The Naked Director

If you loved the rise of Heisenberg's meth empire, you'll definitely enjoy every minute of The Naked Director's antihero, Toru Muranishi. His roller coaster rise to build a name for himself is both inspiring and amazing.

After Henry Ford with his Ford T in the automotive sector, after Ray Kroc for the MacDo franchises in the fast food sector, here is the story of Toru Muranishi who developed porn business across the Japanese archipelago. Or how a poor lover and a pathetic door-to-door salesman became an emotion-less businessman in the Japanese porn, thanks to the bini-bon, the ura-bon and then the video. He was an innovative entrepreneur and the well-known director of a Japanese company massively producing adult videos. He was even nicknamed « the dirtiest of the industry's dirty old men ».

As a synthesis, this series is really enjoyable.

PS: the recurrent extracts of the song 'The passenger' from Iggy Pop and interpreted by Siouxsie and the Banshees are in perfect adequacy with this series: « I am the passenger, And I ride and I ride, I ride through the city's backside. »

Very funny. The atmosphere is totally Japan's 80s . The actors did a great job, especially Yamada Takayuki. Couldn't stop watching it.

Great show all around. Actors, plot, and accuracy. It's filled with comedy, drama and action. In this show you'll be rooting for the main character but later on you will begin to doubt him. Is he really as good as we think as he is even though it seems like he is doing the right things for the right reasons? Even the villains here have depth and the side characters also have a lot of depth to them it's really amazing for what someone would think was just a flick about porn.

I really hope there is a second season where we see more of the effect that the yakuza and police will have on toru's business now that they've become stronger.

The acting, the soundtrack, the Japanese backdrop, and the time period all make for a great show.

It makes me wish I had a time machine to 80s Japan. Intricate story lines keep me engaged.

Check it out.