Recently, the island nation made a big "joke" -
For the first time in 146 years, the legal age of majority was lowered.
Starting April 1, the japanese adult standard will be reduced from 20 to 18.
At first glance, it doesn't seem like a fuss.
However, this change has sparked a national debate in Japan.
It also hit twitter.
The reason for the huge controversy.
This is because this modification means that 18-year-old high school students can also legally shoot AV.
And there is no need for parental consent at all.
It is easy to let the adult industrial chain of the island country take advantage of loopholes.
Set off a new round of exploitation in the industry.
People's concerns are not unreasonable.
After all, for mentally immature high school students, "going to the sea" is a tempting job.
The first is the temptation of money.
According to reports, the annual sales valuation of the Japanese AV industry is more than 500 billion yen (about 26 billion yuan), and about 20,000 products are issued every year.
The huge market needs a steady stream of fresh blood.
The relatively short production cycle also determines that this is a job that "comes quickly".
Newcomer actress Yongse is not cute, originally a small love bean.
At the age of 20, she announced that she was "going to sea" because the salary in the AV industry was more competitive.
She revealed that she could earn 3 million yen (about 150,000 yuan) for a film.
Asuka Kiro, who was excavated from a nightclub, signed five films at the beginning and received 10 million yen.
After becoming famous, she also received a valuable watch as a gift from her Japanese boss.
There are also Chinese tycoons who bid 3 million yen to buy her for one night.
The remuneration of the industry's top actresses is even more amazing.
Former SKE48 member Yuya Mikami also switched from idol to AV actress.
The first film received a sky-high salary of 130 million yen (about 6.75 million yuan).
The income from making a film has far exceeded the annual salary of the little idol.
Second, the temptation to fame.
Becoming a star is the dream of many female high school students.
The Japanese industry can indeed be called a star-making industry.
Not only for the actress to create a film, photo album, meet and greet and other one-stop products, a full range of circle powder, solid powder.
There are also industry awards ceremonies similar to the Oscars.
The people who were shaped on this assembly line, such as Aoi Kong and Hatano Yui, have long been the superstars of adult films that have spread throughout Asia.
And they don't just exist on hard drives.
The influence of the top AV actresses is enough to break the circle, which is completely the treatment of female stars.
For example, Aoi Khoi has been a voice actor in many cartoons.
Since then, he has also appeared frequently in TV series.
He even participated in "The Life of the Rejected Pine Nuts".
Not only that, but her popularity in China is also extremely high.
He was once invited to appear on the same stage with Yang Lan and others at the event.
In Japan, the adult film industry is a vanity fair like Hollywood.
There is no shortage of film and television works related to it, and there is no shortage of glorification and rendering of this industry.
The Japanese movie "A Film Scene Not NG" depicts the daily life of several actresses.
The brokerage company will be responsible for the car transfer and take care of the actress's itinerary.
The director is also very gentle with people, booing and asking for warmth.
Even a female actress in the film bleeds because the male actor's movements are too rough.
It has also been comicized.
The mutual encouragement between the actresses also made the film go to healing.
Some of them fill the loneliness and emptiness in their hearts because of the work of AV.
Others see the value of this work pleasing to others and themselves.
Netflix's "Naked Supervision" is also the same theme.
It focuses on the history of Japan's AV industry.
The male protagonist made a lot of money for filming AV magazines and videos.
The actresses enjoyed the harvest as much as he did.
Although it is about AV actresses, the film is rarely shown from the perspective of actresses.
The only scene in which the actress refuses to fake the scene and really do it.
In the end, he was also persuaded by the director, full of laughter.
And the actress also broke through herself in this scene and successfully became famous.
The only dazzling heroine in the play.
Claim to have an independent mind.
By becoming an AV actress, she liberated women and enjoyed the filming process.
These film and television works have created an industry illusion.
It's as if the adult film industry is full of endless possibilities that can make people soar.
The fame of going to the sea has become the "island dream" that is hung up by the scouts.
But in reality, it is not so glamorous.
Although actresses such as Tomorrow Flower Qiluo and Nagase Weimeng are well paid.
But this is because they are all signed as "single actresses".
The price of each film is high, but there may be a rule that the single actress can only shoot one film per month.
Moreover, they are the very few 5% in the industry, as a minority.
They are not representative of the full salary level of the AV industry.
After Emily Yau retired, she also revealed the industry revenue.
If you are the lowest-ranking project actress in the company, you may only get a minimum remuneration of more than 1500 yuan.
If you want to make money, you can only win by quantity.
To get a head start in the company, it would have been hard to become the 5% of the top of the pyramid.
The process of becoming the top star of the fire is even more difficult.
The real work content is far from being as easy as the movie renders.
The heroine in "Joy" has always been eager to become a top actress.
Newcomers need to have stable fans when they debut, so they must be able to attract attention.
So she began to transform from the most basic sex scenes, challenging some heavy taste sex scripts.
For example, being suspended and tied, being whipped, pinching the neck and so on SM moves.
Let her be strangled to the point of flushing.
But these are the only ways to succeed, and we have to endure them.
When bundling and one-on-one are no longer novel.
She had to try multiple sports, plus she was humiliated by spitting, slapping and so on.
Cater to the perverted desires of the audience.
In order to get ahead, you have to challenge what others can't do.
And the more "perverted" the shooting, the higher the salary.
For actresses who are new to the industry, only frequent filming can help to accumulate popularity.
All this does not sound like an easy job content, which is deliberately concealed by the scouts.
It wasn't until the young girls were hooked by the soft and hard bubbles that they realized what kind of reality they were facing.
There are even girls who are kept in the dark and are not sure about the nature of the work they have signed.
In the Japanese short film "I was forced to shoot AV: The Ordinary Girl Who Was Targeted", there are many such real cases.
Akiko was spotted by scouts while working and was invited to work as a model.
However, Akiko was told that she was going to play the AV heroine when she signed a contract with the other party and was about to work.
But at this time, the default requires a huge amount of liquidated damages.
The scout's trick is to use various words to bypass "adult films" in the contract, which is difficult to detect at all.
In addition, information such as school, address, telephone number, etc. left at the company when signing the contract.
It will also become their handle to threaten the girl to go to sea.
Of course, some companies also brainwash all kinds of brainwashing.
For example, tell you that you will keep your job confidential, change your stage name, and so on.
Guarantee that they will not be discovered by those around them and "die in society".
Or, they will send the company's actresses to "communicate" with you.
After spying on your real concerns, prescribe the right medicine.
Matsumoto also had a similar experience to Akiko.
During college, she was picked up on the street by a scout and asked to help shoot a late-night show.
She thought the tv show was acceptable and signed the contract.
When filming, the other party only said that it was a variety show, so that she could cooperate with listening to men's troubles.
Shooting the scene is already a bit weird about the van.
The photographer also spoke flirtatiously and said a lot of obscene things to her.
Although not naked, the short film was used in the AV.
Matsumoto's anchor job was also affected and he was forced to resign.
And the head of these AV film and television companies even said without apology:
"Girls are largely commodities, throw them away when they run out"
In fact, it is not only some street people who are easy to be fooled into going to the sea.
The eldest sister of the AV industry, Yoshizawa Mingbu, also entered the industry in this way.
Dreaming of becoming a star, she was spotted by a scout who invited her to collaborate on a film.
But it wasn't until she arrived at the shooting site that she found out that it was av shooting.
Kashika, who has bold acting skills, has gained a foothold in the company's top management.
But at the beginning of her career, she was also tricked into being a model and signed a contract to go to the sea.
Former AV actress Walnut Also expressed her views on the legal loophole of lowering the age of adulthood.
In order to make everyone warn, she talked about her experience of being deceived.
She encountered this opportunity during college and thought she could make her debut through music.
But I didn't expect to be asked to be naked on the camera, and I was forced by more than 20 people to sign a contract to go to the sea at the scene.
This is true of college students in their 20s, not to mention girls who have just turned 18.
They hadn't even seen an AV before signing a contract.
Before the law was amended, 18 and 19 years old needed to sign a contract to make a film with the consent of the parents, and the contract that had already been signed could be revoked by the parents.
Today, their contracts can legally take effect without parental consent.
Therefore, it is easier to be tricked by the so-called "scouts" and it is difficult to protect their rights and interests.
These experiences may also leave a shadow of life that is difficult to repair for the individual.
Many actresses blame themselves for going astray.
You will fall into the tip of your horns without looking at the contract carefully.
There are also those who voluntarily become actresses and may experience a period of psychological construction.
Emily Chu broke the news that many actresses would cry at the shooting scene.
Although she was fine at the scene, when she returned home, she still couldn't escape the moment of defense.
She has said that many people regret their original choice.
What worries about this regulation now is that too many women are "going to the sea" in confusion and reluctance.
Ironically, although the law allows 18-year-olds to make adult movies.
However, the age limit for smoking, drinking alcohol and participating in public gambling remains at 20 years.
A paper decision turned what was once "underage" into "adult".
"Illegal" became "legal."
The girls thought they had found the entrance to their dreams.
As everyone knows, that may be the road of no return to the trap.