Motoko Sasaki
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is a Japanese
pink film actress and striptease performer
. She entered the pink film profession at the advanced age of 29, became a star in the field at 31, and won a Best Actress award for her work in this genre in 2003 at the age of 36.
at this time, gaining acting experience in the Shingeki
style. She reports that the turning point in her life came when a traveling drama troupe visited her community. The director told her that if she were serious about acting, she would have to learn the basics at training school. 22 years of age at the time, she decided to reject the typical life of marriage and raising children, and, with 1.5 million yen saved from her salary, moved to Tokyo to pursue an acting career.
. By the end of the performance she had determined to look at the experience as a form of "training school" in dialogue-free body acting. Performing four times a day for a relatively modest 20 million yen a month, Sasaki feels she could have made more money at a hostess bar. But Sasaki stuck with this profession, as it did not require she have physical contact with the audience, and it allowed her to experiment and expand on her craft with each performance. She invested her earnings into her wardrobe and put effort into her interpretations of the songs to which she danced. For three years she studied acting during the day and stripped in the evenings. Recalling the devotion of her fans, including grandfathers who would give her gifts after the show, she remembers this career with fondness.
. Her second film for Ikejima, Beautiful Secretary: Rip Off the Panty Hose (1997), won Sasaki the Best New Actress, Third Place award at the Pink Grand Prix
. The film was named fourth best pink release of the year.
Sasaki's acting training and experience has given her versatility in her pink film career, in which she is competent in both serious and comic roles. Her sensual and charming performance style recalls that of the classic Nikkatsu
Roman Porno Queens.
Director Sachio Kitazawa's The Horny Widow (1998) was a light erotic film starring Sasaki as the widow of a jeweler, having an affair and suffering at the hands of a rapist and blackmailer. The film became a hit in its video release, bringing Sasaki, then 31, late-comer stardom in the pink profession.
The main feature of the December 2000 issue of P*G magazine was an interview with Sasaki on the fourth anniversary of her pink film debut. Since 1994 P*G has been the leading journal on the pink film, and is the host of the Pink Grand Prix
, the major awards ceremony for the genre. Sasaki won the Best Actress award at the Pink Grand Prix for her performance in Yutaka Ikejima's Adulterous Wife's Dirty Afternoon
(2003), which was given the Silver Prize for Best Film at the ceremony.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
pink film actress and striptease performer
Striptease
A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner...
. She entered the pink film profession at the advanced age of 29, became a star in the field at 31, and won a Best Actress award for her work in this genre in 2003 at the age of 36.
Early life
Motoko Sasaki was born on February 15, 1967. She became interested in the stage in middle school, and first began acting in her high school drama club. She had an invitation to pursue the study of acting after graduation from high school, but her father believed that a girl should not attend college. Sasaki wound up working as a civil servant in the same government district as her father. She continued acting in community theaterCommunity theatre
Community theatre refers to theatrical performance made in relation to particular communities—its usage includes theatre made by, with, and for a community...
at this time, gaining acting experience in the Shingeki
Shingeki
Shingeki was the Japanese retelling of Western realist theatre during the late 19th century through to the early 20th century. Retellings included the works of Western writers such as Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, and Eugene O'Neill, and reflected the styles of Russian proscenium theatre...
style. She reports that the turning point in her life came when a traveling drama troupe visited her community. The director told her that if she were serious about acting, she would have to learn the basics at training school. 22 years of age at the time, she decided to reject the typical life of marriage and raising children, and, with 1.5 million yen saved from her salary, moved to Tokyo to pursue an acting career.
Stripping career
In Tokyo Sasaki was recruited to perform as a stripper. To cover the cost of living, Sasaki accepted the job. Since she had never seen a strip show, she attended a performance in UenoUeno, Tokyo
is a district in Tokyo's Taitō Ward, best known as the home of Ueno Station and Ueno Park. Ueno is also home to some of Tokyo's finest cultural sites, including the Tokyo National Museum, the National Museum of Western Art, and the National Science Museum, as well as a major public concert hall...
. By the end of the performance she had determined to look at the experience as a form of "training school" in dialogue-free body acting. Performing four times a day for a relatively modest 20 million yen a month, Sasaki feels she could have made more money at a hostess bar. But Sasaki stuck with this profession, as it did not require she have physical contact with the audience, and it allowed her to experiment and expand on her craft with each performance. She invested her earnings into her wardrobe and put effort into her interpretations of the songs to which she danced. For three years she studied acting during the day and stripped in the evenings. Recalling the devotion of her fans, including grandfathers who would give her gifts after the show, she remembers this career with fondness.
Film career
Sasaki made her pink film debut in 1996 at the unusually advanced age of 29. She later joked that since young actresses are not abundant in pink films, she felt confident in her new line of work. Sasaki's first film was , directed by respected pink film veteran actor-director Yutaka IkejimaYutaka Ikejima
is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the...
. Her second film for Ikejima, Beautiful Secretary: Rip Off the Panty Hose (1997), won Sasaki the Best New Actress, Third Place award 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....
. The film was named fourth best pink release of the year.
Sasaki's acting training and experience has given her versatility in her pink film career, in which she is competent in both serious and comic roles. Her sensual and charming performance style recalls that of the classic Nikkatsu
Nikkatsu
is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...
Roman Porno Queens.
Director Sachio Kitazawa's The Horny Widow (1998) was a light erotic film starring Sasaki as the widow of a jeweler, having an affair and suffering at the hands of a rapist and blackmailer. The film became a hit in its video release, bringing Sasaki, then 31, late-comer stardom in the pink profession.
The main feature of the December 2000 issue of P*G magazine was an interview with Sasaki on the fourth anniversary of her pink film debut. Since 1994 P*G has been the leading journal on the pink film, and is the host of 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....
, the major awards ceremony for the genre. Sasaki won the Best Actress award at the Pink Grand Prix for her performance in Yutaka Ikejima's Adulterous Wife's Dirty Afternoon
Adulterous Wife's Dirty Afternoon
is a 2003 Japanese Pink film directed by Yutaka Ikejima. It won the Silver Prize at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony. Star Motoko Sasaki was also given the Best Actress award.-Notes:...
(2003), which was given the Silver Prize for Best Film at the ceremony.
Films
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Kōshoku joruizukan: oishii hitozuma |
1996-12-27 | Yutaka Ikejima Yutaka Ikejima is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the... |
Cement Match Shintōhō |
59 min. Sasaki's debut With Satomi Shinozaki |
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| Beautiful Secretary: Rip Off the Panty Hose Bijinhisho: pansuto wo hagu |
1997-02-17 | Yutaka Ikejima Yutaka Ikejima is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the... |
Cement Match 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... |
60 min. Sasaki: Best New Actress, 3rd Place 4th Best Film, 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.... |
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| The Horny Widow Sukimono mofukuzuma: nureta shonanoka |
1998-06-26 | Sachio Kitazawa | Iizumi Productions Shintōhō |
60 min. A hit in video release |
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| A Widow at the Inn - Hot Spring Innkeeper Mibōjin yokan: shitagaru waka okami |
1999-08-13 | Akira Fukamachi | Shintōhō | 57 min. With Satomi Shinozaki |
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| Housekeeper Wife/Breathless Affair Hitozuma kaseifu: jōji no aegi |
2000-09-29 | Takuaki Higuchi | Shintōhō | 61 min. | |
| Pink Salon Hospital 4: Naked Nurses Pinsaro byōin fō: nōpan kango |
2001-08-07 | Chise Matoba Sachi Hamano aka and , is a Japanese film director. She is the most prolific and written-about female pink film director.-Life and career:Sachi Hamano was born as Sachiko Suzuki in Tokushima Prefecture on March 19, 1948. While in high school, Hamano decided she wanted to become a film director... (Sachi Hamano) |
Tantansha Shintōhō |
59 min. With Nene Mochizuki and Kyōko Kazama Kyōko Kazama is a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She has appeared in award-winning pink films, and was herself given a "Best Supporting Actress" award in two successive years for her work in this genre in 2006 and 2007.-Life and career:... |
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| Over-Thirty Alumnus Association Misojidō sōkai: hame o hazuse |
2001-11-17 | Kazue Nakamura | Cine Ark Exces |
60 min. 10th Best Film, 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.... |
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Mesukanbō: kegasareta hitozuma |
2002-01-26 | Yoshikazu Katō Yoshikazu Katō is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.-Life and career:Yoshikazu Katō was born in Kyoto in 1972, and became a fan of the pink film while still in junior high school. He graduated from the Nikkatsu Visual Arts Academy in 1993, and began working in the film industry in 1995... |
Katō Film Studio 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... |
60 min. Yoshikazu Katō Yoshikazu Katō is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.-Life and career:Yoshikazu Katō was born in Kyoto in 1972, and became a fan of the pink film while still in junior high school. He graduated from the Nikkatsu Visual Arts Academy in 1993, and began working in the film industry in 1995... 's directorial debut With Kyōko Kazama Kyōko Kazama is a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She has appeared in award-winning pink films, and was herself given a "Best Supporting Actress" award in two successive years for her work in this genre in 2006 and 2007.-Life and career:... and Yumika Hayashi Yumika Hayashi was a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She earned the title of "Japan's Original Adult Video Queen" during a 16-year career in which she starred in nearly 200 AVs and appeared in over 180 films... |
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| Shameless Family Harenchi*famirii |
2002-03-01 | Mitsuru Meike Mitsuru Meike is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the group of prominent pink film directors known collectively as the .-Life and career:... |
Kokuei Shintōhō |
65 min. Best Director, Best Actor 2nd Place, & Fifth Best Film, 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.... |
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| Married Women's Boutique Hitozuma butikku: furinna mashitagi |
2002-06-28 | Hajime Satō | Shintōhō | 62 min. Director Satō's debut With Satomi Shinozaki |
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| Adulterous Wife's Dirty Afternoon Adulterous Wife's Dirty Afternoon is a 2003 Japanese Pink film directed by Yutaka Ikejima. It won the Silver Prize at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony. Star Motoko Sasaki was also given the Best Actress award.-Notes:... Furin-zuma no midara na gogo |
2003-09-29 | Yutaka Ikejima Yutaka Ikejima is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the... |
Cement Match 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... |
Sasaki: Best Actress 2nd Best Film, 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.... With Yutaka Ikejima Yutaka Ikejima is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the... |
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| Huge Tits G-Cup: Rapturous Valley Bakunyū G kappu: torokeru tanima |
2005-06-02 | Tarō Araki Tarō Araki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:... |
Tarō Productions 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... |
60 min. Silver prize, Pinky Ribbon Awards Pinky Ribbon Awards The are a Japanese cinema awards ceremony which recognizes excellence in the pink film genre. The award is held by , a Kansai region paper covering the pink film industry. Readers of the paper elect the winners of the awards, which have been held annually since 2004. Honors go to the best three... |
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| Company President's Secretary: Hunting Big Tit Sexual Harassment Company President's Secretary: Hunting Big Tit Sexual Harassment is a 2007 Japanese pink film written and directed by Kuninori Yamazaki. It won the award for Sixth Best Film at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony and lead actor Yutaka Ikejima was named Best Actor.-Synopsis:... Shachō Hisho: Kyonyū Sekuharakari |
2007-06-22 | Kuninori Yamazaki | Tantansha 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... |
60 min. Sixth Best Film Best Actor: Yutaka Ikejima Yutaka Ikejima is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned 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.... With Yumi Yoshiyuki Yumi Yoshiyuki is a Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the pink film genre.-Life and career:While studying economics at Dokkyo University, Yoshiyuki developed a love of film. She debuted as an actress in the pink film genre in 1993 in director Toshiki Satō's... and Tarō Araki Tarō Araki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:... |
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