ON JAPANESE TV, the later the hour, the weirder the programming. After midnight (when station directors and major sponsors check out), things really get interesting. Anything goes--from violent cartoons to chat shows hosted by nubile young things in the altogether. In the US, the Bible Belters would have a field day--these aren't even pay channels--but no one in Japan seems to lose much sleep over the tawdry stuff.
Not, that is, unless they stay up late enough to catch Vermilion Pleasure Night, a wee-hours variety show directed by Yoshimasa Ishibashi, a member of the performance and video collective Kyupi Kyupi. During his show's first six-month run (new installments …
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