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Justin McCurry in Tokyo

‘It’s not an Oedipus complex’: why Japan’s ‘silver porn’ market is booming

Emi Toda, a popular porn actor who continues to make films in her mid-60s amid demand in Japan’s ageing society.
Emi Toda, a popular porn actor who continues to make films in her mid-60s amid demand in Japan’s ageing society. Photograph: Justin McCurry/The Guardian

Emi Tōda was in her late 50s, recently divorced and getting by on wages from part-time jobs at supermarkets and an undertaker when she decided it was time for a change.

Now 65, she has appeared in dozens of adult movies catering to the “silver porn” market – a genre of films whose enduring popularity reflects Japan’s status as a super-ageing society.

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