Mayu Asada

Mayu Asada
Born	June 26, 1975[1] Shizuoka, Japan
Ethnicity	Japanese
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)

Mayu Asada (麻田真夕 Asada Mayu) is a Japanese actress best known for her appearances in pink films. She has appeared in award-winning pink films, and was given a "Best Actress" award for her work in this genre of theatrical softcore pornography in 2004.

Life and career

Mayu Asada was born on June 26, 1975 in Shizuoka, Japan.^[1] She was not originally a fan of the softcore pink film genre, considering them to be "dark and terrifying". After a friend introduced her to these theatrically released films, she lost her apprehension of them.^[2] She later told reporters that she hoped for women to become a part of the pink films audience. "I know men are seeing them because of their sexual interest," she said, "but even women must not dislike them."^[2]

Toshirō Enomoto's Groper Train (2001, released theatrically in Japan as Molester Train: Touch and Surprise, and on video as Summer of Listening Carefully) was chosen as the Best Film, 3rd place at the Pink Grand Prix.^[3] It represented the pink film genre to South Korea at that country's Pink Film Festival Korea in 2007.^[4] Reversing the usual format of the "Groper Train" series, Asada plays the role of a female groper and pickpocket who intrudes on the life of her male victim.^[4] In his Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema, Jasper Sharp writes that Asada gives the "lightweight, though intricately plotted, romantic-comedy scenario" a "sparky performance".^[5] For her work in the film, Asada was awarded Best New Actress, third place at the Pink Grand Prix.^[3]

After having appeared in seven pink films, Asada reported that she had pride in her work. "Many theater audiences give me various impressions. They see movies as important productions, and I feel I am doing something worthwhile."^[6] She appeared in episodes 9 and 12 of the NHK network evening drama もっと恋セヨ乙女　SEARCHING FOR HER HAPPINESS (2002–04).^[7] She later performed the voice of the character Natsumi Iriya, leader of the Sabel Tigers team in the 2006 TV Tokyo / TV Aichi anime series Air Gear.

In 2004 Asada starred in director Tarō Araki's Housekeeper with Beautiful Skin: Made Wet with Finger Torture, which won the Best Film, Silver Prize award at the Pink Grand Prix. Writer-director-actress Yumi Yoshiyuki was also given the award for Best Screenplay for the film.^[8] At the first of the Kansai region Pinky Ribbon Awards, the film won the Gold Prize, and Asada was named Best Actress at the ceremony.^[9]

Partial filmography

Films

Title[10]	Release date	Director	Studio	Notes
飛ぶは天国、もぐるが地獄	1999-10-23	Kōji Wakamatsu	Wakamatsu Productions	70 min.
Groper Train 痴漢電車　さわってビックリ！ Chikan densha: sawatte bikkuri!	2001-08-31	Toshirō Enomoto	Shintōhō Eiga	63 min. Best Film, 3rd Place Asada, Best New Actress, 3rd Place: Pink Grand Prix[3]
人妻出会い系サイト　夫の知らない妻の性癖 Hitozuma deaikei saito: otto no shiranai tsuma no seiheki	2002-08-30	Toshirō Enomoto	Shintōhō Eiga	63 min. Best Film, 4th Place: Pink Grand Prix[11]
寝乱れ襦袢　夫の帰る前に・・・ Nemidare gibo: otto no kaeru maeni...	2003-07-18	Futoshi Sakamoto	Film House Xces	60 min.
Housekeeper with Beautiful Skin: Made Wet with Finger Torture 美肌家政婦　指責め濡らして Mihada kaseifu: yubizemenurashite	2004-03-01	Tarō Araki	Tarō Productions OP Eiga	60 min. Best Film, 2nd Place, and Best Screenplay: Pink Grand Prix[8] Gold Prize: Pinky Ribbon Awards[9]
食堂のお姉さん　淫乱にじみ汁 Shokudō no o neesan inran ni jimi jiru	2004-09-06	Tarō Araki	Tarō Productions	60 min. Pearl Prize: Prize: Pinky Ribbon Awards[9] With Kyōko Kazama
官能病棟　濡れた赤い唇＜ｋｕｃｈｉｓａｋｅ　口裂け＞ Kannō byōtō: nureta akai kuchibiru: kuchisake	2005-01-28	Takumyō Hashiguchi	Shintōhō Eiga	63 min. With Minami Aoyama, Lemon Hanazawa, Kyōko Kazama, and Hotaru Hazuki
姉妹　淫乱な密戯 Shimai: inranna mitsugi	2006-02-28	Toshirō Enomoto	Kokuei Shintōhō Eiga	64 min.
Three Naked Sisters: Lewdness 裸の三姉妹　淫交 Hadaka no Sanshimai: Inkō	2006-03-31	Yasufumi Tanaka	Shintōhō Eiga	61 min. Best Film, 10th Place and Best New Director: Pink Grand Prix[12] Pearl Prize: Prize: Pinky Ribbon Awards[9] With Sakurako Kaoru and Yumi Yoshiyuki
悶絶　ほとばしる愛欲 Monzetsu: hotobashiru aiyoku	2006-10-27	Toshirō Enomoto	Kokuei Shintōhō Eiga	64 min.
Passions of a Private Secretary[13]	2006-10-27	Yutaka ÅŒgi		87 min. Based on Oniroku Dan's writings.

V-cinema

Title	Release date	Director	Studio	Notes
淫・殺　Ｏｙｕ	1999-07-23	Futoshi Sakamoto	Engel	68 min.
淫察クリニック	2000-04-21	Hisaaki Nagaoka	Museum	70 min.
女医　Ｓｏｍｅｂｏｄｙ　ｉｓ　ｄｅｅｐｉｎｓｉｄｅ　ｍｅ	2000-05-25	Hito Yūnori	Engel	70 min. With Yōko Satomi
セクサピスト　魔性の本能	2000-07-22	与舞平良	TMC	75 min.
コレクター　囚われの女	2000-09-21	Hisaaki Nagaoka	Museum	77 min.
恋愛ピアノ教師　月光の戯れ	2001-06-22	Takushō Tsunemoto	TMC	78 min.
快速痴漢電車　いやらしい指先	2002-03-08	Toshirō Enomoto	InterFilm	62 min.
昼下がりの人妻　妻の言い訳	2002-10-04	Toshirō Enomoto	Legend Pictures	64 min.
牝刑事　美少女監禁犯を追え！！	2003-07-22	Tsurō Kashihara	TMC	72 min.
火照る躰と燃えた時間　主婦の性	2003-10-10	Yūji Tajiri	Legend Pictures
極道刑事	2003-12-22	Sakichi Satō	TMC	70 min.
爆裂　パチ塔R・バトル　さすらいのギャンブラー篇	2004-01-09	Hisaaki Nagaoka	Necstacy	73 min.
飼育　大好きなあなたに	2004-06-04	Yūji Tajiri	Legend Pictures	74 min.

Bibliography

English

• Mayu Asada at AllMovie
• Mayu Asada at the Internet Movie Database

Japanese

• 麻田真夕 あさだ・まゆ (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-08-24. External link in |publisher= (help)
• "麻田真夕（あさだまゆ） (Profile and filmography)" (in Japanese). www.dmm.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-08-24. External link in |publisher= (help)
• 麻田真夕 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-08-24.

Notes

1. 麻田真夕のパーソナルデータ (in Japanese). AV Actress Database. Retrieved 2009-08-24. External link in |publisher= (help)
2. "Porn closer to mainstream". The Age. 2006-04-26. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
3. "Best Ten of 2001 (２００１年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P*G Website. Retrieved January 18, 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
4. "Groper Train". pinkeiga.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved January 18, 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
5. Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 323. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
6. Kato, Yoshihisa (2006-04-27). "Makers of soft-core porn have big dreams". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
7. "もっと恋セヨ乙女　SEARCHING FOR HER HAPPINESS" (in Japanese). tvdrama-db.com. Retrieved 2009-08-24. External link in |publisher= (help)
8. "Best Ten of 2004 (２００４年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P*G Website. Retrieved January 18, 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
9. "もろもろ告知 (Various notices)" (in Japanese). Pinky Ribbon Award site. Retrieved 2009-07-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
10. Filmography from Mayu Asada at the Internet Movie Database; 麻田真夕 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-08-24.; 麻田真夕 あさだ・まゆ (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-08-24. External link in |publisher= (help); and "Japanese Cinema Database". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
11. "Best Ten of 2002 (２００２年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P*G Website. Retrieved January 18, 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
12. "Best Ten of 2006 (２００６年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P*G Website. Retrieved January 18, 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
13. Passions of a Private Secretary at AllMovie