{"id":123,"date":"2007-10-03T10:28:58","date_gmt":"2007-10-03T15:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tokyobound.com\/blog\/?p=123"},"modified":"2008-08-21T04:43:54","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T09:43:54","slug":"location-location-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokyobound.com\/blog\/?p=123","title":{"rendered":"Location, Location, Location"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> As I was reading the post below this one entitled “Lovely Andrea”, I was struck by Nureki Chimuo’s\u00a0opinion that most videos produced today are, as he put it, “crap”. Now, Nureki sensei is getting up there in years and I suppose it would be easy to dismiss his comment as the rantings of an old man living in the past. But I doubt he’s the only one who feels this way. Okay, I’ll just come out with it: I agree with him.<\/p>\n

I recently purchased a box set\u00a0of five DVDs from the late,\u00a0legendary director Ishii Teruo. Among bondage aficionados, Ishii is known for his sadistic fare such as “Joy of Torture” among others. He is also well known for directing yakuza films starring Takakura Ken.<\/p>\n

Like the Nikkatsu classics of the sixties and seventies, these were shot on film in glorious widescreen. They actually have a plot. A bit bizarre, perhaps, and difficult to follow for the average Westerner, but a\u00a0plot nevertheless.\u00a0Actually, the Ishii films have a little too much story for my taste. I think Nikkatsu had it about right, effectively\u00a0balancing the storyline with the bondage action.<\/p>\n

That said, I wonder how much of today’s fare will even be available 30 years from now, let alone esteemed and desired by a whole new generation of bondage fanatics.<\/p>\n

When video came along and pretty much killed shot-on-film bondage movies, it was a good news, bad news\u00a0sort of thing. The good news was that you\u00a0could crank out a lot of material cheap. The bad news was that you could crank out a lot of material cheap.<\/p>\n

But still, in the early eighties, there were many excellent movies shot on video. Although Cinemagic has certainly turned out its fair share of boring, vanilla fuck movies with some ropes tossed in\u00a0as an apparent\u00a0afterthought, they also managed to hit the sweet spot on\u00a0many occasions. The same thing goes for the old Art Video SM company.<\/p>\n

About 20 years ago, there was a video I rented\u00a0over and over again\u00a0simply because I didn’t have two VCRs. I think you know what I’m talking about. This video was\u00a0fantastic and it’s now all but impossible to find. I saw it a few years ago in a used video shop somewhere in Tokyo.\u00a0Unfortunately, I didn’t have a spare 20,000 yen in my pocket at the time!<\/p>\n

I have a mental list of things I believe\u00a0need to be present in order for a video to avoid the crap designation. High up on that list is location<\/em>.\u00a0Back when they were shooting movies on\u00a0film,\u00a0things like sets and wardrobe mattered. Of course, they had people who could act pretty well, too. But even if you don’t have trained actors to work with, good locations will really enhance the viewing experience.<\/p>\n

One company that “gets it”, I think,\u00a0when it comes to the right kind of\u00a0locations is Kink.com<\/font><\/strong><\/a>. The\u00a0owner of Kink.com recently purchased the San Francisco Armory for shooting material for his own websites. He also plans to rent it out to mainstream movie companies. Personally, I like a grubby, run-down place like the armory to a hotel room or a red plastic “dungeon” for shooting videos.<\/p>\n

When Kink <\/font><\/strong>came to Japan<\/font><\/strong><\/a> to work with <\/font><\/strong>Osada Steve<\/font><\/strong><\/a>, Steve scrounged up some interesting locations, the best of which was an old Japanese style house. In fact,\u00a0this place\u00a0has been used as a set for many bondage\u00a0videos shot in Tokyo. Other than this place though, most of the videos I have seen recently have been shot in rather uninspiring locations.<\/p>\n

I’ve gotten behind again<\/strong> so the gallery below is spread across two or three Kinbaku Live Nights at Studio SIX. Sorry ’bout that. You will notice a couple of new faces there. One is Misa-chan, the other Juri-chan. And, of course, we never get tired of the beautiful and alluring <\/font><\/strong>Ageha<\/font><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0five thumbs below relate to this post and are self-explanatory. The bondage thumbs are repeats from the Kink.com shoot. They just happen to be some of my favorites!<\/p>\n

KabukiJoe<\/strong><\/p>\n

GALLERY<\/strong><\/font><\/a>\u00a0— Studio SIX<\/p>\n

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As I was reading the post below this one entitled “Lovely Andrea”, I was struck by Nureki Chimuo’s\u00a0opinion that most videos produced today are, as he put it, “crap”. Now, Nureki sensei is getting up there in years and I suppose it would be easy to dismiss his comment as the rantings of an old<\/p>\n

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