J-Mate

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Reviewed by James West
Publisher: Soft on Demand
Available at: J-List
Cost: $50
Quality: Super
"H" factor: Very erotic
Overview: A top quality amateur video by one of Japan's leading indies directors

Note: AV Director Hajime died suddenly in 2005, a very sad event for the industry. We leave this review up as a tribute to his amazing and innovative AV works.

Soft on Demand is top dog when it comes to adult video in Japan, at least in the Indies world. The Soft on Demand Group, which manages several outside companies (like Deep's, IEnergy and so on) has a real gem in the form of Hajime, the star director who loves to make very realistic adult videos using amateur Japanese girls. Not only does he have an eye for what is interesting for adult video fans to watch, but he knows how to get the most beautiful girls, girls you'd never expect to see in adult videos, to do it in front of the camera.

In an eye-opening DVD that will leave you breathlessly glued to your TV, this production starts off with one amateur girl and builds to include five other friends and friends of friends. This DVD builds on the fact that some Japanese girls, for the right amount, will perform any sexual act, and then on top of that "sell out" their friends and ask them if they won't participate in an adult title. After signing a contract and a full explanation of the rules, each girl is called to a studio where she is paid a certain amount of money for different acts -- touching an actor's penis, taking her clothes off, showing her panties, and then having sex. Part of the fun is watching the girl bid the price up as high as she can get it, before an agreement is reached and the real fun begins.

This video is a psychologically satisfying because after each girl appears in her section, she calls up a friend and convinces her friend to be in the video, too. When negiotiating how much they'll want to have sex, they're aware of what their friends got, and they try to get more. Since it's an SOD title, there's no "yarase," Japanese for faking, scripted actions which you may see in some other products.