Rinako Hirasawa
is a Japanese AV idol and '' pink film'' actress. She has appeared in award-winning ''pink films'', and was given a "Best Actress" award for her work in this genre in 2007. Life and career Hirasawa had a part-time job at the video arcade in Tokyo's Ōkura Theater, a long-running venue for ''pink film''s, and became curious about the genre through the posters. She entered the entertainment field in 2003 through AVs where she specialized in the S&M genre while working for such major AV studios as Moodyz, Soft On Demand, CineMagic and Wanz Factory. After she had appeared in over 40 AVs, Hirasawa made her '' pink film'' debut in director Shinji Imaoka's '' Frog Song'' (2005). Hirasawa played the role of Kyōko, an aspiring comic book artist who works as a prostitute. The film was named the Best Film of the year, and Hirasawa was given the Best Actress award, second place, at the Pink Grand Prix. A few months later, in October 2005, she starred in the sex comedy ''The Strange Sa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the northwest, Yamagata Prefecture to the west, and Fukushima Prefecture to the south. Sendai is the capital and largest city of Miyagi Prefecture, and the largest city in the Tōhoku region, with other major cities including Ishinomaki, Ōsaki, and Tome. Miyagi Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern Pacific coast and bounded to the west by the Ōu Mountains, the longest mountain range in Japan, with 24% of its total land area being designated as Natural Parks. Miyagi Prefecture is home to Matsushima Islands, a group of islands ranked as one of the Three Views of Japan, near the town of Matsushima. On 7 April, 2011 the biggest earthquake in Japan occurred. History Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. 2011 T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shintōhō Eiga
is a Japanese pink film production company and film distributor located in Tokyo, Japan which has been among the most influential studios in the pink film genre since its beginnings. Foundation The first Shintōhō, or "New Toho", also known as , was formed as an offshoot of the Toho Company after World War II. When this company went bankrupt in May 1961, two new companies were created in its place. Shintōhō's former president, Mitsuru Ōkura, formed the Ōkura Eiga studio (later OP Eiga) after buying the Shintōhō production facilities in Setagaya, Tokyo while Kōichi Gotō, a Shintōhō employee at the company's Kansai sales office in Osaka, bought the rights to the name of the company. Three years later, in 1964, the 33-year-old Gotō used borrowed money to buy the management rights to the section in Osaka where he had previously worked. He named his new company Shintōhō Kōgyō () or "Shintoho Entertainment". In 1972, this company moved to Tokyo and absorbed another pie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Akiho Yoshizawa
, often known simply as Acky (あっきー), is a Japanese former adult video (AV) actress, who also appeared in pink film and mainstream (non-erotic) film, as well as television. With a career spanning over more than 15 years and over 1,000 adult film appearances, Yoshizawa was widely renowned as one of the most famous and recognizable faces in Japanese adult entertainment, with an appeal that managed to cross over into mainstream entertainment. She started her AV career in 2003 with the companies Alice Japan and Max-A, and in 2007 she transitioned to studios Maxing and S1 No. 1 Style appearing along with other famous AV actresses like Yuma Asami, Mihiro, Sola Aoi or Megu Fujiura. She was also a member of the idol group Ebisu Muscats between 2008 and 2013. Yoshizawa announced her retirement from AV in late 2018, and her final adult films were released in March 2019. Life and career AV debut—Alice Japan & Max-A Yoshizawa was born in Tokyo, Japan on March 3, 1984 and made her ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kyōko Kazama
is a Japanese AV idol and ''pink film'' actress. She has appeared in award-winning ''pink films'', and was herself given a "Best Supporting Actress" award in two successive years for her work in this genre in 2006 and 2007. Life and career Kyōko Kazama was born in Tokyo on January 12, 1974. She first became known in the mid-1990s as an AV idol. In AV profiles, her birthday is reported as February 20, 1977, and the kanji used to spell her name is "". In the shift from focus on AV work to ''pink film'' theatrical releases she uses "". Both versions of her name are pronounced "Kazama Kyōko". Among the prominent AV studios at which Kazama has performed are Alice Japan, Dogma, and, more recently, the -specialist Madonna studio. Kazama was one of the early AV idols associated with the Attackers studio, and has continued to appear in videos for the studio throughout her career. In September 2005 she appeared in the Attacker's AV ''Slave Island'' which won the Attackers Award at the 2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lemon Hanazawa
, a.k.a. Remon Hanazawa, is a Japanese ''pink film'' actress who has also performed in adult videos (AV). She has appeared in award-winning ''pink films'' such as ''Lunch Box'' (2004) and '' Molester's Train: Sensitive Fingers'' (2007). She was named "Best New Actress" for her work in this genre in 2004, and "Best Actress" second place in 2005 at the Pink Grand Prix. The Kansai region Pinky Ribbon Awards chose Hanazawa for Best Supporting Actress in 2005, and Outstanding Performance by an Actress in 2007. Career Hanazawa began working in adult videos at least as early as December 2003 when she took part in the "train molester" video for the studio. In May 2004, she appeared with Sakura Sakurada in the lesbian-themed for the Moodyz studio and has also performed in a number of other adult videos for various studios. Hanazawa made her ''pink film'' debut in Shinji Imaoka's ''Lunch Box'' (March 2004), which was selected as Best Film at the 2004 Pink Grand Prix. In the film, Hanaz ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yutaka Ikejima
is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the ''pink film'' genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional ''pink film'' audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the ''pink film'' he has earned the nickname "Mr. Pink". Life and career " ink Eigais my lifework because it lets me earn money, play leading roles and touch naked women."-- Yutaka Ikejima Yutaka Ikejima was born on March 30, 1948. He studied Literature at Waseda University. He first entered the entertainment business in the late 1970s as an actor with Shuji Terayama's theatrical group Tenjō Sajiki. His film debut was in the 1981 Genji Nakamura ''pink film'' ''Semi Documentary: Housewife Prostitution Team'' aka ''Document Porno: Married Woman Prostitution Techniques''. In contrast to his stage career, in his screen work, Ikejima has stayed in the erotic genres. Between 1981 and 1988 he appeared in over 500 so ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tarō Araki
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top ''pink film'' directors of Ōkura Productions (OP) at the turn of the millennium. Life and career Tarō Araki first entered the film industry as an extra in 1981. He began his behind-the-camera work through Kokuei studio in 1985. There he worked as assistant director on such films as Yukio Kitazawa's ''Wet Virgin: Obscene Assault'' (1985) and Kazuhiro Sano's first film as director, aka ''Last Bullet''. Araki often appears as an actor in his films as well as in films by other directors. His performance in (1995) earned Araki a Best Actor, 2nd Place award at the Pink Grand Prix. Araki's directorial debut was with in 1996. His approach to the ''pink film'' is different from that of many of the more prominent directors of the last two decades such as the groups known as the and . Araki has a more populist impulse to his filmmaking, and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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OP Eiga
, also known as or Okura Pictures, is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films.Sharp, p. 10. It was founded in 1961 by Mitsuru Ōkura, former president of film studio Shintōhō. Along with Shintōhō Eiga, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre. Among the many notable pink films released by the studio are Satoru Kobayashi's ''Flesh Market'' (1962), the first film in the pink film genre. Ōkura Eiga in the 1960s Mitsuru Ōkura was the president of the major film studio, Shintōhō, from 1955 until the studio's bankruptcy in May 1961.Sharp, pp. 10, 46. He produced numerous films during this time, including '' Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War'' (1957), which held the Japanese box office record of 20million admissions for decades, up until its record was broken by Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli anime film ''Spirit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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New Tokyo Decadence – The Slave
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 Songs * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1999 *"new", by Loona from '' Yves'', 2017 *"The New", by Interpol from ''Turn On the Bright Lights'', 2002 Acronyms * Net economic welfare, a proposed macroeconomic indicator * Net explosive weight, also known as net explosive quantity * Network of enlightened Women, a conservative university women's organization * Next Entertainment World, a South Korean film distribution company Identification codes * Nepal Bhasa language ISO 639 language code * New Century Financial Corporation (NYSE stock abbreviation) * Northeast Wrestling, a professional wrestling promotion in the northeastern United States Transport * New Orleans Lakefront Air ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sakurako Kaoru
is a Japanese gravure model, AV idol and ''pink film'' actress. First coming to prominence as an AV actress, Kaoru successfully made the transition to the theatrically released softcore ''pink film'' genre. She has appeared in award-winning ''pink films'', and was herself given a "Best Actress" award for her work in this genre in 2007. Life and career Sakurako Kaoru was born in Tokyo on November 22, 1982. AV career Sakurako Kaoru made her AV debut in the July 2002 Kuki release ''101 Litre Girl''. Kaoru's second three videos for Kuki were all under director Happy Yamada, whom fellow AV idol Milk Ichigo described as a, "really weird man... a really interesting person, very unique." In late 2002 and early 2003, Kaoru appeared in several prominent men's magazines from ''Weekly Playboy'' (October 2002) to ''Flash'' (January 2003). At the beginning of 2003, Kaoru made her first video for the VIP studio, ''Very Rare''. She also began an association with the Crystal Eizō company at ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Osamu Satō
is a Japanese digital artist, photographer, and composer. His first work was the ambient music album "Objectless", which released in 1983. His first work in the video game industry was '' Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou'', which first released in Japan for Classic Mac OS in 1994, and in North America for Microsoft Windows the following year. In 1998, he produced and composed the music for the video game '' LSD: Dream Emulator'' on the PlayStation is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines. The brand is produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment, a divisi ..., which later became his most recognizable work outside of Japan. Works Music * 1983 – '' Objectless'' * 1994 – ''Transmigration'' * 1995 – ''Equal'' * 1997 – ''Linen Sampler'' * 1998 – ''LSD & Remixes'' * 1998 – ''Lucy in the Sky with Dynamites'' * 2017 – '' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Minami Aoyama
is a Japanese former ''pink film'' actress and AV idol. She appeared in award-winning ''pink films'', and was herself given a Best Actress award for her work in this genre in 2006. Life and career Minami Aoyama was born in Tokyo on May 28, 1982 and began her career as an adult video (AV) actress in 2003 at the age of 21. She made her ''pink film'' debut that same year in director Toshiya Ueno's ''Ambiguous'' (December 2003), which was the winner of the Best Film award at the Pink Grand Prix. In October 2004, she appeared with AV idol Sora Aoi in the mainstream revenge film directed by Kōsuke Suzuki. Aoyama had a featured role alongside Mayu Asada and Lemon Hanazawa in the September 2005 J-horror pink film , also known as ''Kannō byōtō: nureta akai kuchibiru'', based on the Japanese urban legend of the Kuchisake-onna. As an AV actress, Aoyama was nominated for the Best Actress Award at the 2006 Adult Broadcasting Awards ceremony for her work on the Japanese adult satellite ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |