A NOTW classic (November 2010): About 20 percent of Japan’s adult-video market is now “elder porn,” with each production featuring one or more studly senior, and Shigeo Tokuda, 76, among the most popular. He told Toronto’s Globe and Mail in October (2010) that he still “performs” physically “without Viagra,” in at least one role a month opposite much younger women. His wife and adult daughter learned only two years ago, by accident, of his late-onset career (which began at age 60 when a filmmaker hired him for his “pervert’s face”). Tokuda figures the “elder porn” genre will grow with Japan’s increasing senior population. o
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