RSSHana Haruna – Hana no Mai
01 May 2009 6 Comments
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Hana Haruna – Hana no Mai (April 25th, 2009)
Air Control/Melon
Catalog # – OME-55 – Region 2 Disc – 4:3 Aspect
Running Time: 74 Minutes
The Skinny: Wow! What a body! A nicely assembled 70 plus minutes of Hana Haruna doing her best jiggles, wiggles, and giggles. Yeah, I know that I’ve used that expression before – it just happens to fit this DVD to a tee.
Coming from Air Control/Melon, the well known, large boobies, gravure production house, I had fairly high expectations for this video. I said in my review of her first DVD called Kiseki no Bishuojyo for Takeshobo (cover below), that Hana, who wobbled and bobbled through that production, would soon have quite a following. And after the word gets out about this video, there will be no doubt that contracts for more gravure videos will flow her way in ever increasing numbers.
And I’ll bet she’ll be offered large amounts to show and bare all. Then even bigger barrels of yen to change teams and work in the AV (Adult Video) field. I’m not saying she will or won’t – I’m just saying that no one would be shocked if she did.
She’s certainly got the right build to make money by wearing small bikinis or less in front of camera crews. Hitomi Tanaka, the current hottest thing in big-boobed AV productions made the leap from gravure to grope, gasp, and grasp, and hasn’t looked back since. Just so you know, Hitomi (next release above), that busty wonder, is listed as a J-Cup. Hana proudly asserts that she is an even bigger K-Cup.
This is what she tells us herself in a mini introduction following the montage which itself is a breathless journey to a place where all you see is Hana showing off her boobs as they fly and leap about. I’m not sure I would have followed the montage with this particular segment with the main chapters to follow. Hana looked a little less than confident while delivering her lines that seemingly required some off-screen prompting. On the other hand, it gave us viewers a chance to catch our breaths.
The first of the main chapters is a series of jumps from behind a big palm tree. Hana sort of plays hide and seek. Actually the plan is to have some one from the crew shoot some water at her, and she tries to avoid it. Eventually they turn the scene into a lengthy slow motion visual extravaganza of Hana’s boobs leaping and flying in superb slow motion.
The second stanza has Hana running back and forth from us on the beach. Finally they get her to sort of stand around and go in and out of the sea while just playing around. There was a bit too much of Hana bending over and getting her face up close to the camera. But we do learn from this chapter that Hana is well aware that her more than prominent bust needs plenty of screen time,
so she’s more than happy to squeeze her boobs between arms to accentuate her cleavage over and over.
The third chapter has Hana is a yellow bikini top. She’s got these red boxing gloves on and she does nothing except throw punch after punch. In order to prevent this from becoming tediously boring, the have the camera take various stances so we are either looking down at Hana or up at Hana.
Actually I should say looking up at Hana’s great tits as she tosses punch after punch our way. There’s an extended section when the camera is up and close and the action is shown in slow motion.
Four finds our lady in bed wearing a black and white polka dot top which provides plenty of those precious cleavage moments that you’ll want to remember forever and ever.
Five has Hana playing Frisbee catch. Her top can barely contain her heaving bust. This is a short scene as I’m sure the person throwing the Frisbee to Hana was probably furious because she looked and acted as though every one of her toss backs went nowhere’s near the intended target.
But from there it was just a short hop over to an elementary school’s playground where Hana crawled through plastic tubes, used the slide, climbed up the jungle gym with the camera looking up at her ass which was just inches away as we followed her up.
Six has us back indoors. This is a bathtub scene, and fortunately there is NOT an overabundance of soap bubbles.
Also on the side of fortune is the fact that Hana wears her loveliest and best fitting bikini for this scene.
So it goes without saying, but we’ll say it anyway, that this scene is the most revealing and most erotic of the entire video.
Ms Haruna dances up a storm in the next chapter. She wears a light blue bikini top and black denim shorts which eventually come off revealing matching blue bikini bottoms. She’s dancing on this beachfront patio. We see the sand and sea behind, but in truth you won’t notice much besides her huge hooters. Also speaking truthfully, she’s not a great dancer, but realistically – who cares?
Ever see a red plaid bikini top and matching shorts? No? Me neither. Well, your long wait is over. This time Hana is relatively motionless as she poses on a bed. This gives you lots of long, lingering looks at her body. I mean she moves to different positions on the bed, but never leaves it.
All is well until they introduce a plastic gripper on a rod operated by an off-screen person. It jiggles her boobs, pulls on the straps, lifts her breasts, etc. You can’t tell from Hana’s expression if she’s going to cry or burst out laughing, or both.
Next Hana shows up at the indoor swimming pool in a skimpy charcoal colored bikini. She doesn’t actually go into the pool. But she does look her best in this chapter. She will press her boobs against the banister of the staircase which of course accentuates her already huge bust. And to top it off, we’ll get some excellent looks at her tail assembly in this chapter.
Okay – we are now 56 minutes into the 74 minutes of the DVD. Hana next appears on the beach. This might be the same blue bikini we saw her dancing in earlier. She could be posing for a photographer in this chapter as her movements are limited. And sure enough, they eventually back out far enough for us to see the photographer and his assistant who holds a reflector. But once she’s in a bikini there’s always time for some slow-motion boobs in motion.
Back at the hotel, we find Hana in a red bikini sitting on a bed with a banana. Time for some oral hi-jinx. This wasn’t a good scene, as Hana didn’t make it seem particularly sexy, inexperienced I guess. There was no music track playing, and you could hear the ambient noise in the room as well as some whispered instructions. On the plus side, she was able to work hands-free and that helped. And the scene was far too long. In my view they might have made a better scene with Hana posing against the mirror which was behind the bed.
This was the last of the main chapters, and in my view, kind of a weak ending. The credits rolled by and we’ve got about 5 minutes and change remaining. Plenty of time for some more views of Hana’s great boobs as she hams it up with the crew.
Summary: What a body! [Repeating myself but in this case, I can't help it] Lots of kudos for this video. There were virtually no technical problems regarding lighting, camera positioning, or editing And they paid homage to Hana’s magnificent chest again and again. This is truly a must-have for big-bust gravure idol fans.
Hana comes off as lively, aware of her attributes, and a willing participant to what amounts to a 74 minute thrill ride over, under, and around her great boobs.
They provided a good mix of action as well as softer posing, and it didn’t really matter what Hana would do. You will be able to enjoy her in any kind of pose, or in motion. The slow motion scenes were excellent. So if jiggle & wiggle along with wobble and bobble are what you want in a busty idol, this is the DVD for you. In fact, I’ll go so far as to call Hana Haruna, the next big thing in the world of big-busted gravure idols. In 2007 we had Fuko, in 2008, Hitomi Tanaka awed us, and in 2009, it will be Hana getting the lion’s share of the attention, applause, as well as accolades.
I’ll score this one at four point five zero deducting points only for the far too long and extended banana blow-job which really didn’t work, and the dance scene which though it didn’t fail, looked kind of wrong for Hana. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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May 04, 2009 @ 03:12:32
She’s definately WAY prettier than Tanaka, and her boobs look more natural than Hitomi’s dubiously semi-stiff, won’t lie flat monsters.
May 04, 2009 @ 05:07:07
Hi Zak.
Thanks for the comments. You’re the first one to step up and comment on Hana in direct ccomparison to Hitomi. After doing a basket full of AV, Hitomi has a gravure video due for release in about 10 days I think. We’ll all be waiting for that one.
And of course, Hana’s next one too.
Thanks for your readership.
jmm
May 04, 2009 @ 11:43:45
It seems that Hana has yet another DVD coming up this month!! If she keeps putting out IVs at this rate, then she’ll be “the next big thing” for sure… although I think she’s still lacking in photo sets (DGC, BWH, etc) and magazines, which make or break Gravure stardom for me (for instance, Nonami’s camp has been quiet in terms of IV, but she still has produced a few picture sets to keep her visible).
I think Hitomi is prettier than Hana but prettier in an “evil” way, “evil” in a “Jessica Rabbit” sense, Hana does look more… innocent, might be because she’s still a rookie and 20 year old is still pretty young… maybe she’s from some small village or it’s just her personality but she does not come off as “ready for AV” as others do… but one never knows, could be that she’s just a good actress and the “naive” look is sought after by the AV producers so I won’t rule her going for AV…
I know that the cup size thing has been beat to death everywhere, but Hana being billed as a K cup is what made me think of her as “the third Okada sister”, then, Miyabi Isshiki is the real K-ueen as she’s prettier and probably bustier than either Hitomi, the Okadas or Hana, can’t wait for Miyabi’s new IV! (Just a comment, not trying to de-rail this to a Miyabi thread again :p)
May 04, 2009 @ 12:00:44
Hana’s new one will be called Haruhana and it is also from AirControl/Melon. The catalog # is OME-58. Release date is schedule for May 25th.
I’ll bet it was shot on the same trip as this one.
See my Coming Attractions page for the cover.
I think Hana is simply young and she still has a girlishness about her actions despite her very grownup figure. Actually she’s from Tokyo.
Xater, feel free to post comments whenever you like. Thansk
jmm
May 04, 2009 @ 22:01:10
Hello jmm -
Unfortunately (for me), I waited until too close to the release-date to order this one, and consequently have been informed that there will be a two-or-three-week delay in shipping this absolute gem out to me. My bad.
Trust me, this won’t happen with Hana’s May 25th release … I’ve pre-ordered it already. After checking a couple of additional IV sources, I found that there is a wait for shipping this item on all of them. This tells me that Hana is, if not THE next big thing, at least one of the next big things. Or perhaps two of the next biggest things. (Sorry … couldn’t resist)
Which brings me to a comment about cup sizes. I have no idea if it is the idol herself, her agent, her publicist, the DVD company, or someone else who determines and provides the cup size of any given idol on a DVD, but over the years, I have noticed a considerable amount of “fraud” in the cup-size arena.
For example, Yuko Sakurai has been advertised for several years as a K-cup. Hitomi (Tanaka)’s DVDs declare her to be a J cup.If Yuko Sakurai has larger boobs than Hitomi, then I am going to pronounce myself more handsome than Brad Pitt and George Clooney combined … which is a preposterous exaggeration to say the least.
I’m not angry with Yuko Sakurai (or anyone else) … I’m just saying “who are they kidding?” And I’m not picking on Yuko Sakurai either. I could name a couple handfuls of other idols that have had their assets either overstated or understated (yes … this does happen).
Anyway, thanks for the glowing review (and especially the vidcaps). This will help tide me over until I get the real thing in my mail box.
May 04, 2009 @ 22:18:56
Hey Mike -
Well press agents have been known to exaggerate. As have agents, models, studios, and reporters.
Since I’m across one very large ocean, an even if I had been in Japan, I’d not be invited to any measurement party, or press party – so I’ll jst report what I see on the covers and in the notes.
Does it matter ? We know big when we see it – right?
I best get my order in for the May 25th release before I get shunted back and have to wait for additonal pressings.
Yosh!
jmm