The Skinny: Back in November, 2009, I was excited then roundly disappointed by Asana Mamoru’s Getsukan DVD reviewed here. She was a great looking model, but the DVD was simply awful. Then about five weeks ago, I got the news that she was releasing a new DVD on August 31st which is today. A little after 10:00 today, I had the DVD in my hands. So let’s have a look at Asana’s brand new video from A to Z.

I’m going to try to keep this in the A to Z order but on occasion, we will jump out of order. For continuity’s sake and just because a thought occurred to me. Anyway, this is only a review not a grad school text book on quantum physics, so order is nice but not required. On that note will begin with a C – for Cover Image. Most of the sites have only published the front half with the large single image, but I’ll go for the whole nine yards – both the front and back covers (above).

A – Our beautiful model is Asana Mamoru, and I am happy to report that this video will make you easily forget about her first one which was produced by E-Net Frontier , who also produced this one. The difference is like night and day.

B – A number of terms comes into play. Bali is the setting,  and we are again at that beautiful Bali Alam Puri Resort which is a wonderful place to showcase Asana’s charms which include a truly noteworthy set of Boobs, and I could sing praises to them forever.

C – When you watch this DVD, you notice things right away. Of course there is Asana’s Cleavage, which you can’t help but notice. But also I must mention her calmness and how composed she is. Yes there are occasional times when she’ll lose it for a brief second or two, but not so much that you think about it or even consider it. There’s also a great many close-ups of either Asana’s face or her bust. Trust me, you’ll love both.That’s because she ‘s so natural at posing. Speaking of more N’s – watch for the night scene shot in and around the gorgeous swimming pool.

D – Dreamland Beach of course shows up twice plus gets some time in the Making Of segment. You’ll note that Direction remained steady and true throughout. He designed a pattern of slow movements by the camera and when he used this Asana remained still. You will also have to include the D for desirable, a term that perfectly fits Asana.

E - The exotic locations used in this video must be mentioned. There’s a Waterfall, (an out-of sequence W) and of all the times we’ve seen that jutting headland at Dreamland Beach, this time, instead of seeing off in the distance – they bring camera right up there on top of it and they also shoot Asana from a Helicopter as she stands there. But we can’t forget about Eye-contact. This is one of the best ever for that.

F -Asana’s Face. Superb. Watch for a luxuriously languid scene as Asana relaxes in a bath strewn with Flower-petals.

G - Great tits. Great smile. Great model. Three G’s for emphasis.

H – Hair. Asana wears her hair down and combed neatly. Only in one scene does she wear her hair up. She’s also not afraid to get her hair wet. If you’re looking for pigtails, ponytails and other youthful styles for those super casual looks  – you won’t find them here. H is also for Headland – see above in D.

I - Instantly desirable – all 93 minutes. Interviews – at least two short ones.

J - Jumbo juggs are only part of Asana’s allure.

K - Karma. I’m not a follower of Eastern Religions, but it just might have been karma that made Asana’s first DVD for E-Net so crummy, and this one so good. For all the good joy and pleasure that Asana will bring to her fans and viewers of this DVD, she’s quite likely got a grand amount of good karma ahead of her.

L – Lush body. Asana seemingly is the center point between the polarities of Yoko Matsugane and Harumi Nemoto. Yoko’s got the huge bosom, beautiful face, and thin legs. Harumi’s bust was big but not as big as Yoko, but her hips and legs were awesome. Asana blends the best of each of their attributes. Watch for the Lacy sun-dress near the end of the video.

M – Memorable Mamoru. After seeing this DVD you won’t be forgetting about Asana.

Music – some was good and some was good but we’ve heard those same tunes before on other E-Net releases. They need to be a bit more artistic and innovative when they select their music tracks, and be less repetitive as well

N – This is a nearly perfect video. I’ll tell you why I lowered the score to 4.75 in the summary.

O – Oh My!

P - This is one model who is so pleasing on so many levels. Watch for when she poses to purposely give us a profile view of her bust. Pacing: sometimes it is slow – nearly maddeningly so. But it is because the camera doesn’t want to fly past any of Asana. She’s a perfect example of a camera magnet. So you will have to expect some slow pacing.

Q – There’s 93 minutes of this Goddess (a late running G), so they get a double Q for Quantity as well as Quality.

R - Relaxed. I think this is Asana’s middle name. She seems so relaxed and comfortable especially when the camera comes in for a tight close up of her face and then pans down to her chest, then back up to her face. No sign’s of being the least bit self-conscious.

S – Sexy. Lovely skin tones. Sweet.

T – At times Asana is so very tranquil, at other times she is so very talkative, and never far from your thoughts will be those Tits.

U – Unbelievable. She’s the epitome of an Ultra-model, or said another way: an Uber-model.

V – When you are struck dumb by Asana’s visual delights you note that she is vivacious and can be quite warm. There’s also that spectacular villa where this video was shot.

W – Wow! Wonderful. Wish the video was longer…also see Waterfall above.

X – will have to fudge a bit here. I thought the editing was great. They seemed to make their cuts eXactly at the best times.

Y – Asana does some Yoga stretching exercises. Not a whole DVD like Yoko gave us, but just enough to be mentioned.

Z - After watching Asana Mamoru in this DVD, I felt a zest for life. So I went to the beach. There were no Asana wanna-be’s or look-a-likes any where in sight. Which does bring us back to a U – she’s one of a kind and is definitely Unique with a capital U.

Summary: a great video. Simply one of the best. And Asana is a great model. When is her next release? This is a nearly perfect video. I felt that the pacing was slow at times, the music wasn’t so special, and there was one brief scene that was a waste. Asana is in bed, wearing a long-sleeved pullover jersey. They have brushing her teeth – apparently without water and even without toothpaste. They could have left that bit out.

But it still adds up to a tremendous four point seven five rating. And a Don’t Miss It label. Plus I recommend this one as an unforgettable instant classic.

The Skinny – An excellent beginning to a very good performance by Ayami Sawada in Second Impact. You’ve heard of the rollings hills? This video should have been entitled Rolling Hips. Why? Simple – the view of Sawada-san’s hips in motion is magnificent. It is like a visual presentation of beautiful music or lovely poetry.

Ms Sawada spends many minutes, make that most of Chapter One  showing us her backfield in motion. Since this chapter is set on the beach, she can safely crawl or walk away from us for a delightfully enhanced view of this action in a wonderful swim suit which clings to her curves.

The second stanza is a bit more sedate affair and takes place in Ayami’s hotel room. She’s delightfully charming of course, but when I said ‘a bit more sedate’ I was referencing action not temperatures. If anything, this scene, which has her in a clingy slip over her bra and panties, is even more playfully alluring than she was in the beach scene.

Three finds Ayami in a clingy black knit dress that is not only quite short, not only form fitting, but also has a myriad of open spaces in its design. The setting is the altogether fashionably unfashionable deserted building. Watch for her to fondle her own derriere, as well as end the scene  wearing the ever-popular hand bra.

In Four, the chapter begins with Ayami shyly speaking to us from behind a door. We can only see her head. Maybe she’s not happy with the outfit chosen for her. Voila! There’s not much to it is there? Still, the chapter allows Ayami to once more show off her butt, and get down to near basics when she resorts again to the hand bra. As the scene closes, she has this embarrassed look on her face. Priceless.

Five has Ayami-chan wearing a bit cms of lace. She sits in a corner of the balcony and has an encounter with a banana. Need I say more? I think not.

Six is a bathtub scene. This bath room is none too pretty. The lighting is spotty with several shadows seemingly always in the picture. Also getting a good amount of screen time is the Sawada backview. Scintillating as that might be the scene could have been better.

Geez, I’ve been talking about it enough, so let’s have one more shot of Ayami’s backfield in motion once more.

The next chapter begins with a Cebu (Philippines) tourist bus rolling into view. On board is Ayami wearing a cowboy hat , denim skirt, boots, the whole bit. Of course that’s just the window dressing because beneath all that is a miniscule white thong bikini. I could get very used to watching Sawada’s tail. When is her next video release?

In the image above you can see the top part of Ayami’s bikini on the floor of the bus.

Eight is a bedroom seuction scene. Ayami wears a red satin bustier with matching panties, garter belt, and stockings. They did a lousy job with the lighting which means the corners are dark, and the subject, Ayami, is under lighting which should have been less harsh.

About the best thing I can say for this scene is the inclusion of the classic 1964 jazz piece, So What, from the Kind of Blue album. The music by Miles Davis provides a nice audio counterpoint to Sawada’s heavy breathing.

That’s it – the credits roll next. Of course they roll by slowly as we watch Ayami in semi-silhouette against a late afternoon sky that becomes a sunset. In an interesting bit of production skullduggery, the directorial credit was given to some one called Trans Am. But we know what that means; a director with a contract for exclusivity with another production house directed this video, but couldn’t put his own real name on it. Or maybe it is something else. Read on…

Summary: – This is a video that is flawed in a few places, but thanks to that eyes-magnet tail of Ayami, it is a real treat for the most part. Ayami Sawada has a beautiful body and she really should work more often. I believe this is just her second DVD. I reviewed her first one here.

In that review I mentioned that I hoped that she would work for a major production outfit like Takeshobo, and here we are 18 months or so  later having our wish come true.

I’m going to score this one at four point zero, and hope for a better effort from the guys behind the camera. The model did her ‘end’ and made a handsome contribution.

Maybe this wasn’t a case of a moonlighting director, Maybe instead it was a case of unreconciled ‘rtistic differences’ leading to the director being fired or else he quit. That’s a wrap for this review.

The old (top) and the new (bottom)

Straightaway we begin with a montage only its not what you expected. Instead of it being a mini-preview of what will follow in the video, it is a look back (via still photo images) of when Yuri was a notable gravure idol and this is cross cut with some looks at Yuri  in the present, in fact, this will serve to introduce  her in this Video. This  footage does bring to mind a younger and decidedly more innocent looking Yuri Kobayashi,. The cross cutting of the old and the current was thematically new and interesting if not visually creative .

A short 4 minute interview follows. You’ll immediately notice how animated and lively Yuri is. The questions appear in Japanese text on the right side of the screen. What’s makes this special is that Yuri seems so very sincere and very likeable. You’ll also notice how even this interview was done stylishly with varied angles.

At about 6:50 Yuri will show off her bare breasts for the first time. She’ll basically be still and she lets the camera provide most of the motion. She’s dressed in shoes and socks, a white skirt and a see through lacy top which she simply holds up exposing her bust.

Two minutes and 15 seconds or so later, there’s a brief fade out. The same music continues and when the scene re-opens, Yuri has brought the top down but has removed her skirt leaving her lower half fully nude. She poses upright for almost a minute then there’s another brief fade out.

When the scene returns again, Yuri is on the floor – on elbows and knees. The camera pans around including some shots of her fully exposed bottom. Sorry there’s a small bit of censoring mosaic concealing the details. So far, that’s both top and bottom each nude, but not yet has Yuri been all nude. But after one more brief fade out we do get Yuri nude and standing. So in three stages of one scene, Yuri went from dressed to fully nude.

At 14:00 Minutes there’s an interlude with Yuri fully dressed in some sort of eclectic setting. Might be an antique store, or it might be one of those boutique stores selling hard to find  items from western culture. Yes, that’s probably an old Wurlitzer Juke Box behind her. You can’t see it clearly in the image I provided , but I needed to show you Yuri standing rather than seated. Sorry no product placements in this review. Because of the fact that Yuri is covered from head to to toe, and the low level of the lighting, this scene is little more than atmospheric. It seemingly doesn’t fit at all with the rest of the video. It runs a little more than a minute and can be classified as filler. Which is simply a longer way of saying that they could have left this out and no one would have cared.

At about 15:20, we have a blindfolded Yuri seated in a chair. She’s fully naked and is seated in a legs spread wide posture. She remains in this exact position throughout. We hear her breathing. She says nothing. Nothing happens, The camera zooms in for some closeups. That’s it – no action by Yuri at all.

At 19:40 we find Yuri on a huge round bed. She’s wearing a pink see through nightgown with panties beneath. This is the first playful and upbeat scene. Yuri does get naked and doesn’t do much more than roll about on the bed – but she looks so good, and in my view this is the best scene in the DVD.

At 26:15 a new scene begins. Yuri is naked once more. She wears nothing except for high heels, perfume, and costume jewelry. She is posed in a bright sun room. Eventually she goes from standing to reclining.

At 32:05, a shower scene begins. You’ve never seen a shower like this, or for that matter – a bath room like this before. First the water falls from about 10 to 12 feet above Yuri. The room is huge. It has direct lighting, and even a statue of a dragon overlooking the bath tub which looks like it is big enough for two or possibly three people. You won’t see any soaping. For the most part, this isn’t a functional shower for cleanliness. Instead think of it as Yuri gets wet artistically.

After a little more than 7 minutes, we get a new scene. Once again it is Yuri wearing costume jewelry, gloves above the elbows, and sexy mid-thigh length boots. and nothing else. This time we are located on a staircase. This scene is notable for some angles looking up at Yuri who stands with her legs spread apart. Now you know why this was done on the stairs.

That scene runs almost 7 minutes, before the next chapter begins. We are still indoors but it is now night. This scene marks a distinct change in attitude and temperature. This is the first scene that has some overtones to it. This time Yuri is dressed in black. She takes off her clothes to reveal some black rope knotted about her body. While her hands and legs are completely free, and she has full mobility, I think they were making a statement of sorts here. There is an implication about bondage here. However light it may be, it still implies more than what we see.

As proof -the above picture shows you her facial expression . I decided to show that from a bit of a distance rather than show your the closeup at 51:01 which is the last thing we see before the scene ends.

At 51:07 a new chapter begins. In all of the prior scenes, Yuri’s hair has been beautifully combed, and neat, and made her look so beautiful. Here they changed her look. Her hair has been wildly teased out. This is a complete change of tone in both Yuri’s look, in her expressions, as well as the in the music. At this point in time, the video has turned to a much ‘harder and edgier’style. Here, in this chapter, Yuri displays a wantonness not even hinted at earlier. She does some humping with a standing floor lamp, and there’s some shots with some solid wood furniture which also have a distinct sexual ‘flavor’ to them.

At around 56 minutes, the next to last chapter begins. Yuri walks into a bathroom which seemingly contains only a toilet and a bidet. After tugging down her panties, she sits on the toilet. This scene has Yuri wearing a bustier. This scene has no music. so we can easily hear Yuri breathing. Most simply, this scene is a masturbatory fantasy. Not only for you viewers, but also for Yuri.

I say fantasy because, despite some closeups of Yuri’s hand between her legs, you will not see any digital insertions. It is more like her hand is touching her privates, but she’s not really masturbating. However, you as the viewer are supposed to think or imagine that she is. Nine minutes later the scene ends. We heard Yuri’s breathing accelarate, and we’ve seen her open the bustier so she can fondle her breasts. The implied ending of the scene is that she has satisfied her self.

The last scene starts at about 1 hour and five minutes. We follow Yuri up the stairs. She looks decidedly like a tart, or maybe a streetwalker. She heads up to a small bedroom alone. She wears boots, a skirt and a turtle necked jersey top. In the simplest terms, Yuri is portraying a hooker and she’s going to have sex in this hotel room. We don’t see anyone else at all. But Yuri takes off her clothes and goes through the motions.

We’ve seen Yoko Matsugane do this in all of her videos for the last three or four years. Only she keeps her clothes on. Yuri takes off all of her clothes.

This scene isn’t visually striking at all, After all it is a cheap hotel room, and the lighting is so-so. But what does get your attention is Yuri. Yes, she’s faking a sexual encounter, but you wouldn’t know it. This is really what you call ACTING. A bravura performance.

Sumary: I loved the first 50 or so minutes. Yuri looked beautiful in all of her natural splendor. You can almost fall in love with her. The style of the video during these first 50 minutes went through romantic, sensual, and sexy, all with a very stylish and artistic look and feel to it.

But they scrapped that and went for a more exotic and edgier look in the last third of the video. It’s not that it was bad it wasn’t, and its not that it wasn’t done well because it was. But it is distinctly different.

I guess an artistic nude video does need a progression toward a more overtly sexual nature even if you aren’t going to have any real sex in it.

I’ll recommend this one, at at the same time give praise to Yuri Kobayashi for her performance. I’ll also praise the director and editor for their work in most of the video. My only real gripe is with the Art director and director who chose to have Yuri doing a pseudo sex scene in what can definitely called a tawdry setting and unflattering lighting. it wasn’t the fake sex that was the turn off – instead it was the setting. Four point zero.

The Skinny; Ruri Saijou, famous or maybe infamous for her 111 M Cup figure, inspired a lot of comments last time I did a review of her work. This one is called AV-Impossible. Maybe they should call it AV Mission Impossible. It’s not much of a video despite its nearly 2 hours in running. Yes, Ruri Saijou is quite busty, enhanced or otherwise. But as far as the video goes, that’s it for the compliments.

To begin with, I haven’t been able to figure the name of the producer. There were no credits at the end of the video. I did track down their website (http://www.miman.jp/) where they have a some images in lieu of a preview for this video. When you click on the Topic called Contents you will see that they’ve made about a dozen or more videos, similar to this one, some of which you will recognize from the covers.

As I said there were no credits, and no montage either. What’s more – there are no music tracks at all. Aside from the camera and video editing stuff, this was basically a cost-free production Made on the cheap as they say.And I’m thinking that the producer is also the director. The director seemingly operates the camera, and quite likely he is also the owner of the hands that touch, fondle, caress, and tease Ruri. It is also most likely his tongue that is in play too. I might be wrong about that, but it just looks that way from the angles.

All told there are about 12 scenes beginning with Ruri walking and talking in someone’s back yard which is devoid of grass. Just stones, with an occasional potted palm. She’s very personable and attractive when you see her in clothing that could be worn on the street..

That's her in the center. Two minutes of this was NOT NECESSARY!

She yaks and yaks then finally heads inside to change into a bikini. We get to watch through this semi-opaque glass door. 15 seconds would have been fine. You can tell you are watching a woman take off her clothing to put on a bikini. but it wasn’t worth watching through the glass.  But we ‘watched’ through the door glass for more than two full minutes. Boring.

She’ll do a lot of posing in a two different bikinis – in the first she has to deal with annoying plastic hands that poke and prod her boobs. In the second bikini she works with an exercise ball.

Ruri as the Sweater Girl

The next two scenes involve a tight sweater and a tight tank top over a tight tee shirt. As I said, Ruri is very busty. Ruri studies some paperwork while the camera guy manages to tug down her vee-neck to get a peek at a deep cleavage.

This is followed by some energetic (and reasonably well coordinated) jump rope. This was a very good scene for those of you who appreciated a good wobble when you see it.

Then we find her in a bold one piece swimsuit which covers her up in the front but allows us to see her shapeliness. It is also a bit of a see through. Yes, there is a nipple plainly visible beneath the material. But in the back, it is just a thong. A skimpy one at that. Really skimpy. To prove the point they introduce a bit of rope to her camel toe.

While Ruri shows off in a white bikini,  the old standby – a body oil is used in the next chapter.  It’s not really all that exciting or provocative unless sleek and glistening skin is your thing.

The next chapter has Ruri in a frilly bra and panties. The producer-director-cameraman-performer finally gets some really solid ‘hands on’ in this chapter, and at 56 minutes we see our first look at her bare nipples and breasts.

Things are beginning to speed up, at least in the touch and feel sense as we next see Ruri in a zippered hoodie. Here, some gooey gel is poured into her cleavage, and our man with the hands gets to do a full breast massage.

Three more chapters remain. An oral scene follows with Ruri in a red knit working with a yellow penile shaped dildo. It’s just oral.

At 1 hour and 33 minutes, the next to last chapter, begins with Ruri in a  see through. In this one, our intrepid man for all seasons, or should I say tasks, will get to slobber all over Ruri’s boobs. From breast licking to breast sucking – it’s all there.

I hope he is finished soon...

The last chapter runs about 10-12 minutes with the dude having simulated sex with Ruri. Missionary, doggy-style, even Ruri on top. Don’t even think of seeing any penetration because there isn’t any. We don’t even see any genitals, pixilated or otherwise, from either side of this pseudo-sexual transaction. Oh hell, there is no sex. They’re just faking it. AV impossible indeed.

Hoped you liked my DVD. Bye!

Summary: Ruri is  a nice looking woman, with or without her clothes.She does bare the twins, after a lengthy wait of almost an hour. There’s plenty of poking and prodding, feeling and fondling, heavy breathing and moaning, groping, and a in the end, some poorly handled fake sex with the most unrealistic ejaculate ever.

I’ll watch Ruri again but I won’t recommend this one. This is most likely as far as she will go until bigger and better money is offered. Or  this is simply the transitional DVD that finds a safe resting place on Ruri Saijou’s sexual odyssey. From gravure, to this halfway point – and then her next step will be to go on to full AV.  Just guessing. Three point zero.

The Skinny: Hong Kong’s super-model Chrissie Chau lights up the screen as she and a crew from Hong Kong do a tour of France. From Nice to Marseilles, and then on to Paris. Chrissie attracted passer-bys wherever the production took them. She’s a high-spirited woman as well as a high-energy model.

The production is partially in 3D with four scenes in that mode, as well as the standard 2D. And there is a Blu-ray version as well as a standard definition DVD. All in all, both the DVD and Chrissie Chau are quite a package.

Early on I wasn’t quite sure of where we were. I knew it was France, but where? Once I saw mountains and the sea, I knew that it was in the south of France.

We watch as she scampers about, poses Kicking a soccer ball in 3D, picnics, parties, does a jacuzzi, and shops – here she is below with a cute French Chef Hand Puppet Doll – more on him later.

Chrissie about to enter the Gare de Nice

But eventually Chrissie and the crew showed up at the Gare De Nice Ville which is how the French say City of Nice Railroad Station. Now that I have that factual evidence, I wonder why I didn’t identify the Nice, France airport, having been there myself.

On board, we see the train pulling in to Beaulieu sur Mer which was one of the places where the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels film with Steve Martin and Michael Caine was filmed.

Soon enough the train arrives in Marseilles, a marvelous coastal city that seems to start at the edge of the sea and then make it’s way up into the mountains which down here are called the Maritime Alps.

Chrissie looks great in a wedding outfit in a sunny and beautiful square. Of course she looks great wherever she is  – be it a flower market, or some of the  smaller side streets in Marseilles. Chrissie Ah, nei ho leng. Ho ho leng. That’s Cantonese for Hey Chrissie, you’re beautiful. Very beautiful.

Then the gang is in Paris. We see Chrissie on the Paris Metro and walking in an underground Metro station. Of course we will see plenty of her on above ground in Paris as well.

You remember I said that there would be more about that cute French Chef doll. It seems that the crew kept losing their concentration on a French beach, and on occasion, the camera would stray over to capture some local French girls on the beach. Chrissie started noticing this as the cameraman had her posing nearer and nearer these bikini-ed ladies.

Well she wasn’t happy about it; in fact, days later, in Paris, she was still pouting. Until he came into her life once more. Yes. I’m talking about the Chef hand puppet. In a cute scene  with Chrissie on one of those bridges that cross the Seine River in Paris, we watch Chrissie’s face change along with  with her emotions as the Frenchy the Chef appears and with typical elan, he gets Chrissie to smile.

Summary: This was my first real good look at Chrissie Chau. I liked what I saw. You will too. I guess we could say that this the Hong Kong version of the gravure idols videos that are made in Japan seemingly every day of the week. I thought they did a very good job with this hour and two minutes. There was plenty of Chrissie in a variety of outfits, most of which were listed in the credits. She’s exciting to watch because you’re never sure of what she might do. And that sense of mystery only adds to her aura.

I’ll recommend this DVD and give it a four point five rating.

The Skinny: For sure, we won’t be seeing ‘skinny’ again in this review. The word just has no bearing on Minami Narusawa’s figure. She’s doing a  gravure video in a familiar Bali resort, and despite the bright sunny day and the tropical setting, Minami walks out onto the sun-drenched patio in a Japanese school girl outfit – complete down to the navy socks, penny loafers, a plaid skirt, and a sleeveless navy sweater over a white shirt. I’m not sure why so many of the gravure idols start their videos this way – maybe it is just the director’s sense of giving them something to feel at home in.

Ms Narusawa was somewhat nervous and so she stumbled verbally a few times through her opening remarks. She introduced herself and welcomed us to amazing (sugoi) Bali. She hoped we’d enjoy her DVD, and to help us along in that direction, she offered up her measurements.

Soon enough, Minami will take a red recorder out of her school bag, and go up the musical scale for us. Obviously, she hasn’t any talent with this instrument beyond the musical do re mi, so it’s time to take off her school uniform. Now the jiggle-fest, which was so  wonderfully previewed in the montage, begins in earnest.

The second of the main chapters has Minami in a bright yellow bikini in the pool. She has a multi-colored beach ball as a prop. What we see is that Narusawa-san will take every available opportunity to either touch her breasts, make them jiggle by pulling the straps to her bikini top, or press them against something to emphasize their enormous size. This scene did suffer (to a degree) of a being overly bright to the extent that the background is whited-out in some of the angles.

Three begins on the patio before moving inside. Minami wears a white mono-kini. Before long she’s found a glass table to press her boobs against (with the camera beneath – of course). And to make things seem even more like what we’ve already seen, she will use her index finger to poke herself (you know where) again. A bottle of water is introduced as a change of pace.

Four is more of the same. Minami enters wearing a  top over he bikini which as we soon see is a striped affair. This time it’s not water that is used for the tit play. Instead it is a body lotion. Minami makes a concerted effort to get the lotion in those hard to reach places between her boobs. Of course there is more jiggling to do via tugging on the bikini top straps.

Five begins with Minami in a top and shorts with a bikini beneath. This chapter has a few different segments such as hide-the-fruit in your cleavage and get tied up in with a tri-colored ribbon. All of which included more jiggle and wobble. Along with dangle. Let’s not forget the ever popular tit-poke.The only thing missing was the giggle. But we would need the Okada girls for that.

The sixth stanza opens with Minami in farmer’s overalls made into shorts. Minami will lower the straps and then open the shirt to reveal a bright red bikini top and an infinite amount of cleavage. This of course will lead to more strap tugging and in the natural way that these things work – more jiggling follows. And did I mention that the shirt and shorts do come off. Which leads to a workout in a red bikini with a beach ball and then a spot of some jump-rope action. First the jump rope is utilized in its standard intended role as Minami actually jumps and skips as the rope circles. But that requires more energy than using the rope to make her boobs jiggle, so the jumping element is quickly abandoned.

In Seven we are back at poolside. Minami wears an orange bikini with white polka-dots. A different kind of body cream is applied and rubbed in. For a while the director worked to get some effective between the legs shots of Minami as she reclined on the wood floor. But eventually he returned to his more standard activities of having Minami poke her boobs with her index finger or make them jiggle with that by now old favorite and tried and true method – strap tugging.

In Eight, Minami is till on a wooden floor. Only this time we are indoors. This scene begins with the dreaded lollipop which like a heat seeking missle homes in right toward’s Minami’s mouth. When that’s done, Minami sits on a bed where she is bedeviled by the plastic yellow finger-pointing-hand on the end of a stick.  When the finger pointing at her indicates that she should remove her top, she gladly complies revealing a cartoonishly colored bikini. This bikini will match the dozen or so balloons of varied colors already on the bed. The scene concludes with Minami trying to avoid the balloons which come hurtling at her as if we are playing dodge ball aka dodge the balloon. Unable to resist his impulsive nature, the director reverts back to his beloved methodology of having Minami first poke her own boobs, then perform, yet again, the strap-jiggling maneuver.

Ten Minutes remain. Here’s Minami out by the pool again. She’s wearing a see-through sun dress over her bra and panties. For awhile she poses under a tree treating us to additional finger pokes to her massive and resilient boobs. Then she climbs into a small jacuzzi still wearing the see-through.

The jets aren’t turned on so the scene is relatively tame. But while you blinked, the scene has transported to one of those out door showers that Bali is famous for. Minami has a bottle of some white lotion which she pours over body.

The director closes with more strap tugging and boob jiggling. Ho hum.

Summary: Outstanding boobs of a huge size. These will get Minami lot’s more gravure contracts. This DVD was a case of a huge-boobed model who is not the least bit camera shy, whose work was somewhat dulled by the repetive and ultimately unimaginative direction. The camera work was pretty decent, as were the variation of angles and settings.

In all of the chapters, Minami began with a top or a shirt, or a sundress before stripping down to a bikini top and bottom. The DVD made all of the familiar stops – beach balls, jump ropes, lollipops, edible fruits, plastic pointing fingers, oils, lotions, and soaps. We saw swimming pools, patios, and outdoor showers.

But what we saw far too much of was the finger poking and the bikini strap tugging. There’s nothing wrong with huge jiggling boobs – only the poke and the tug should have been replaced by more of the swing and sway. But we aren’t going to hold all of that against the model. She was better than a four point zero but the director wasn’t – so that’s where the rating stays. Four point zero.

Mikie Hara – Healing Fruit / Iyashi no Kajitsu (July 23rd, 2010)
Advance Agency/Tokyo1
Catalog # – ADVK-1013 – Region 2 Disc – 16:9 Aspect
Running Time: 50 Minutes

The Skinny: Sexy and beautiful Mikie Hara gets another trip to Bali in this brand new release from Advanced Agency / Tokyo1 called Healing Fruit. Why is Bali so often the preferred choice of the Japanese Gravure production houses? Maybe for them Bali feels more exotic than say Saipan, or Bali has a better sound to it than say Guam, and it is quite likely cheaper than Phuket, Thailand. Anyway, I’m not paying the expenses for the production crew and the model, so I’m happy when they go to a nice place. And this place just might be one of the prettiest locations we’ve seen in a gravure DVD.

Any place will look better with Mikie Hara walking through it in her graceful and beautiful style. To get things rolling, Mikie enters a small elevator car. This one doesn’t go from a top floor to a bottom floor. No, this one is an outdoor elevator that glides up and down the hillside on a track as it takes people to or from the infinity pool area which is still high above the beach. Mikie is stunned by the beauty of the place and she keeps saying, “Sugoi…sugoi” again and again. Sugoi is Japanese for Amazing. She ultimately heads out walking towards the end of the jetty. We see the amazing coast line. Quite a nice intro and in a surprise, this is followed by the montage.

The montage is the usual mix of brief excerpts from the DVD however, in this video, they’ve added a bit of a blue filigree pattern to the edges creating a vignetting effect. It’s not the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen, in fact it is a bit of a distraction. But let’s give thanks for the creativity.

Following the montage, Miki heads for the infinity pool. What is an infinity pool? Simply, it has an outer wall which allows the water to go right to the top of the inner wall and spill over. The effect is that when viewing from the right angle, the view appears that the pool and the sea beyond have merged – the pool water looks like it reaches all the way to the horizon or as it has been called – infinity.

Mikie doesn’t do much but she looks good in the water. She relaxes and then has a few drinks while still in the pool. Nice. The weather was very favorable and that certainly added to the great look of this scene.

A short scene on the beach follows. It is on the beach but all we see is Mikie posing against some large rocks. As it turns out this is only a segment because after a quick fade to black …

… there’s Mikie in the same shaggy bathing suit now posing in front of an ivy-covered wall.

Then without even a change in the music or a halt in the music, there’s Mikie in cutaway bathing suit. There’s a whole lot of rope around her middle which serves as an ‘accessory’ while accentuating her curvy hips. Besides all that she is posing on a few quite large leaves.

Before long, Mikie is on her feet descending some stairs and passing by a different kind of ivy. This scene gets a great marks for its varied locations and pacing.

Back indoors for the next chapter – Mikie is posed on a huge sofa. There’s a glass topped coffee table in front of the sofa.While Mikie looks good, this scene was a bit to static = meaning there’s not a whole lot a model can do while posing on a sofa.

Following this we have a simply beautiful chapter. It begins with Mikie walking about the resort.

She’ll make her way down a staircase to arrive at a terrace which overlooks the Balinse jungle further away but closer we see the tiered rice paddies on the hillside. Their color is a beautiful lush green.

This terrace has its own small splash pool which Mikie will make use of. When you watch a scene like this, you really do appreciate its excellent artistry. I for one am particularly grateful for such a scene. One – because, I’ve been there, and two – because you can so easily see the differences between scenes like this which are spectacular and so rare, and the more common run-of-the-mill ones which we see most of the time.

The next chapter couldn’t possibly top the one we just saw. It is set indoors in Mikie’s bedroom. It’s a beautiful room, a luxurious bed, and Mikie’s lingerie is great. This one will have settle for 2nd or third best in the DVD.

This shot is just before the fade to black. Mikie looks pensive and a little sad. The song lyric is ending with “…’til you come back home’. Marvelous.

A little more than ten minutes remain. Mikie is back in the sun again, and she’s also back in the shaggy swimsuit posing on the rocky beach. Not sure why they chose to reprise this location, not that there is anything wrong with it. But the answer follows in the very next chapter which begins with just four minutes left.

And this is a glorious sunset scene. That’s why we returned to the beach.  These sunsets are sometimes spectacular, and other times not so. But here we have a very beautiful scene. It’s really just a brief lead in for the credits which roll past in Japanese. But wait there’s more. We get the ending where Mikie breaks character from model at work to model just finished working. She smiles beautifully and laughs and congratulates the crew, thanking them for their hard-work.

But in reality, we stil aren’t done yet as there’s still the bonus scene of the behind the scenes and making of. It affords us some last looks at Mikie.

Summary: Loved it! Don’t miss it! This DVD is a shining example of how good a gravure video can be.

Beautiful locations, fresh new music, no cooking or shopping. And a great model!

I am pleased to award this one with a perfecto – five point zero.

Besides that, I look forward to seeing more videos from this outfit.

Anri Sugihara – An Lover (July 20th, 2010)
Line Communications / I-One
Catalog # – LCDV-40428 – Al Regions Disc – 16:9 Aspect
Running Time: 77 minutes

The Skinny: Slim and STACKED. ‘Nuff said. Busty Anri Sugihara shows up in Bali at the eternally wonderful Villa Jatayu.Technically, there’s nothing new to be seen. This is just another of those tedious videos with big boobed Anri bursting forth in one skimpy garment after another.

Just kidding.

I mean about the ‘tedious’. Nothing could be further from the truth which is that Anri is simply great at commanding your attention because she has lots of what is called charisma. She is one of the best when it comes to making eye contact with the camera (viewers).

Of course, you will have to look at her eyes to verify this for yourself. This is easier said than done. You may have to struggle to do so,  but great eye contact and great boobs is always a win-win situation.

As I said above, there’s nothing new technically – the opening chapter which follows an excellent montage finds Anri asleep in bed. She hasn’t bothered with a top sheet.She’s not wearing much, but she manages to be endearing and cute while doing nothing much except lolling about on the bed.

Two begins with Anri in a sleeveless white turtleneck top and a short blue skirt. We are with her by the poolside. Soon enough, she’ll climb up the stairs to a second floor veranda. Then she will remove the top and skirt to show off in a bright red bikini.

Three is on Dreamland Beach. You can always recognize this beach because of that jutting headland which, every time I see it, I think of Treebeard, the giant Ent (walking-talking tree) from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. The headland looks like his profile. Sorry for that brief digression. Anri gets into the water a little, jogs, inflates a beach ball and plays with it. Nothing new here either; we’ve even seen idols pumping up beach balls before.

Four returns to a bedroom with Anri wearing some sort of cute stylized tiger costume which includes leggings and cat ears along with a top, skirt, and panties. After a bit of posing, Anri then starts working on a pink and white lollipop. Then she climbs up on a glass dining table with the camera positioned – altogether now – UNDERNEATH! Which is the prelim for this kitty to lap up some milk from a saucer. No hands please! Oishi (delicious)!

Next we go for a drive – Anri sits to our left. She wears a red top and floral print skirt. Are we parked along the beach? Maybe because we hear the sounds of the surf hitting the shore. As we’ve seen over and over – whenever an idol is in a car – they have to take off their clothes. It may not be the law, but as sure as there are reclining seats, you may safely bet your last yen that it will happen.

In the lanai alongside the pool, Anri begins the next chapter with a large exercise ball. She chats amiably while balancing, bouncing and bending. The ball is a light color as is the marble flooring, so the scene lacks a strong color contrast. Anri’s panties have the words Paradise – Have you been there ? in English on the backside. Charming. But then they over amp the cute factor. The ball goes away and Anri just lies on the floor – and gets kind of silly.

When that mercifully ends, we are back upstairs. It is time for Anri’s bath. Unlike my bathrooms which are windowless, this one has a huge window. Anri isn’t nude, but she’s wearing only a bikini. Once more, she chats away in a friendly manner. Finally we have a soap brush in hand, and ‘we’ are brushing the soap onto Anri. When we approach her boobs with the brush, Anri says No! She will handle that chore herself. When she is all clean and glistening, Anri says “Arigato” (thanks).

Next we are back outdoors. Anri wears a blue bra and panties set that is trimmed in beige lace. It is a beautiful ensemble. In a  move that is somewhat surprising, Anri gets right into the pool. She struggles with a blue float before succeeding in getting atop of it. There is a good amount of footage shot with the underwater camera. Eventually Anri just simply reclines along side the pool, and looks glorious.

Ever wanted to take a shower in the open air? Well there are walls, but without a ceiling you are under the sun. Bali is famous for these roofless showers which come complete with ancient stone walls, and lots of plants and vegetation. Anri applies a gooey lotion and then rinses before…

…the scene ends and Anri emerges, wrapped in a towel, from a standard indoor bathroom. She will dry her hair with an electric hand held dryer. She gathers her hair and sweeps it up off her neck. The towels drops to the floor (which is where the camera is. Anril steps into a pair of panties. She walks into the living room wearing a shift of the kind that is backless, and side less. She applies a skin lotion all over and chats and chats and chats. Sounds like she’s enjoying herself.

Kawai des ka?

The last main chapter begins at 1:03:32. Nine minutes remain. Anri is in a bedroom. The bed is in a corner with lots of windows on one side and one end of the bed. She wears a red see-through nighty. She poses prettily while up on her knees. She says Domo (hello) then Kawai (cute)? There a white and print design bra and panties beneath the red nightie which is soon removed. This time, Anri is not talking a blue streak. This is a scene of allure, and romance, and it is as if she wants to make love. But this is Anri Sugihara and they choose not to emulate what Yoko Matsugane would likely do. There’s no simulated sex. Instead we have just a sexy woman posing languorously and seductively.

What follows is a brief look back at some outtakes and the tee-shirt signing. Anri thanks us and asks us to buy her DVD. There’s also a nearly five minute special bonus movie which is usually the model clowning around with the crew (a behind the scenes/making of segment).

Summary: An excellent effort. Despite a little too much of Anri talking her head off (yadda-yadda-yadda) at times, there’s more than enough of good times and glamour posing. Anri is curvier than most of her fellow gravure idols, and she doesn’t hesitate to make sure we know that fact as there’s no shortage of good looks at those curves. I’m scoring this at four and half. It could have been a tad better with less talking and better light management (a few of the scenes need a tad more contrast).

But on the whole, this one will really please you. Recommended for all of Anri’s fans and for those who are just at the start of their gravure idols watching careers.

Hikari Asahi – Bakunyu Sunrise (March 6th, 2010)
Vega Factory / Step
Catalog # – VEPD-094 – All Regions Disc – 16:9 Aspect
Running Time: 93 Minutes

The Skinny: A tip from reader Argyle led me to pick up the first gravure video release of Hikari Asahi. This DVD, from Vega Factory’s Step label, has the unlikely title of Bakunyu Sunrise. The translation of that is Gigantic Tits Sunrise. Besides my confusion over the title,which I erroneously reported as Blast Milk Surprise until the proper title was brought to my attention by frequent contributor Zatoichi… it is, unfortunately, a mixed bag of a video. Great boobs are fun to watch, but a video, even with great boobies, still needs to pay attention to the rest of the production details.

As the video begins, Hikari is in one of those mono-kinis. It is in white, and she’s just on a sofa. Nothing much happens in this 2:47 segment other than having the model untie the suit and drape the loose ends between her legs. What follows next is a short verbal introduction by Hikari about herself and she’s still wearing the same mono-kini and still seated on the same sofa.

After a short fade to black, there’s Hikari typing at a computer keyboard. She’s wearing a white blouse and a dark short skirt. The camera gets in so close that we can see the thickness of her eye glass lenses. She’ll stop typing and immediately begin wiping down the walls. We can hear the sounds of the cloth on the walls as well as the breathing of the cameraman.

Before long, and in somewhat low lighting, she will lift the blouse up to reveal that she is bra-less. For most of the next seven or eight minutes she’ll show off her stockings and with her legs raised, and open, we can see the crotch of her pantie-hose. But that’s all that happens and we see.

Then we have a scene with Hikari in a revealing black leotard doing some stretching exercise. It is a small room, and we see almost none of it. The whole point seems to be that Hikari will show off her cleavage. Once more we can hear the breathing of the cameraman. She does some bouncing while seated on one of those big exercise balls. By the time the scene ends 13 minutes later, we are sure of two things, one – Hikari has a great figure, and two – this is one of the least imaginative videos I’ve ever seen.

Hikari next appears in a white knit top with about six  buttons. It covers the tops of her boobs but exposes the bottoms. She also wears a short light blue skirt. The setting is in a bedroom. Hikari rolls on the bed, shows off her panties, and she crawls on the bed. This is done to show off the underside of her bare and dangling boobs. She will eventually open all the buttons, and cover her boobs with her hands. Fade out but then she’s right back in the same place, only this time with a banana for some oral play which goes on far too long. By the time this scene ends we are almost 36 minutes into the video, and I’ve not yet liked any of the scenes.

Next Hikari is posed in a light blue bikini in front of a yellow wall or backdrop. She’s soaping up. There’s no sign of a regulation bath tub. Instead she is standing in one of those tiny, inflatable, plastic tubs which would be suitable for one child.Somehow, Hikari manages to sit in it. When she leans forward, someone with a brush applies more soap to her back, the sides of her boobs, then her buttocks. Then they get a bit more adventurous. The brush applies soap directly onto her boobs as she sits facing us. But wait, there’s more – the bikini top goes away and we see those mighty boobs covered in just soap. Even though these are magnificent breasts this is a very poor scene visually and made worse by some mind-numbing muzak.

Sadly, the video goes downhill from even that low spot. In the next chapter, Hikari wears a white lace bra and panties. The room is dimly lighted. Hikari will rub her boobs beath the bra, then work on a vanilla ice cream popsicle on a stick. This chapter has no music at all and we hear just the ambient room sounds as well as the sounds made by the camera operator. We watch as Hikari consumes virtually the entire ice cream before she removes the bra. This is easily the worst scene in the entire video. No music, bad lighting, no action and besides that, this scene seemed like it would never end.

Ear of corn, a large mushroom, and ???

In the next chapter, we have Hikari in a black dress. She’s asked her to put on a blindfold and play a game. The game is that certain objects would be lightly pressed against her, and she would have to guess what they were – a corn cob, a carrot, a large mushroom, then an object that I can’t name even though I am seeing it. Of course this scene is boring too. But there’s even more silliness. The blindfold is removed and Hikari stands with her hands on her head slightly turning side to side  while two people with miniature hands at the end of flexible rods, poke and prod her. Then they double up and they each hold two feather like objects and they continue to poke, prod, tease and tickle her.

Next Hikari in a yellow bikini sits on a black leather chair. A clear gooey gel is dripped onto her cleavage. She proceeds to rub it in both over and under her bikini top. Then without even a fade, she suddenly back in that child’s plastic ‘pool’. I think we are supposed to believe that she is tied up. The camera moves around as water is spritzed onto her body. She is completely passive as this happens. We don’t even get to hear her laugh as this scene does have a music track.

The credits roll at the 80 minute mark, leaving 13 more minutes. Which is spent with Hikari having a massage. Her breasts and butt get plenty of attention. Finally, Hikari tells us the massage has made her feel very good. And the video ends.

Summary: Hikari is a nice looking model with a great shape. Emphasis on great shape. But this is easily one of the poorest gravure videos I’ve ever watched.. I’d bet the budget for the entire production was quite low as this video was devoid of production values. All indoors, bad music, and inexpensive sets are bad enough, but when you add in a total lack of imagination and creative skills, you’re going to end up with a bad video. But there is a bright side. This was her first gravure video, and even though it wasn’t much to speak of, Hikari did go on to make a much better video called Peach Bomb. That one you can enjoy, but this one – the rating is just a Two point zero and definitely not recommended.