I totally agree that the vast majority of enjoyment in JAV is faked (and often badly).
The list of tell-tale signs is also a good, accurate one.
The other thing to think about are the "living doll" vids, where the character has to play the part of a mannequin for the sake of her husband's career (usually). She usually has to undergo increasing amounts of abuse and penetrative sex without so much as blinking. Given the number of actresses who can do this (they are well-known faces, not specially selected for this amazing ability) I would say that enjoyment levels are at best minimal.
Having said that, most of these videos include an out-take feature at the end where the actress blinks, laughs, coughs or otherwise breaks the mannequin character. In some (all or nearly all?) of these out-takes the actress betrays some excitement. Would they go to the trouble of faking enjoyment for an out-take? I somehow don't think so, and in these cases (and by extension many others) the actresses do respond physically to the right kind of stimulation, just not to the extent that they display.
I'm not quite so sure there, bubba. I watched an interview with Emiri Okazaki and I swear I remember her saying that this particular sex mannequin series that you mentioned is one series that she wanted to do but didn't get to during her AV career.
What I wonder is how these young JAV pornstars, who get totally mowed down by a few of these father figure actors, that lick and kiss them in the most perverted way like you would only dream to do, if they really enjoy that? Like these gramps are kissing eye lids and licking cheeks foreheads, I mean how could they like that? Could you imagine a western star being violently tongue kissed and having her face licked all over like a windshield wiper by some old dude's tongue? LOL.
And it seems like every JAV girl, old or young, is a pro from day one or at least the production is so high quality it evens out a girl who is a bit shy. It's like they all are put through a JAV training session a few times with old pros who wear them out a little before they ever get put on camera to see if they are worth putting on camera or what level star they think her capacity is (how far is she willing to go). I was searching some JAV pornstar one time on social media and under schooling she put University of JAV. LOL.
Also, how many girls sign up for JAV just to get their grill fixed or some other PS? I feel like a lot of these women do a few videos just for that. The JAV studio system is something like the old Hollywood star system from the golden age of cinema. The popular actors I see so often have to be some really happy guys doing that line of work.
About this I say pretty much what I said before. Sex is much more than penetration. Kisses, the heavy breathing of the other person, feeling desired... If you take out all these things you're "only" left dick in, dick out, dick in... It's normal that they can show indifference.
I don't know how much western porn have you (all) watched, but I'd say Manuel Ferrara is the most "japanese" actor. He loves hugging the actresses, the first thing he does when the actress has sucked him is kissing her... Well, you know what I mean if you have watched his videos. He's a Rocco but respecting the women...
And it seems the actresses love working with him.
Of course they're actresses and have to perform, but if an attractive guy fucks the girl the way he'd do it irl... of course is gonna enjoy it.
I couldn't agree more. I stopped watching western porn for JAV a long time ago because of the lack of passionate kissing and because the girls in JAV are specifically told to act like the boyfriend of their sex partner in the film. This is why there is so much kissing because that is what real couples do and that is why the NTR/Incest films in JAV are so hot from my perspective. In western porn the NTR/Incest role is usually played tongue in cheek and is more of a comedy scene then a steamy romantic one. Also, Japanese girls just have that girl next door quality and their culture instills in them their place in the world as women and because they don't have a bunch of tattoos or are plagued by years of drug abuse which are both a major turn off for me.
I agree Manuel is one of the few western actors who gives a good show. I feel like in western porn some of the girls have a guy who they live off of so his way of dealing with the pornstar girlfriend is telling her not to kiss in the scenes she makes? I don't know.
I used to look up a pornstar that I liked to see if they had been married or not and then to look for a scene that was made during her marriage. Western porn forced me to this extremity for not making more realistic cuckold/ntr themes for me to watch.
LOL.
For instance, one of my favorite western pornstars, Rikki Six, got married while she was still making porn and then I saw a few scenes after the fact and she's wearing this big wedding ring. I watch those scenes of hers for instant porn fuel. Something very hot to know for a fact the slut you are watching has a hubby at home being a simp.