pd the salary. tokyo in kuwait a enormous machine. total dedication. sometimes. death by overwork.

here in a society of tight places. the pressure is on. to keep up appearances. to do what is expected. to not let the life become exterior. at night, things are different.

what you need to know about tokyo?>> deeper waters. >> the first time i came here. it was a transformative experience. it was powerful experience. it was as if it was just like taking acid for the first time.

meaning what do i do now. i see the whole world in a different way. i often compare the experience. going to tokyo for the first time. to what eric clinton and pete townsend must've gone through. the raining guitar gods of england. what they must have gone through the week jimi hendrix came to town. you go see it. the whole window opens up. a whole new thing. you think, what does this mean? what do i have left to say. what do i do now?

>> welcome to tokyo. you are not invited. this is the other tokyo. a 12 hour flight and i am baked. no sleep. must go out. >> the district near my hotel has the advantage of being where the subterranean life. some females come out to play. joining me. the japanese film producer and production manager. always a good sign with a separate entertainers from the soon to be entertained. prepare yourself for the greatest show in the history of

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not yet. yet it is. a series of chaste high- fives.>> i have to tell you. i have seen jimi hendrix. i have seen janis joplin. consider one of the greatest productions ever. this was the greatest show i have ever seen in my life. it had it all. it was the greatest show in the history of entertainment. i am completely confused. there is like 100 people working on that show. how did they make money?>> a lot of businesses unspoken.>> that is the fraternal

organization prominent in the financial services sector. sent to supervise things. adult entertainment. along with other services. how much is actually going on in the six district. generally speaking, it is more a field of dreams than the actual act of sex. hostess cafcs. overwork salary man. come find the attention of seemingly adoring girls who father every one fascinating.>> i just want someone to tell me i'm fantastic. you're still interesting. your job is interesting. i do not care what your wife

says.>> penetration by q-tip in the air. followed by personal love spell to make it taste better. >> what is happening here?>> they host clubs not for men but for middle-aged ladies. born with the regular housewife.>> you have about 1 million guys wandering around here. they had a bunch of board middle-age housewives coming in here.>> why don't they go to the same club?>> people do not like getting rejected. they pay for their pleasure. they make you feel welcome. maybe you can feel like i'm not that bad.>> that is the saddest thing i've ever heard. that is heartbreaking.

is the business of dreams? >> it is more for the dreams. it is never going to happen.>> all of this? it is a very enticing situation. she looks like she really likes me. she has her tongue in the corner of her mouth.>> that is a boy.>> whatever. one of my favorite places to drink in tokyo. hundreds of microsized bars each different from the other. i love it here.

>> i have never been here before.>> this is one of the favorite. bar albatross. strong drinks. the definition of a hole in the wall.>> the people come here right from work? drink all night? >> i am sorry.>> what a salary man bring his wife here? >> look, in america. the bartender is like a priest. i can tell them all my problems. he will never talk. ever. this is the contract. absolute confidentiality. do i have that kind of

arrangement here? >> it is a implied guarantee of total security. >> you do not have to ask. this was a great country. every shift i know once to die here. i think all of us do not understand anything. i totally do not understand it here.

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in japan there is a very deep and rich tradition of martial arts. they focus on boxing. this man is a legend.

using a simple and effective philosophy. there it is. distance. the same idea applies to the sushi techniques of the new york city legend. until recently, the chef partner of one of the very best sushi restaurant in new york. a short while ago, on a very mysterious and completely misreported circumstances. he left the restaurant which still bears his name. at age 52 he moved to tokyo to start all over again. i was determined to track him down to see what he was doing.

these days, this man is running a 14 seat sushi bar in tokyo. his wife naomi is his only helper.>> thank you for coming.>> why did you do such a hard thing?>> this is kind of the maker of the sushi. i just want to be the sushi chef in tokyo.>> he is a friend. my master in the sense that he is tommy pre-much everything i know about sushi over the years. he is a very interesting and complex man who constantly surprises.>> i waited.

finally, it goes to the discount. then i bought this. it is very french. >> someone he thinks separate him from other japanese sushi masters. the most noticeable is his hands. they are huge. look at the knuckles. enormous. from years of pounding cement walls. he first trained and competed in tokyo. when he came to new york, he continued to practice. often in underground bareknuckle matches. you fight until someone gets been to the ground. this doll he practice was about beating your opponent as quickly and aggressively as possible. every second is important. seaweed is getting soggy. fish less than perfect

temperature. look at his posture. distance. knowing the perfect spot to be. moving in and out as needed. never out of position. reacting to his customers pace of eating. their ever-changing desires. always ready for the next move.>> most people do not understand will go to a sushi bar and said had the best sushi last night. the fish was so fresh. it was right out of the ocean.>> there is no taste. they are just chewing hard. people think it should be good but it was not.>> the menu changes constantly with what he finds in the market. like thousands of other chefs, he has every day. the tokyo central fishmarket where nearly 3000 tons of the world's best seafood arrives every day.

unlike most others at his level who arrive at 4 am to clean off what they perceive as the best and freshest, he arrives later. the fatty belly meat that people have been known to pay hundreds of dollars a pound for. instead, he buys tuna from the heads using the knife skills to go from qualities that most others miss. removing every bit from what would otherwise be a difficult piece of meat. it is perfect. he cures the results. breaking down its molecular structure by freezing it in a blast freezer where it will stay for a week or longer at -82 degrees celsius. he pioneered this technique years ago. if you bother to ask, he would have told you that he unbelievably supplied piece of perfect sushi you were eating

was frozen.>> delicious.>> which is more important? the rice or the fish?>> about 95 percent.>> it is the second ingredient. the main ingredient is ice. my sushi is rice.>> he still trains though his fighting days are over. he says he was tired of hurting people. he brings me to the dojo. to try and show me how his sushi technique and karate are one in the same. >> the master.

>> nice. many people asked me what is the point. this moment. when i make my sushi. because of the stance. the other different type of karate. it is a little bit more. this karate is a response. a little more deep. standing in front. many other deep stance and movement. the left to the right.

watch this. this is one with the key. this karate. >> a official tournament. the two minute round.>> the results you're looking for is points.>> or a knockdown. one minute fight. that is the most hardest.>> it is underground. you can just work on their legs for five or seven minutes to slow them down. then you go in.>> no excuse.

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another complicated worn a businesses layer upon layer. where they are well represented. places where the hard-working sorry man can gain a beer or many beers and many sake. salty savory delicious snacks they go brilliantly with alcohol. she brings me to one of them. to meet some friends.

>> grilled from empty fish. followed by some skewers of beef and testing and chicken. this place is known. intestines do. we order some of that as well. invited along to help translate. they run a custom service company. he also teaches pole dancing for men. then there is this man. one of the best-known and most respected practitioners. the art of ropes. for lack of a better word. we call bondage.>> how big is the sadomasochistic community. how many people are active

anticipates. >> 100,000 people. a lot.>> translation. to bind. to make things more confusing for those looking for a concise take away our comfortable reaction to it looks pretty disturbing, she spends most of her time. generally abusing men. enthusiastically reverses roles in her longtime relationship.>> she looks like a very delicate procedure. does it hurt or does it feel good?>> this pain change to the

ecstasy. >> no need to think. >> performance arts. kraft, fetish, or compulsion. it is a shockingly omnipresent feature. magazines and movies. even common books. the restraint to a willing victim. it is there. not far from the surface. >> what percentage of japanese men are interested in tying of women. >> all of them.>> how many japanese men like to be tied up.

>> all of them. in your experience all japanese men like to tie women up. >> americans are japanese. >> they are the same.>> maybe she suggest you tied up.>> a little late for me.

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this is seen in. in america, we're told a certain age to put aside childish things. the action figures and dolls. to honor russell for the brutal realities of the real world.

real combat. in japan, increasing number of people do not. they continue to live a life inside four walls. the life we call the computer geek. as avatars. a whole subculture. now a proud identifier. one who has turned his back on the real world. to find satisfaction elsewhere. they hold a different place in the cultural landscape. address different needs. otherwise known as boys love manga. extremely popular with teenage girls. stories change but the core things are sexually ambiguous boys getting very friendly with each other. soccer moms find compelling and the thousands of these titles. something a mystery to outsiders looking in. whole sections of bookshops

dedicated to basically one direction type boy been figures having sex with each other. it is not generally explicit though it can be. some of the most popular manga are however. delivered over-the-top illustrated stories of incredible violence. murder and sexual fetishes. a manga creator like few others. the father what can be described as tentacle porn. his 1986 manga. about half human and half be still space invaders in search of the evil supreme being. it contained unbelievably graphic and one would argue offensive images of sex acts. other pretreatment's.>> it has

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it was a big no-no. i invented tentacles to be evasive.>> also demons. it is fantastic.>> whether you meant to at the time. you absolutely change the world. the created a entire spectrum of pornography that did not exist before. if you go to youtube, there's tentacle manga. tentacle and demon manga. tentacle and demon anime. >> said quickly. arranged in bite-size pieces. garnish with icons. they come here often. commonly a favorite of sumo

wrestlers. as part of a way to gain died. chicken, pork, beef, fish balls, and others. usually alongside much beer and rice. and he that much needed balk up factor.>> so appealing to the hidden desires. men want dirtier more violent.>> in japan you cannot be rude.>> i can say letting off steam. it is probably the one way to do that. >> what do women want generally speaking.>> they do not have enough experience.>> nobody is

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than not. picture a army of miley cyrus. going against the grain. a few loan heroes. no hint of a record deal. what do they know? the lead singer. sweet and shy. >> how big of an audience in japan. fresh death metal hard-core.>> we had ozzy osbourne. this year.

in japan. i feel like people are embracing the heavy metal scene as a movement.>> the audiences are good here?>> kind of polite. >> really? >> very quiet and just watching us. when we finished playing. they suddenly go off. >> really? >> when i look at popular music. the stuff that is selling millions of records in america. it makes me angry.>> we sometimes get angry with some of the people.>> that is true. >> what band do you hate? a band that i would know? who is the worst band in the

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>> oh yeah. >> layer after layer after layer of awesome. crowded eateries serving who knows what? but, it all smells delicious, and looks enticing. in the tiny, almost micro neighborhood of nakameguro, tokyo, all is quiet. and amazingly, for right here in the middle of this eye goggling pinball machine of a city, greed. yasuda lives near here, and he loves this place, a low-key joint to enjoy family meals and meet friends. >> i so much appreciate seeing you and all of the people from the u.s. >> well, we miss you, you know? >> i miss new york city. >> i'll tell you something really terrible. every relationship i've ever had with a woman, at some point very early on i bring them to yasuda in new york. >> mm-hmm. >> and i would watch how they eat. >> mm-hmm. >> if they talked too much, if

they didn't understand how to eat sushi, if they did not eat the uni, we will never have a relationship. that's it. that's the end. >> they don't serve high end sushi here or elaborate hiseki-inspired fare. it's almost like hipster tempura. this style of food is known as kushiage -- skewers of delicious things dipped in batter and fried, perfectly. yasuda-san orders up shrimp and basil, lotus root, octopus and pickled quail eggs. you also have to have their take on okonomiyaki, a type of egg batter pancake that can be filled with many things. for us, it's squid and brushed with worcestershire sauce. >> wow, that's awesome. >> i've been coming here for many times, but this is the first time to eat. >> oh, okonomiyaki, yeah.

>> yeah. >> i love this dish. you lived in new york, what, 14 years, 18 years? >> 27 years, so since 1984 to 2011. >> 27 years in new york. >> yeah. >> that changes a person. >> yes, very much. >> you're a new yorker now. >> yes. >> what was the hardest thing to get used to when you first came here? >> culture. >> the culture. >> yes, the culture is so much different between the u.s. and here. and manhattan is so interesting always. i never ever get boring. that city -- >> look, i never get bored. >> yeah. >> and i always learn new things in manhattan. but, there's 15, 20 different manhattans in tokyo, to me. >> all right, okay. >> i mean, shinjuku, shibuya, roppongi, from my perspective, these are completely different cities. >> yes, yes. >> even building to building. a place down here, nightclub for men, nightclub for girls, nightclub for rock and rollers. >> mm-hmm.

>> a hair salon, but all up, 50 different businesses at one building, one building. >> yes. >> i can spend the next five years just doing shows on this one building. >> what is weird? what is strange? what do these things even mean anyway? sure, a lot of what you've seen looks different from maybe the mainstream. it's certainly different from the way we like to portray ourselves, see ourselves. at least, our daytime selves. but roughly 50% of all movies rented in american hotel rooms are adult films. the american porn industry catering to exactly the kinds of dark urges we've been talking about, but even nastier, is a

$12 billion a year industry that dwarfs the hollywood product. our own obsessions, arguably, are at least as crazy, violent, and lurid as japan's. and we tend to actually carry out our violent fantasies more frequently. maybe with that fetishism, that attention to detail, comes some kind of excellence in other fields. maybe there's a line from there to here. so who's crazy now? ♪ ♪ hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i'