Looking at the data, the AV industry was truly turbulent last year (2018).
"Leaks" are a very serious situation. Although many people enjoyed watching them, the large number of leaked stills and master tapes caused many actresses to lose confidence in the industry and deterred potential newcomers, with negative effects far exceeding expectations. But there was something even more serious than leaks: an actress contracted HIV. Although the independent agency that exposed this emphasized that the actress did not contract the virus during filming and did not infect any male actors or staff, the storm it caused behind the scenes was no less than the leaks…
Why? Because information was blocked. Even today, we only know which agency the infected actress belonged to, which explains why some male actors were unhappy. But I roughly understand why the industry doesn't want to say much about this. After all, there have been cases in Europe and America where male and female adult film actors have contracted HIV, leading to work stoppages. This industry is already struggling enough; no one can withstand a work stoppage.
Therefore, the AV industry has launched a major campaign to prevent the spread of the virus: in addition to requiring agencies to strictly implement sexually transmitted disease screening and refusing to film without a hospital test report, to prevent any slip-ups, production companies now require supervisors to check the genitals of male and female actors before filming to see if anyone has any abnormal protrusions or abnormal discharge. Actresses who discharge green fluid, as revealed by actor Shimizu Ken on a TV program, are absolutely not allowed to film:
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It's really troublesome being a supervisor. Besides filming, they also have to inspect the male actors' penises and the female actors' vaginas. If it's a group sex scene, they make the male actors check each other. Honestly, although the production company should inform the supervisor and actors beforehand what's wrong, this visual inspection method is really reassuring. The actors seem to find this method quite fun. Not only did Shimizu Ken take photos and upload them to Twitter, but several actresses also took photos of themselves undergoing the health check as souvenirs…
While this kind of inspection method easily leads to funny photos of the actors, it also shows how afraid the AV industry is of sexually transmitted diseases (yes, not just HIV; last year there were reports of actresses contracting STIs and taking time off). It's good that they remind each other, hopefully preventing anyone else from getting infected.
