Sakura Sakurada
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is a Japanese actress, model and adult video (AV) star who has also used the name for still photo shoots. Her long and prolific career and international recognition mark her as an AV Idol
.
has described Sakura Sakurada as having "a fantastic body - lithe, but totally buxom." Making her AV debut in 2003, Sakurada became known for starring in so-called "uncensored movies" i.e. the genitalia are not pixilated
to disguise them. This technique, known as "fogging
," or "mosaic" is used in most Japanese porn movies. Sakurada has appeared in about 40 original "uncensored movies" in her career but that figure has been greatly magnified by numerous re-releases, compilations and online pay-per-view and streaming versions.
Besides performing in numerous films in the more common genres, such as bukkake, gokkun
, naka-dashi
, sex in public, and erotic cosplay
, Sakurada has also performed in several unusual projects. Among these, she has taken part in a number of fetish productions (primarily for Giga in 2003 and 2004). featuring scat
and omorashi
(watersports). In one video for Natural High (Hot Horny Shemales Fucking Crazy) her costars were two transsexual woman actresses. She has also made a video (Mother-Daughter Rice Bowl) with an actress, Satsuki Sakurada, who is identified as her mother and who also performs. In a second video (see Incest Chapter released 2004-11-01 in the Filmography) they appear only in separate scenes. In addition, she has appeared in one film (The Dog Game) involving rape and a scene of bestiality.
themes, including the Les Noir series and others for Attackers
. In these videos, she often appears as the older woman dominating younger girls or men. For most of her career, Sakurada has been a freelance performer not connected with any one studio, but since early 2006, she has been closely associated with the video producer Cross
. In March 2008 she made her debut with them as a director in the DVD The Maniac Lesbians' Filming Party.
Sakurada's other recent activity has been for the new label Zeus, a division of Giga, the studio for which she did a number of fetish videos early in her career. Zeus specializes in fetish material including Heroine torture, scat
, enemas, and omorashi
. She has starred in two of their videos, Sadi-Scream Vol. 4 and Heroine Cruel Story Vol. 7 which indulge in torture, gore and copious amounts of fake blood, with little or no sex content. Additionally, she has also played minor non-sex, non-scat roles in several other Zeus videos in 2008, especially in their "Heroine Excretion Hell" series. Otherwise, her appearances as an actress in 2008 and 2009 were very limited and mostly in lesbian roles. In January 2010, Sakurada made four FemDom
videos for the PlanetPlus studio under their Antares label.
and theatrical Pink film. In three of her softcore films, she worked with noted Japanese erotic and horror film director Naoyuki Tomomatsu
and in another with cult horror and science-fiction director Daisuke Yamanouchi (山内大輔). In December 2005, Sakurada was cited in an article on AV idol-blog
gers as a member of that group.
Sakurada demonstrated her singing abilities in the Cross
hardcore video 3 Days Recording Training Camp with AV Actress Rock Band (2006). The plot involves the training of an all-girl rock band "The Skinless" and finishes with the four actresses performing a music video of a song "Body and Soul" with lyrics and vocals by Sakura Sakurada.
uses a fictionalized Sakurada as a character in his 2007 novel, The 47th Samurai. The character "Sakura" appears in Hunter's novel while filming the video Woman Teacher in Black Sakura, one of the real-life Sakurada's works. Hunter knows Sakurada's work well enough to make reference to the gap in her front teeth in her early videos which disappeared in later appearances. In the acknowledgements section of the novel, he also acknowledges Sakurada as one of his muses.
In another instance of Sakurada's popularity in the United States, her video Sakura's Squirt Tunnel Adventures (released in the US by Oriental Dream Pictures) was nominated in the category "Best Ethnic-Themed Release, Asian" at the 2008 Annual AVN Awards Show in Las Vegas, Nevada
.
NOTE: In addition to the videos listed in the Filmography, Sakurada also appeared in minor, non-sex roles in a number of films for the Giga Zeus label as listed below. All are censored and they range in length from 60 to 85 minutes.
2007-11-23 New Omorashi Story Vol. 3 - [JMRD-03] (Starring Fuuka Nanasaki)
2007-11-23 New Unko-Omorashi Vol. 4 -
[JZBD-04] (Starring Ami Kawashima & Anri Hiramatsu)
2007-12-21 New Omorashi Story Vol. 4 -
[JMRD-04] (Starring Mitsuna Sahara)
2008-02-08 Heroine Cruel Story Vol. 3 - [JHZD-03] (Starring Aika Miyazaki)
2008-02-22 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 7 -
[JHHD-07] (Starring Saki Ogasawara)
2008-03-14 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 8 -
[JHHD-08] (Starring Ako Shiina)
2008-03-28 Heroine Cruel Story Vol. 4 -
[JHZD-04] (Starring Aya Natsuki)
2008-04-11 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 9 -
[JHHD-09] (Starring Shiho)
2008-04-25 New Omorashi Story Vol. 8 - [JMRD-08] (Starring Ayaka Shirai)
2008-05-09 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 11 - [JHHD-11] (Starring Sakura Aragaki)
2008-05-09 New Unko-Omorashi Vol. 9 - [JZBD-09] (Starring Marin Izumi & Rumi Asakawa)
2008-06-27 New Unko-Omorashi Vol. 10 -
[JZBD-10] (Starring Shizuku & Sayaka Minami)
2008-07-25 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 12 - [JHHD-12] (Starring Nana Takeshita)
2008-08-08 Heroine Cruel Story Vol. 9 - [JHZD-09] (Starring Yuzuna Asano)
2008-08-22 Cabin Attendant Excretion Hell - [JDSD-04] (Starring Biki Nakahara)
2009-01-09 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 17 - [JHHD-17] (Starring Yuuka Naoe)
2009-04-24 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 19 - [JHHD-19] (Starring Aiko Nagai)
2009-05-08 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 20 - [JHHD-20] (Starring Shino Nakamura)
2009-08-28 Heroine Haisetsu Tōbatsu 02 - [JHTD-02]
2009-09-11 The Inferno of Assumption and Excretion - [JDSD-10]
DIGITAL BOOKS in Keyring PDF format (a proprietary format for Digital Rights Management). All 32 pages long. Published by Graphis Press.
AV Idol
An AV idol is a Japanese idol who works in the pornographic business, often both as an actress as well as a model as the video performances have a wide range, from just the idol strolling around their house doing chores in bikinis to hardcore porn...
.
Early career - "Uncensored Movies"
Adult Video NewsAVN (magazine)
Adult Video News is an American trade journal that covers the adult video industry. The New York Times notes that AVN is to pornographic films what Billboard is to records...
has described Sakura Sakurada as having "a fantastic body - lithe, but totally buxom." Making her AV debut in 2003, Sakurada became known for starring in so-called "uncensored movies" i.e. the genitalia are not pixilated
Pixelization
Pixelization is a video- and image-editing technique in which an image is blurred by displaying part or all of it at a markedly lower resolution. It is primarily used for censorship...
to disguise them. This technique, known as "fogging
Fogging (censorship)
Fogging is a type of visual censorship. An area for a picture or movie is blurred to obscure it from sight. This form of censorship is used for sexually related images/scenes, hiding genitals, pubic hair, or sexual penetration of any sort. Pixelization is a form of fogging...
," or "mosaic" is used in most Japanese porn movies. Sakurada has appeared in about 40 original "uncensored movies" in her career but that figure has been greatly magnified by numerous re-releases, compilations and online pay-per-view and streaming versions.
Besides performing in numerous films in the more common genres, such as bukkake, gokkun
Gokkun
is a Japanese term for a sexual activity in which a woman consumes the semen of one or more men. It also refers to the sexual act of swallowing semen after performing fellatio or participating in a bukkake...
, naka-dashi
Creampie (sexual act)
Creampie, also known as internal ejaculation, internal cum shot and, in gay contexts, as breeding, is a term used in pornography to describe when a male ejaculates inside his partner's anus or vagina. The term also refers to the visible seeping or dripping of semen from the vagina...
, sex in public, and erotic cosplay
Cosplay
, short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction...
, Sakurada has also performed in several unusual projects. Among these, she has taken part in a number of fetish productions (primarily for Giga in 2003 and 2004). featuring scat
Scat
-Education:* School and College Ability Test* Somerset College of Arts and Technology, a community college in Somerset, England* Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology, a community college in Shropshire, England-Games:* Thirty-one , a card game...
and omorashi
Omorashi
is a fetish subculture recognized predominantly in Japan, in which participants experience arousal from having a full bladder or a sexual attraction to someone else experiencing the feeling of a full urinary bladder. Outside of Japan, it is not usually identified separately from urolagnia , though...
(watersports). In one video for Natural High (Hot Horny Shemales Fucking Crazy) her costars were two transsexual woman actresses. She has also made a video (Mother-Daughter Rice Bowl) with an actress, Satsuki Sakurada, who is identified as her mother and who also performs. In a second video (see Incest Chapter released 2004-11-01 in the Filmography) they appear only in separate scenes. In addition, she has appeared in one film (The Dog Game) involving rape and a scene of bestiality.
Later career
After a brief retirement in mid-2005, she returned to the adult video scene but from that point appeared almost exclusively in "censored" movies - she has not done an original "uncensored" video since late 2005. Many of her movies since then have been lesbian oriented and several have had Sadomasochism and Bondage (BDSM)Bondage (BDSM)
Bondage is the use of restraints for the sexual pleasure of the parties involved. It may be used in its own right, as in the case of rope bondage and breast bondage, or as part of sexual activity or BDSM activity.- Private bondage :...
themes, including the Les Noir series and others for Attackers
Attackers
is a Japanese adult video production company located in Tokyo, Japan.-Company information:Attackers started as an independent studio but is now one of the companies that make up the large AV group, the Hokuto Corporation, which distributes Attackers video products through their DMM website...
. In these videos, she often appears as the older woman dominating younger girls or men. For most of her career, Sakurada has been a freelance performer not connected with any one studio, but since early 2006, she has been closely associated with the video producer Cross
Cross (studio)
is a Japanese adult video studio located in Tokyo at the Ebisu Garden Place Tower.-Company information:Cross was founded by directors Matsushima Cross and Innjean Koga in late 2005, the event being announced at a press conference at a club in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on October 19, 2005...
. In March 2008 she made her debut with them as a director in the DVD The Maniac Lesbians' Filming Party.
Sakurada's other recent activity has been for the new label Zeus, a division of Giga, the studio for which she did a number of fetish videos early in her career. Zeus specializes in fetish material including Heroine torture, scat
Scat
-Education:* School and College Ability Test* Somerset College of Arts and Technology, a community college in Somerset, England* Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology, a community college in Shropshire, England-Games:* Thirty-one , a card game...
, enemas, and omorashi
Omorashi
is a fetish subculture recognized predominantly in Japan, in which participants experience arousal from having a full bladder or a sexual attraction to someone else experiencing the feeling of a full urinary bladder. Outside of Japan, it is not usually identified separately from urolagnia , though...
. She has starred in two of their videos, Sadi-Scream Vol. 4 and Heroine Cruel Story Vol. 7 which indulge in torture, gore and copious amounts of fake blood, with little or no sex content. Additionally, she has also played minor non-sex, non-scat roles in several other Zeus videos in 2008, especially in their "Heroine Excretion Hell" series. Otherwise, her appearances as an actress in 2008 and 2009 were very limited and mostly in lesbian roles. In January 2010, Sakurada made four FemDom
Female dominance
Female dominance is those BDSM relationships and BDSM scenes in which the dominant partner is female. Often a dominant woman, she may prefer to be called a Domme , Femdomme, Domina, or Dominatrix, depending on context or personal preference...
videos for the PlanetPlus studio under their Antares label.
Other activities
In addition to her hardcore career, Sakurada has also acted in a number of softcore films, including starring in direct-to-video V-CinemaV-Cinema
Japanese is the direct-to-video industry that appeared in Japan in the 1980s. The term is a trademark of Toei Company but is widely used in the West to describe any Japanese direct-to-video release. In Japan the term used is...
and theatrical Pink film. In three of her softcore films, she worked with noted Japanese erotic and horror film director 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...
and in another with cult horror and science-fiction director Daisuke Yamanouchi (山内大輔). In December 2005, Sakurada was cited in an article on AV idol-blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
gers as a member of that group.
Sakurada demonstrated her singing abilities in the Cross
Cross (studio)
is a Japanese adult video studio located in Tokyo at the Ebisu Garden Place Tower.-Company information:Cross was founded by directors Matsushima Cross and Innjean Koga in late 2005, the event being announced at a press conference at a club in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on October 19, 2005...
hardcore video 3 Days Recording Training Camp with AV Actress Rock Band (2006). The plot involves the training of an all-girl rock band "The Skinless" and finishes with the four actresses performing a music video of a song "Body and Soul" with lyrics and vocals by Sakura Sakurada.
Popularity and recognition
It is a measure of the fame that her uncensored movies have brought her in countries outside of Japan that author Stephen HunterStephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter is an American novelist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic.-Life and career:Stephen Hunter was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in Evanston, Illinois. His father was Charles Francis Hunter, a Northwestern University speech professor who was killed in 1975....
uses a fictionalized Sakurada as a character in his 2007 novel, The 47th Samurai. The character "Sakura" appears in Hunter's novel while filming the video Woman Teacher in Black Sakura, one of the real-life Sakurada's works. Hunter knows Sakurada's work well enough to make reference to the gap in her front teeth in her early videos which disappeared in later appearances. In the acknowledgements section of the novel, he also acknowledges Sakurada as one of his muses.
In another instance of Sakurada's popularity in the United States, her video Sakura's Squirt Tunnel Adventures (released in the US by Oriental Dream Pictures) was nominated in the category "Best Ethnic-Themed Release, Asian" at the 2008 Annual AVN Awards Show in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
.
Filmography
- See Sakura Sakurada filmographySakura Sakurada filmographyThis page contains the adult video filmography of the Japanese AV idol Sakura Sakurada. See the main article for V-Cinema and pink film appearances by this actress.-Adult videos :...
for adult videos (AV) by this actress.
NOTE: In addition to the videos listed in the Filmography, Sakurada also appeared in minor, non-sex roles in a number of films for the Giga Zeus label as listed below. All are censored and they range in length from 60 to 85 minutes.
2007-11-23 New Omorashi Story Vol. 3 - [JMRD-03] (Starring Fuuka Nanasaki)
2007-11-23 New Unko-Omorashi Vol. 4 -
[JZBD-04] (Starring Ami Kawashima & Anri Hiramatsu)
2007-12-21 New Omorashi Story Vol. 4 -
[JMRD-04] (Starring Mitsuna Sahara)
2008-02-08 Heroine Cruel Story Vol. 3 - [JHZD-03] (Starring Aika Miyazaki)
2008-02-22 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 7 -
[JHHD-07] (Starring Saki Ogasawara)
2008-03-14 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 8 -
[JHHD-08] (Starring Ako Shiina)
2008-03-28 Heroine Cruel Story Vol. 4 -
[JHZD-04] (Starring Aya Natsuki)
2008-04-11 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 9 -
[JHHD-09] (Starring Shiho)
2008-04-25 New Omorashi Story Vol. 8 - [JMRD-08] (Starring Ayaka Shirai)
2008-05-09 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 11 - [JHHD-11] (Starring Sakura Aragaki)
2008-05-09 New Unko-Omorashi Vol. 9 - [JZBD-09] (Starring Marin Izumi & Rumi Asakawa)
2008-06-27 New Unko-Omorashi Vol. 10 -
[JZBD-10] (Starring Shizuku & Sayaka Minami)
2008-07-25 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 12 - [JHHD-12] (Starring Nana Takeshita)
2008-08-08 Heroine Cruel Story Vol. 9 - [JHZD-09] (Starring Yuzuna Asano)
2008-08-22 Cabin Attendant Excretion Hell - [JDSD-04] (Starring Biki Nakahara)
2009-01-09 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 17 - [JHHD-17] (Starring Yuuka Naoe)
2009-04-24 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 19 - [JHHD-19] (Starring Aiko Nagai)
2009-05-08 Heroine Excretion Hell Vol. 20 - [JHHD-20] (Starring Shino Nakamura)
2009-08-28 Heroine Haisetsu Tōbatsu 02 - [JHTD-02]
2009-09-11 The Inferno of Assumption and Excretion - [JDSD-10]
V-Cinema
| Release date | Video title | Duration | Label | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-03-20 | Youth Movie 12 - First 7 Days of Mourning |
70 min | D.C. Holdings XMDV-012 | Daisuke Yamanouchi | With Manami Ogawa & 4 others |
| 2006-09-06 | My Sister's Secret |
73 min | NeoLips NEOD-029 | 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... |
With Maho Sawai |
| 2006-12-22 | Molestation Syndrome |
74 min | TMC Midnight DMNR-071 | Matsuru Natsukawa, Tomoya Kanda & Yoshio Akiyama | (Anth.) With Kaoruko Wakaba & Yuka Ebina |
| 2007-01-25 | Fall Victim to Hungry Spy Photo Buff |
60 min | Comma Vision CHRD-006 | Teruo Ozawa | With Jun Katori, Wataru Narita, Masato Huziki & Azuma Yamamoto Produced 2005 |
| 2008-05-09 | Hyper Sexy Heroine Cyber Solder Etoile |
70 min | Zen Pictures CGAD-17 | Motoharu Takauji | Starring Yuri Yoshida & Kae Yamaura |
| 2009-03-06 | Young Wife Sex Mania Extreme Pleasure |
62 min | Interfilm IFD-113 | 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... |
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:... & Shun Kando |
Pink film
Source- Zetsurin Gifu: Shonanoka no Mofuku Gibo — Director: Daisuke Yamanouchi (Office House / Xces) 2005-02-04
- 近所の人妻 熟れた白昼不倫 — Director: Tarō ArakiTarō Arakiis 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:...
(Producer: OP EigaOP 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...
) June, 2007 - ザ・スワップ 新妻絶淫調教 — Director: Naoyuki TomomatsuNaoyuki Tomomatsuis 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...
(Shintoho) July, 2007 - キャバクラ嬢 しぼり出す指先 — Director: Tarō Araki (Producer: OP EigaOP 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...
) September, 2007 - 不倫航海 人妻みだら貝 — Director: Tarō Araki (Producer: OP EigaOP 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...
) December, 2007 - Hitozuma Kyōshi: Reipu Momi Shigoku — Director: Taikei Shimizu (Taikei Office / OP EigaOP 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...
) 2010-01-22
Photobooks
- Grazie! (グラッチェ！) — June 2003 (52 pages)
DIGITAL BOOKS in Keyring PDF format (a proprietary format for Digital Rights Management). All 32 pages long. Published by Graphis Press.
- 初脱ぎ娘！松井さくら Vol.1 (First Time Stripping Girl! Sakura Matsui Vol. 1) - 5-27-2004
- 初脱ぎ娘！松井さくら Vol.2 (First Time Stripping Girl! Sakura Matsui Vol. 2) - 8-31-2004
- 初脱ぎ娘！松井さくら Vol.3 (First Time Stripping Girl! Sakura Matsui Vol. 3) - 10-11-2004
- 初脱ぎ娘！松井さくら Vol.4 (First Time Stripping Girl! Sakura Matsui Vol. 4) - 11-16-2004
- 初脱ぎ娘！松井さくら Vol.5 (First Time Stripping Girl! Sakura Matsui Vol. 5) - 11-30-2004
External links
- Actress Index : Sakura Sakurada at Skyhigh Entertainment
- Picture Gallery (Sakurada Sakura: Moodyz profile and filmography)|accessdate=2008-03-20|publisher=MoodyzMoodyz, formerly known as Mr. President, is one of Japan's largest adult video producers, featuring an extensive catalog of video titles.-Company information:...
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