparents differently – forever – so be warned.

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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.

It gets better (worse if you’re under 90):

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.

You’d think that’d be the worst of it, but this is the real kicker, IMO:

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.

I…  am at a loss of words.  It’s certainly interesting, and while I’m all for elders staying sexually active for as long as possible, I don’t expect them to share their experiences…  No matter how much we can learn from them.

IMO, there’s just a line that shouldn’t be crossed.  What do you think?

Found via Geekologie

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