Lemon Hanazawa (Japanese: 華沢レモン, Hepburn: Hanazawa Lemon), 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.[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]

Lemon Hanazawa
華沢レモン
Born (1984-07-17) July 17, 1984 (age 40)[1]
Hyōgo, Japan
Other namesRemon Hanazawa
Height1.59 m (5 ft 2+12 in)
SpouseImran Mahmood

Career

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Hanazawa began working in adult videos at least as early as December 2003 when she took part in the "train molester" video Chikan deruta haji tai (痴漢デルタ恥帯) for the Starboard (スターボード) studio.[5] In May 2004, she appeared with Sakura Sakurada in the lesbian-themed Female-Littered Lesbian Neruton (女だらけのレズねるとん) 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 Molester's Train: Sensitive Fingers (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, Annyeong Yumika (あんにょん由美香, An nyon Yumika).

Partial filmography

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Title[18] Release date Director Studio Notes
Lunch Box a.k.a. Mature Woman: Rutting Ball-Play
熟女・発情 タマしゃぶり
たまもの
Jukujo: hatsujo tamashaburi
Tamamono
2004-03-09 Shinji Imaoka Kokuei / Shintōhō Eiga / V-Theater 135 Best Film, Pink Grand Prix
Family Gets Rude Chapter 1: Perverts' Fun
淫乱なる一族 第一章 痴人たちの戯れ
Inran naru ichizoku: dai-isshō - chijin-tachi no tawamure
2004-04-23 Yutaka Ikejima Cement Match / Shintōhō Eiga 63 min.
Woman of the House: Going to the Class Reunion
a.k.a. Tokyo Booty Nights
団地の奥さん、同窓会に行く
Danchi no okusan, dōsōkai ni iku
2004-06-08 Toshiki Satō Kokuei / Shintōhō Eiga / V-Theater 135 63 min.
With Yumeka Sasaki, Yōta Kawase, Takeshi Itō, Mitsuru Meike, Kyōko Kazama, and Shirō Shimomoto
Family Gets Rude Chapter 2: Unequalled Limits
淫乱なる一族 第二章 絶倫の果てに
Inran naru ichizoku: dai-nishō - zetsurin no hate ni
2004-06-25 Yutaka Ikejima Cement Match / Shintōhō Eiga 60 min.
Peep Show
a.k.a. Married Wife's Secret: Peeping and Peeped At
人妻の秘密 覗き覗かれ
Hitozuma no himitsu: nozoki nozokare
2004-09-06 Tetsuya Takehora Ogawa Planning / OP Eiga 60 min.
Tetsuya Takehora's directorial debut
With Kyōko Kazama
Wife Taxi: Crowded with Big Tits
人妻タクシー 巨乳に乗り込め
Hitozuma Takushii: Kyonyū ni Norikomu
2004-09-29 Yutaka Ikejima Cement Match
OP Eiga
Honorable Mention, Pink Grand Prix
The Slit-Mouthed Woman
官能病棟 濡れた赤い唇<kuchisake 口裂け>
Kannō byōtō: nureta akai kuchibiru: kuchisake
2005-01-28 Yukihisa Higuchi
Takaaki Hashiguchi
Shintōhō Eiga 63 min.
With Minami Aoyama, Kyōko Kazama and Hotaru Hazuki
Teacher with Beautiful Skin: Big Tit Vibe-Torture[19]
美肌教師 巨乳バイブ責め
Bihada kyōshi: kyonyū baibu zeme
2005-11-11 Yoshikazu Katō 加藤映像工房 / OP Eiga 61 min.
Hanazawa won Best Actress, Silver Prize, Pink Grand Prix
Best New Actress, 4th Place, Pink Grand Prix: Aki Yafuji[3]
Chikan Densha: Suggestive Indecent Hips
痴漢電車 挑発する淫ら尻
Chikan Densha: Chohatsusuru Midara Shiri
2005-11-29 Naoyuki Tomomatsu Shintōhō Eiga Pink Grand Prix: Best Film, Bronze Prize
Japonica Virus
ジャポニカ・ウイルス
2006-09-30 Yu Irie Biotide Sci-fi drama
94 min.
Molester's Train: Sensitive Fingers
a.k.a. Hiroko and Hiroshi
痴漢電車 びんかん指先案内人
Chikan densha: binkan yubi saki annai nin
2007-08-10 Yoshikazu Katō OP Eiga Best Film, Pink Grand Prix
Gold Prize, Pinky Ribbon Awards
Best Friend's Wife: The Black Panties of a Secret Rendezvous
親友の妻 密会の黒下着
Shinyū no Tsuma: Mikkai no Kuroshitagi
2007-08-01 Yutaka Ikejima Cement 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
最強兵器女子高生 RIKA
Saikyō heiki joshikōsei: Rika
2008-02-18 Ken'ichi Fujiwara GP Museum Zombie horror
86 min.
Annyeong Yumika
あんにょん由美香
An nyon Yumika
2009-07-11 Tetsuaki Matsue Spotted Productions Documentary on Yumika Hayashi
119 min.

Bibliography

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English

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  • Lemon Hanazawa at AllMovie
  • Lemon Hanazawa at IMDb
  • "Remon Hanazawa 華沢レモン ( Actress )". Urabon Navigator 1997-2006. Retrieved 2009-08-11.

Japanese

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References

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  1. ^ Infobox data from "華沢レモン (profile)" (in Japanese). dvd.av-portal.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  2. ^ "Best Ten of 2004 (2004年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2009.
  3. ^ a b c "Best Ten of 2005 (2005年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Retrieved January 18, 2009.
  4. ^ a b "もろもろ告知 (Various notices)" (in Japanese). Pinky Ribbon Award site. Archived from the original on 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
  5. ^ 痴漢デルタ恥帯 シミ濡れ粘膜パンティー (in Japanese). www.arzon.jp. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  6. ^ 女だらけのレズねるとん (in Japanese). www.moodyz.com. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  7. ^ 華沢レモン(はなざわれもん) (in Japanese). www.arzon.jp. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  8. ^ a b c Toda, Miho (2004-05-06). ""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)" (in Japanese). www.walkerplus.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2009-08-13. 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. ^ Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 324. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
  10. ^ Sharp, p. 339.
  11. ^ "Best Ten of 2007 (2007年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2009.
  12. ^ "The Inner Palace - Indecent War". AV Idol Directory. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
  13. ^ "The Inner Palace - Indecent War (R-15)". AV Idol Directory. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
  14. ^ 映画を超えたアダルトビデオ (in Japanese). osamukun.blog28.fc2.com. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
  15. ^ "Rika: The Zombie Killer". IMDb. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  16. ^ "Rika: The Zombie Killer (2008) Horror Zombie". Soresport Movies. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  17. ^ "Zombie Hunter Rika (2008)". Amazon. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  18. ^ Filmography from 華沢レモン はなざわ・れもん (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-07-12.; "華沢レモン(はなざわれもん) (Profile and filmography)" (in Japanese). www.dmm.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-07-12.; 華沢レモン (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-07-12.; 華沢レモン( 出演 ) (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2009-08-11.; and 華沢レモン ハナザワレモン (in Japanese). www.walkerplus.com. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  19. ^ 美肌教師 巨乳バイブ責め (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
Awards and achievements
Pink Grand Prix
Preceded by
Machiko Mai
for ノーパン秘書 悶絶社長室
Pink Grand Prix for Best New Actress
Lemon Hanazawa

2004
for Lunch Box
Succeeded by
Pinky Ribbon Awards
Preceded by Pinky Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress
Lemon Hanazawa

2005
Succeeded by
Preceded by Outstanding Performance by an Actress
Lemon Hanazawa

2007
Succeeded by