There is a tragic sense of grief today as Japan’s adult movie industry is mourning over the loss of a popular actress who died in an accident while shooting a scene for an upcoming film.
The 23-year old actress who remains unnamed due to Japanese laws requiring her next of kin to be formally notified first; died after drowning in semen while shooting at a studio in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district.
Cameramen from the shoot said the actress was filming a bukkake scene when the accident occurred. Bukkake is a popular format in JAV (Japanese Adult Video) titles and involves a group of male actors ejaculating, typically onto the face of a female actor.
The camera crew stated that “For this scene, there were around 30 male actors lined up. The actress was kneeling on the ground and the actors were taking turns to ejaculate onto her. The director insisted that they direct their semen into her mouth, which is quite normal in a JAV movie.”
Unfortunately however during the filming, the Japanese actress began to choke on the semen, according to witnesses. The camera crew stated they thought she was actually acting when in fact she was unable to breathe. She had swallowed too much of a load apparently.
“It came as quite a shock to us when she collapsed,” he told journalists. “The director was angry at first, telling her that she’d ruined the shot. Then once it was realized that she really couldn’t breathe Everyone became shocked.”
The camera operator said the male actors panicked afterward, but fortunately one of them was a skilled emergency medical responder before he became a porn star.
The Director said, “He tried to scoop as much of the semen out before starting mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, but it was too late. There was nothing anyone could have done.”
Bukkake is a word meaning ‘to splash rudely’, and has become one of the most popular forms of pornography depicted in Japanese adult films.
Typical JAV releases include at least one scene that features bukkake. However, this incident is believed to be the first bukkake-related fatality on record.
“This could definitely have major implications for the JAV industry,” said one adult movie analyst. “If the authorities demand a ban on Bukkake, which is likely in the aftermath of this tragedy, then it could really have an impact on industry revenue.”
The JAV industry made $9 billion in 2022; making it one of the most lucrative businesses in Japan’s entertainment sector. JAV titles are popular domestically, but also in the foreign market, primarily across other Asian nations.
It’s uncertain and too soon to say if the death of the 23-year old actress will cause a ban on studios which film bukkake scenes, but experts now say it’s likely tougher regulation and safety measures will occur in the aftermath of the incident.
