ForbiddenEast Review

Extreme Asian bondage is what ForbiddenEast promises, and delivers. Authentic Japanese porn is rare as is, even more so is the fine art of Shibari, and the exquisite women performing on the site.

Pain and pleasure are clearly made for each other, as this site demonstrates, with videos, pictures, a literary archive, tutorials, and Hentai.

Prices & Payment Options

• 1 Year at $174.95 total
• 3 Months at $74.95 total
• 1 Month for $29.95 total
• 2-Day trial for $4.95 total

Unfortunately, ForbiddenEast also forbids any other payment other than using credit cards: Mastercard, Visa, and JCB. Discover and Amex are not accepted.

How to Cancel Membership

To cancel, hit the Cancel red link at the bottom of the main page to get to your member area. Fill in the form with all your details to cancel. Make sure you receive your cancellation email.

If you prefer, you can also contact the billing processor directly.

Quality of Porn

This is a tricky issue on ForbiddenEast, because if you're judging quality by HD/clarity/crisp pictures etc.', then quality is uneven at best.

But, if you're judging for quality in the sense of authentic Japanese models, true Shibari artistry, and a stunning exhibition of suspension as art, than you won't find better quality anywhere.

Putting aside the films for a moment, let's talk about the photographs on the site, which are spectacular, many of them taken by world renowned photographer Norio Sugiura.

This photographer has made an entire career from taking Japanese bondage pictures, and selling many of them as artwork, as well as publishing them in acclaimed magazines.

Light and shadow play a huge role in these films and pictures, to compliment the immense pain, and immense gratification that these performers get from bondage and BDSM.

That being said, I really wish some of the scenes had much, much better lighting. Even if you're doing a dungeon scene, this is still a film to be watched, so if you can't tell the expression on the model's face, that's a problem.

To contrast that, lighting also becomes an issue with more clinical scenes filmed in what looks like a hospital, the florecant tone is so harsh and blue, and doesn't do anyone any favors, not in real life and not in porn.

The DVD collection is small, but they are much higher quality level than the regular videos, and real full blown productions in decent quality.

It's a collection unlike any I've ever seen in this particular XXX fetish, and though there's a lot of room for improvement quality wise, the material itself is pretty outstanding.

Types of Porn

This is absolutely a niche site, dedicated to a singular kind of porn lover, it's definitely not for everyone, some of the videos even stretch my own levels of arousal/hard to watch levels.

Movies range from themed ones, such as BDSM porn as part of a medical experiment, or a Shibari session because the model was "naughty" and needed a lesson.

Whichever way you look at it, the element of true, real pain here is palpable, which is why it's so hard to look away, even if the performer is bound up tight like a super expensive, delicate, gift.

All other elements of humiliation games come into play as well. Nipple clamps, giant dildos, anal, complete domination, and extreme force.

There are also quite a few pieces of both furniture and machinery used, it's clear no expense was spared when bringing high quality items to the shoots.

The videos consist of BDSM with performers, but also a nice collection of Hentai movies in the same style, which is a surprising and welcome addition.

There is also porn here in the form of short stories, which is another nice change of pace, but the lack of proper translation that doesn't feel like Google translate is clear.

Once in a while, I like to get some information about the porn I'm seeing because it's so very specific and unique, and so the archive of history and guides is great, and quite a fascinating read to those who love Shibari.

Content & Update Frequency

There's no real way to know how frequently the site updates, as the videos on the site are not dated, and the quality is, at times, poor, so you can't tell if they update once a month, or once a year.

With over 100 movies, most scenes being full-length hours, some ever more. There's plenty of content designed especially for those who love this very specific Japanese fetish.

Pictures are available with over 250 galleries that look in far better quality than the films, and you can conveniently download them with zip.

Different categories of content include short 15 minute Shibari/BDSM scenes, full-length DVD/films, Hentai scenes, pictures (The best part about the site, in my opinion), tutorials, and short stories.

Note that the entire collection is in Japanese, and only in Japanese. There are no subtitles in any scene/film. Personally I love it, it adds another level or authenticity to the already realistic setting.

Shibari isn't something you can just fake, the pain you're seeing on these beautiful women is 100% real, as is the pleasure.

Video & Image Quality

Formatting is confusing on ForbiddenEast. Some movies that show to be 720p HD look awful, but then others showing in SD look ok.

It's unclear why this site, which is used by many Japanese porn lovers, is so behind the times, and confusing to boot. There's no way to tell when the films are from.

The pictures vary in resolution going up to 1600*1200 but are much more uniform in their quality, and look much better than the films. The pictures are also displayed in their own narratives, not just basic galleries.

You get a story that unfolds throughout the frames, it's incredible, and unlike the films, makes the clarity of picture less important.

Below are the file formats available for streaming on the site's Flash player:

• HD MP4 720P
• SD MP4 540P
• SD MP4 480P

Safety/Discretion

The HTTP server that ForbiddenEast uses has been issued an authentication certificate by Let's Encrypt.

This ensures that it is browser-trusted, which the service decides upon based by running a certificate management agent on the web server.

ForbiddenEast uses PhoenixGroup as its payment processor, which you can contact 24/7 by either phone or email for assistance.

Instead of seeing an embarrassing charge on your bank account/credit card statement, all you will see is an innocuous sounding name.

The customer service options on ForbiddenEast include an email, which goes to the Phoenix Group. There is also a phone number (American) that you can call during regular US work hours.

Odds & Ends

You might wonder to yourself, for those not previously into Shibari, what it is, and where it comes from. Well, just like prison medieval torture tactics in the West inspired BDSM as we know it today, similar torture tactics in Japan (1200s-1800s) created an artform of elaborate knots and ties that caused pain, but were also beautiful.

The point of the knots is to contrast the curves and roundness of the female form with geometric patterns that repeat throughout the body, and the texture of the harsh rope is amplified when compared to the soft, supple skin of a Japanese women, who are famously known for their alabaster tones, which heightens the redness on the skin.

The transformation from torture to eroticism and fetish is the basis for many a kink, and in those times when porn wasn't online 24/7 and most relied on art to get off, the importance of beauty and aesthetics was great to the Japanese, you can find Shibari art in some of the most important museums in the world in their original artistic, painting form.

During WW2, American soldiers observed this delicate yet harsh sex act, and brought it back with them to the States, where it started to catch on in the underground BDSM/humiliation dungeons which were, then, the only places to explore those darker urges.

One of the main allures to rope, and suspension (Being tied from the ceiling with rope, or from other places in an enclosed space) is the immense level of control it gives the "top", and the overwhelming sense of letting go, and loss of control, and the release of andorphins to the "bottom", the one being tied up.

The rush of endorphins and hormones that are coursing through the body create a trace-like state of euphoria (After the searing pain subsides), and it's considered way better than a "regular" orgasm by those who practice it.

Conclusion

ForbiddenEast is a master class in Shibari and BDSM, literally, as the tutorials compliment the hardcore scenes, full of gorgeous Japanese women being tied up, gagged, penetrated and humiliated in the most stunning ways.

The site has plenty to improve upon, the design of the site itself as well as video quality, but if Japanese porn, and Shibari in particular are your preferred kink, this is a decent site for it.