is a 2008

2008 in film

This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...

 Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese pink film directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu

Naoyuki Tomomatsu

is a Japanese film director and screenwriter who has worked in the pink film and horror genres.-Life and career:Tomomatsu was born in Osaka, Japan in 1967. He was interested in manga and film from high school and started working as an office assistant to manga artist Shungicu Uchida. In 1992, he...

. Tomomatsu shot the film for Gensō Haikyū-sha production company, and it was released theatrically in Japan by OP Eiga

OP Eiga

, also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...

 on September 19, 2008. It was given Honorable Mention for Best Film at the Pink Grand Prix

Pink Grand Prix

The or is an annual Japanese film award ceremony which recognizes excellence in the pink film. Known as the "Academy Awards of the Pink Film", the ceremony attracts a diverse audience of industry personnel, film scholars and the general public....

 ceremony, where lead actress Asami

Asami Sugiura

, who has also performed under the name is an award-winning Japanese model, actress and former AV Idol.-Life and career:Asami was born in Tokyo, Japan on September 19, 1985. At age 19, she appeared in the theatrical film , directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu and released March 12, 2005 by TMC...

 was also given a Best Actress award.

Synopsis

Ayaka has recurring dreams in which she is a prisoner subjected to strip-searches by the guards. Her husband, Kenji, convinces Ayaka to seek medical help, and sleeping pills are prescribed. Back at home, Ayaka takes a shower, during which she masturbates, then goes into a dream in which she engages in lesbian sex with former prisoner Kyōko. While pregnant, Kyōko had killed her unfaithful husband. Ayaka awakens in bed to find Kenji sleeping beside her.

Cast

• Asami
  Asami Sugiura
  , who has also performed under the name is an award-winning Japanese model, actress and former AV Idol.-Life and career:Asami was born in Tokyo, Japan on September 19, 1985. At age 19, she appeared in the theatrical film , directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu and released March 12, 2005 by TMC...
  
   as Ayaka Kaminuma and Ayaka (prisoner)
• Mari Yamaguchi as Woman and Kyōko (prisoner)
• Hiroaki Yanagi as Kenji Kaminuma
• Hiroshi Fujita as Prison guard and Debt collector
• Yukiharu Inoue as Prison guard and Debt collector
• Fumiaki Katō as Lawyer
• Yōko Satomi
  Yōko Satomi
  is a Japanese pink film actress who has also used the name . Variations on the spelling of her name include , , and . She has appeared in award-winning pink films, and was herself given a "Best Actress" award for her work in this genre in 1999 and 2001....
  
  as Misa (prisoner)