Japan: Porn in public nets arrests

August 26, 2006

Arisa Shimizu a/k/a: Asuka Yuki

Yokohama - A producer and an actress have been arrested for filming a pornographic video in a busy entertainment district here in broad daylight, police said.

Shinsuke Inoue, 40, president of a pornographic video production company, and actress Arisa Shimizu, 24, are accused of indecent exposure.

"We did it while being aware that we might be arrested. We also filmed in Chinatown in Yokohama," one of the suspects was quoted as telling investigators.

Between 3:40 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on July 12, Shimizu walked naked on the streets near JR Yokohama Station during filming under the supervision of Inoue, investigators said. A man and a high school girl photographed her actions on their mobile phone cameras and submitted the photos to police as evidence.

Local police suspect that she was filmed while walking naked in various places in Yokohama at the instruction of Inoue. Shimizu has appeared in about 100 pornographic films under her stage name, "Asuka Yuki."

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