Think about old people. You either find them adorable or you hate them, their inability to drive and their constant reminder of your own mortality, right? Now imagine old people having sex. Even if you once found them adorable, you're now disgusted and repulsed.

And that brings us to this week's Super Terrific Japanese Thing: porn of the elderly. Yes, eagle-eyed TR reader Angela, who clearly hates me and wishes me ill, sent me the rather nauseating news (via Japundit) that Japan's newest porn boom is of old people fucking...and it's not just for old people. Sez Time:

[The 74-year-old] Tokuda's exploits have proved to be a goldmine for Glory Quest, which first launched an "old-man" series, Maniac Training of Lolitas, in December 2004. Its popularity led the company to follow up with Tokuda starring in Forbidden Elderly Care in August 2006. Other series followed, and soon elder porn had revealed itself as a sustainable new revenue stream for the industry. "The adult video industry is very competitive," says Glory Quest p.r. representative Kayoko Iimura. "If we only make standard fare, we cannot beat other studios. There were already adult videos with Lolitas or themes of incest, so we wanted to make something new. A relationship between wife and an old father-in-law has enough twist to create an atmosphere of mystery and captivate viewers' hearts."
Director Gaichi Kono says the eroticism of their 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.

Now I'm off to remove my own brain, and scrub it down with bleach. What a sexy day this turned out to be!