Lemon Hanazawa Explained

Lemon Hanazawa
Native Name:華沢レモン
Birth Date:17 July 1984[1]
Birth Place:Hyōgo, Japan
Spouse:Imran Mahmood
Alias:Remon 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 (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.[2] [3] The Kansai region Pinky Ribbon Awards chose Hanazawa for Best Supporting Actress in 2005, and Outstanding Performance by an Actress in 2007.[4]

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.[5] In May 2004, she appeared with Sakura Sakurada in the lesbian-themed for the Moodyz studio[6] and has also performed in a number of other adult videos for various studios.[7]

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.[8] In the film, Hanazawa plays the role of one of star Yumika Hayashi's co-workers and sexual rivals. Her performance in this film earned her a "Best New Actress" award at the 2004 Pink Grand Prix, beating popular AV idol Sora Aoi, who had also made her pink film debut that year.[8] [9] During 2004 Hanazawa performed in 20 of these theatrical pink film releases.[8] Her performance in Akira Katō's Teacher with Beautiful Skin: Big Tit Vibe-Torture (2005), earned her the Best Actress, 2nd place award at the 2005 Pink Grand Prix ceremony.[3]

In his book Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema, Jasper Sharp uses one of Hanazawa's scenes in Yutaka Ikejima's Family Gets Rude Chapter 1: Perverts' Fun (2004) to illustrate the creative means pink film directors employ to suggest more than is legally possible in Japanese softcore pornography. Hanazawa masturbates in a scene that Sharp characterizes as "pretty lewd", yet she is seen only in soft focus in the background. The foreground focus of the camera is a bouquet of flowers, behind which the masturbating Hanazawa moans, "Look at my flower!"[10]

Besides Imaoka and Ikejima, other major pink film directors in whose films Hanazawa has appeared include Toshiki Satō (Tokyo Booty Nights, 2004), Tetsuya Takehora (Peep Show, 2004), Yumi Yoshiyuki, Sachi Hamano, and Yoshikazu Katō. Katō's (2007) gave Hanazawa a second appearance in a Pink Grand Prix Best Film-winner.[11] The film was also given the Gold Prize at the Pinky Ribbon Awards.[4]

Hanazawa also appeared with Kyōko Kazama, Akiho Yoshizawa and Mihiro in the Edo period historical costume drama, The Inner Palace: Indecent War, in July 2006. A sequel The Inner Palace: Flower of War came out in August of the same year. The two videos were released by AV studio Max-A in hardcore versions under their DoraMax label and also shorter softcore R-15 rated versions for the Pure Max label.[12] [13] [14]

In February 2008, Hanazawa had a supporting role in the mainstream horror film Rika: The Zombie Killer starring Risa Kudō.[15] The movie, described by one reviewer as an "outrageously silly film",[16] was released on DVD with English subtitles in September 2009.[17] Hanazawa was one of several colleagues and friends who appeared in Korean-Japanese director Tetsuaki Matsue's 2009 documentary on Yumika Hayashi, .

Partial filmography

Title[18] Release date Director Studio Notes
Lunch Box a.k.a. Mature Woman: Rutting Ball-Play


Jukujo: hatsujo tamashaburi
Tamamono
2004-03-09Shinji ImaokaKokuei / Shintōhō Eiga / V-Theater 135Best Film, Pink Grand Prix
Family Gets Rude Chapter 1: Perverts' Fun

Inran naru ichizoku: dai-isshō - chijin-tachi no tawamure
2004-04-23Yutaka IkejimaCement Match / Shintōhō Eiga63 min.
Woman of the House: Going to the Class Reunion
a.k.a. Tokyo Booty Nights

Danchi no okusan, dōsōkai ni iku
2004-06-08Toshiki SatōKokuei / Shintōhō Eiga / V-Theater 13563 min.
With Yumeka Sasaki, Yōta Kawase, Takeshi Itō, Mitsuru Meike, Kyōko Kazama, and Shirō Shimomoto
Family Gets Rude Chapter 2: Unequalled Limits

Inran naru ichizoku: dai-nishō - zetsurin no hate ni
2004-06-25Yutaka IkejimaCement Match / Shintōhō Eiga60 min.
Peep Show
a.k.a. Married Wife's Secret: Peeping and Peeped At

Hitozuma no himitsu: nozoki nozokare
2004-09-06Tetsuya TakehoraOgawa Planning / OP Eiga60 min.
Tetsuya Takehora's directorial debut
With Kyōko Kazama


Hitozuma Takushii: Kyonyū ni Norikomu
2004-09-29Yutaka IkejimaCement Match
OP Eiga
Honorable Mention, Pink Grand Prix
The Slit-Mouthed Woman

Kannō byōtō: nureta akai kuchibiru: kuchisake
2005-01-28Yukihisa Higuchi
Takaaki Hashiguchi
Shintōhō Eiga63 min.
With Minami Aoyama, Kyōko Kazama and Hotaru Hazuki
Teacher with Beautiful Skin: Big Tit Vibe-Torture[19]

Bihada kyōshi: kyonyū baibu zeme
2005-11-11Yoshikazu Katō加藤映像工房 / OP Eiga61 min.
Hanazawa won Best Actress, Silver Prize, Pink Grand Prix
Best New Actress, 4th Place, Pink Grand Prix: Aki Yafuji


Chikan Densha: Chohatsusuru Midara Shiri
2005-11-29Naoyuki TomomatsuShintōhō EigaPink Grand Prix

Best Film, Bronze Prize

Japonica Virus

2006-09-30Yu IrieBiotideSci-fi drama
94 min.

a.k.a. Hiroko and Hiroshi

Chikan densha: binkan yubi saki annai nin
2007-08-10Yoshikazu KatōOP EigaBest Film, Pink Grand Prix
Gold Prize, Pinky Ribbon Awards
Best Friend's Wife: The Black Panties of a Secret Rendezvous

Shinyū no Tsuma: Mikkai no Kuroshitagi
2007-08-01Yutaka IkejimaCement Match
OP Eiga
6th Best Film, Pink Grand Prix
With Maki Tomoda and Riri Kōda
Rika: The Zombie Killer a.k.a. Zombie Hunter Rika

Saikyō heiki joshikōsei: Rika
2008-02-18Ken'ichi FujiwaraGP MuseumZombie horror
86 min.
Annyeong Yumika

An nyon Yumika
2009-07-11Tetsuaki MatsueSpotted ProductionsDocumentary on Yumika Hayashi
119 min.

Bibliography

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References

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Notes and References

  1. Infobox data from Web site: 華沢レモン (profile). 2009-08-12. dvd.av-portal.com. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20120226143630/http://dvd.av-portal.com/actress/item_1712.html. 2012-02-26. dead.
  2. Web site: Best Ten of 2004 (2004年度ベストテン). January 18, 2009. P.G. Web Site. Japanese. July 7, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150707150014/http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/2004.htm. dead.
  3. Web site: Best Ten of 2005 (2005年度ベストテン). January 18, 2009. P.G. Web Site. Japanese.
  4. Web site: もろもろ告知 (Various notices). 2009-07-22. Pinky Ribbon Award site. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20090607143647/http://homepage3.nifty.com/a-sp/kokuchii.htm. 2009-06-07. dead.
  5. Web site: http://www.arzon.jp/item_537943.html. ja:痴漢デルタ恥帯 シミ濡れ粘膜パンティー. 2013-02-10. www.arzon.jp. Japanese.
  6. Web site: http://www.moodyz.com/shop/-/detail/=/cid=mdj083/. ja:女だらけのレズねるとん. 2013-02-10. www.moodyz.com . Japanese.
  7. Web site: http://www.arzon.jp/cast_22552.html. ja:華沢レモン(はなざわれもん). www.arzon.jp. 2013-07-22. Japanese.
  8. Web site: Toda. Miho. https://web.archive.org/web/20080213075036/http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/report/report3435.html. 2008-02-13 . "Pink Prize": What Should Be Called the Academy Awards of the Pink Film World: Sora Aoi, Yumika Hayashi Among Those Present, Close Coverage of this Yearly Festival (ピンク映画界のアカデミー賞というべき"ピンク大賞"蒼井そら、林由美香らが来場する、年に一度の祭典に密着! - Pinku eigakai no akademii sho to iubeki "Pinku taisho" Aoi Sora, Hayashi Yumikaraga raijosuru, toshi ni ichido no saiten ni mitchaku). 2004-05-06. 2009-08-13 . www.walkerplus.com. Japanese. 作品部門第1位の「熟女・発情 タマしゃぶり」がデビュー作という華沢レモンは、その後たて続けに20本もの作品に出演したという、ピンク映画界期待の新進女優。.
  9. Book: Sharp, Jasper. Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. 2008. FAB Press. Guildford. 978-1-903254-54-7. 324.
  10. Sharp, p. 339.
  11. Web site: Best Ten of 2007 (2007年度ベストテン). January 18, 2009. P.G. Web Site. Japanese. August 5, 2012. https://archive.today/20120805235028/http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/2007.htm. dead.
  12. Web site: The Inner Palace - Indecent War. AV Idol Directory. 2010-10-25.
  13. Web site: The Inner Palace - Indecent War (R-15). AV Idol Directory. 2010-10-25.
  14. Web site: http://osamukun.blog28.fc2.com/blog-entry-431.html. ja:映画を超えたアダルトビデオ. osamukun.blog28.fc2.com. 2009-05-30. Japanese.
  15. Web site: Rika: The Zombie Killer. IMDb. 2013-07-22.
  16. Web site: Rika: The Zombie Killer (2008) Horror Zombie. Soresport Movies. 2013-07-22.
  17. Web site: Zombie Hunter Rika (2008). Amazon . 2013-07-22.
  18. Filmography from Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_p.php?num_p=733124. ja:華沢レモン はなざわ・れもん. 2009-07-12. allcinema.net. Japanese. ; Web site: 華沢レモン(はなざわれもん) (Profile and filmography). 2009-07-12. Japanese. www.dmm.co.jp. ; Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p1104020.htm. ja:華沢レモン. 2009-07-12. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database. ; Web site: http://www.kinejun.jp/people/id/203053 . ja:華沢レモン(出演). 2009-08-11. Japanese. Kinema Junpo. ; and Web site: http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/kinejun/index.cgi?ctl=by_name&id=203053. ja:華沢レモン ハナザワレモン . 2009-07-12. www.walkerplus.com. Japanese.
  19. Web site: http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/data/2005/051112/bihada.htm. ja:美肌教師 巨乳バイブ責め. 2009-08-13. P.G. Web Site. Japanese.