Mayu Asada
| Mayu Asada | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 26, 1975[1] Shizuoka, Japan |
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Mayu Asada (麻田真夕 Asada Mayu) is a Japanese actress best known for her appearances in pink films. She has appeared in award-winning pink films, and was given a "Best Actress" award for her work in this genre of theatrical softcore pornography in 2004.
Life and career
Mayu Asada was born on June 26, 1975 in Shizuoka, Japan.[1] She was not originally a fan of the softcore pink film genre, considering them to be "dark and terrifying". After a friend introduced her to these theatrically released films, she lost her apprehension of them.[2] She later told reporters that she hoped for women to become a part of the pink films audience. "I know men are seeing them because of their sexual interest," she said, "but even women must not dislike them."[2]
Toshirō Enomoto's Groper Train (2001, released theatrically in Japan as Molester Train: Touch and Surprise, and on video as Summer of Listening Carefully) was chosen as the Best Film, 3rd place at the Pink Grand Prix.[3] It represented the pink film genre to South Korea at that country's Pink Film Festival Korea in 2007.[4] Reversing the usual format of the "Groper Train" series, Asada plays the role of a female groper and pickpocket who intrudes on the life of her male victim.[4] In his Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema, Jasper Sharp writes that Asada gives the "lightweight, though intricately plotted, romantic-comedy scenario" a "sparky performance".[5] For her work in the film, Asada was awarded Best New Actress, third place at the Pink Grand Prix.[3]
After having appeared in seven pink films, Asada reported that she had pride in her work. "Many theater audiences give me various impressions. They see movies as important productions, and I feel I am doing something worthwhile."[6] She appeared in episodes 9 and 12 of the NHK network evening drama もっと恋セヨ乙女 SEARCHING FOR HER HAPPINESS (2002–04).[7] She later performed the voice of the character Natsumi Iriya, leader of the Sabel Tigers team in the 2006 TV Tokyo / TV Aichi anime series Air Gear.
In 2004 Asada starred in director Tarō Araki's Housekeeper with Beautiful Skin: Made Wet with Finger Torture, which won the Best Film, Silver Prize award at the Pink Grand Prix. Writer-director-actress Yumi Yoshiyuki was also given the award for Best Screenplay for the film.[8] At the first of the Kansai region Pinky Ribbon Awards, the film won the Gold Prize, and Asada was named Best Actress at the ceremony.[9]
Partial filmography
Films
| Title[10] | Release date | Director | Studio | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 飛ぶは天国、もぐるが地獄 | 1999-10-23 | Kōji Wakamatsu | Wakamatsu Productions | 70 min. | |
| Groper Train 痴漢電車 さわってビックリ！ Chikan densha: sawatte bikkuri! |
2001-08-31 | Toshirō Enomoto | Shintōhō Eiga | 63 min. Best Film, 3rd Place Asada, Best New Actress, 3rd Place: Pink Grand Prix[3] | |
| 人妻出会い系サイト 夫の知らない妻の性癖 Hitozuma deaikei saito: otto no shiranai tsuma no seiheki |
2002-08-30 | Toshirō Enomoto | Shintōhō Eiga | 63 min. Best Film, 4th Place: Pink Grand Prix[11] | |
| 寝乱れ襦袢 夫の帰る前に・・・ Nemidare gibo: otto no kaeru maeni... |
2003-07-18 | Futoshi Sakamoto | Film House Xces |
60 min. | |
| Housekeeper with Beautiful Skin: Made Wet with Finger Torture 美肌家政婦 指責め濡らして Mihada kaseifu: yubizemenurashite |
2004-03-01 | Tarō Araki | Tarō Productions OP Eiga |
60 min. Best Film, 2nd Place, and Best Screenplay: Pink Grand Prix[8] Gold Prize: Pinky Ribbon Awards[9] | |
| 食堂のお姉さん 淫乱にじみ汁 Shokudō no o neesan inran ni jimi jiru |
2004-09-06 | Tarō Araki | Tarō Productions | 60 min. Pearl Prize: Prize: Pinky Ribbon Awards[9] With Kyōko Kazama | |
| 官能病棟 濡れた赤い唇＜ｋｕｃｈｉｓａｋｅ 口裂け＞ Kannō byōtō: nureta akai kuchibiru: kuchisake |
2005-01-28 | Takumyō Hashiguchi | Shintōhō Eiga | 63 min. With Minami Aoyama, Lemon Hanazawa, Kyōko Kazama, and Hotaru Hazuki | |
| 姉妹 淫乱な密戯 Shimai: inranna mitsugi |
2006-02-28 | Toshirō Enomoto | Kokuei Shintōhō Eiga |
64 min. | |
| Three Naked Sisters: Lewdness 裸の三姉妹 淫交 Hadaka no Sanshimai: Inkō |
2006-03-31 | Yasufumi Tanaka | Shintōhō Eiga | 61 min. Best Film, 10th Place and Best New Director: Pink Grand Prix[12] Pearl Prize: Prize: Pinky Ribbon Awards[9] With Sakurako Kaoru and Yumi Yoshiyuki | |
| 悶絶 ほとばしる愛欲 Monzetsu: hotobashiru aiyoku |
2006-10-27 | Toshirō Enomoto | Kokuei Shintōhō Eiga |
64 min. | |
| Passions of a Private Secretary[13] | 2006-10-27 | Yutaka Ōgi | 87 min. Based on Oniroku Dan's writings. | ||
V-cinema
| Title | Release date | Director | Studio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 淫・殺 Ｏｙｕ | 1999-07-23 | Futoshi Sakamoto | Engel | 68 min. |
| 淫察クリニック | 2000-04-21 | Hisaaki Nagaoka | Museum | 70 min. |
| 女医 Ｓｏｍｅｂｏｄｙ ｉｓ ｄｅｅｐｉｎｓｉｄｅ ｍｅ | 2000-05-25 | Hito Yūnori | Engel | 70 min. With Yōko Satomi |
| セクサピスト 魔性の本能 | 2000-07-22 | 与舞平良 | TMC | 75 min. |
| コレクター 囚われの女 | 2000-09-21 | Hisaaki Nagaoka | Museum | 77 min. |
| 恋愛ピアノ教師 月光の戯れ | 2001-06-22 | Takushō Tsunemoto | TMC | 78 min. |
| 快速痴漢電車 いやらしい指先 | 2002-03-08 | Toshirō Enomoto | InterFilm | 62 min. |
| 昼下がりの人妻 妻の言い訳 | 2002-10-04 | Toshirō Enomoto | Legend Pictures | 64 min. |
| 牝刑事 美少女監禁犯を追え！！ | 2003-07-22 | Tsurō Kashihara | TMC | 72 min. |
| 火照る躰と燃えた時間 主婦の性 | 2003-10-10 | Yūji Tajiri | Legend Pictures | |
| 極道刑事 | 2003-12-22 | Sakichi Satō | TMC | 70 min. |
| 爆裂 パチ塔R・バトル さすらいのギャンブラー篇 | 2004-01-09 | Hisaaki Nagaoka | Necstacy | 73 min. |
| 飼育 大好きなあなたに | 2004-06-04 | Yūji Tajiri | Legend Pictures | 74 min. |
Bibliography
English
- Mayu Asada at AllMovie
- Mayu Asada at the Internet Movie Database
Japanese
- 麻田真夕 あさだ・まゆ (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-08-24. External link in
|publisher=(help) - "麻田真夕（あさだまゆ） (Profile and filmography)" (in Japanese). www.dmm.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-08-24. External link in
|publisher=(help) - 麻田真夕 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
Notes
- 1 2 麻田真夕のパーソナルデータ (in Japanese). AV Actress Database. Retrieved 2009-08-24. External link in
|publisher=(help) - 1 2 "Porn closer to mainstream". The Age. 2006-04-26. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
- 1 2 3 "Best Ten of 2001 (２００１年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P*G Website. Retrieved January 18, 2009. External link in
|publisher=(help) - 1 2 "Groper Train". pinkeiga.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved January 18, 2009. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 323. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
- ↑ Kato, Yoshihisa (2006-04-27). "Makers of soft-core porn have big dreams". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
- ↑ "もっと恋セヨ乙女 SEARCHING FOR HER HAPPINESS" (in Japanese). tvdrama-db.com. Retrieved 2009-08-24. External link in
|publisher=(help) - 1 2 "Best Ten of 2004 (２００４年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P*G Website. Retrieved January 18, 2009. External link in
|publisher=(help) - 1 2 3 4 "もろもろ告知 (Various notices)" (in Japanese). Pinky Ribbon Award site. Retrieved 2009-07-22. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ Filmography from Mayu Asada at the Internet Movie Database; 麻田真夕 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-08-24.; 麻田真夕 あさだ・まゆ (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-08-24. External link in
|publisher=(help); and "Japanese Cinema Database". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 2009-08-24. - ↑ "Best Ten of 2002 (２００２年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P*G Website. Retrieved January 18, 2009. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Best Ten of 2006 (２００６年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P*G Website. Retrieved January 18, 2009. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ Passions of a Private Secretary at AllMovie
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Pinky Ribbon Awards | ||
| Preceded by New award |
Pinky Ribbon Award for Best Actress Mayu Asada 2004 |
Succeeded by Yumika Hayashi |