Japan's 'oldest porn queen' retires -- at 80

The growth of 'silver porn' featuring actresses such as Yasue Tomita, reflects wider demographic changes and is a booming sector of the Japanese porn industry -- which rakes in $20 billion every year. - AFP/file

Tokyo (AFP) - After a decade of peeling off for X-rated movies, a Japanese porn actress famous for being the country's oldest has called it quits -- at the ripe old age of 80.

Maori Tezuka, a former opera singer who made her debut in Japan's flourishing "silver porn" industry at a sprightly 71, blamed her decision partly on a lack of red-blooded Lotharios able to keep up with her.