The Playboy Forum
December, 1980
Keeping it CleanThe letter from Nancy G. Thomson, M.D., in your September issue brought back memories of my own experience with Japanese censorship when I was in the Navy and stationed in Sasebo. It's an understatement to say that Japanese censorship verges on the ridiculous.I had never seen I Am Curious (Yellow), so when it came to town, I eagerly waited in line. Instead of cutting the explicit scenes, the Japanese censors blurred out strategic places in the film. In the scene where the girl to...
