Bunko Kanazawa

weight= ] [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=MDS004|title="Tough Adolescence"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] Speaking of videos such as this one, which required a degree of acting, Kanazawa commented that she does not consider herself a good actress. She says that she especially has difficulty with a leading role and with adlibbing. "Obscene Model" (August 1999) was another video in which Kanazawa had to use her acting abilities. She played the role of a race queen who seduces her sponsor and her cameraman. This video also included a scene in which the actress visits a man's home—an amateur—and performs for him. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=KA1938|title="Obscene Model"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] Kanazawa was still with the Cosmos Plan label for her one-year anniversary video, "Platinum Fuck" (September 1998). [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=IH31|title="Platinum FUCK"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English]

VCDs and DVDs

In addition to videos and DVDs, Kanazawa released several works in the VCD format. She initiated a four-volume "Special Edition" VCD set in December 1997. All of these releases contained selections from Kanazawa's videos and images in the .BMP format. The first VCD "SUPER BEST" in this series had highlights of Kanazawa's debut and scenes from "Tough Adolescence". [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=MVC019|title="SUPER BEST"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] Her second "Special Edition" VCD, "Kanabun's Feel", released in May 1998, was a similar collection of scenes from three of Kanazawa's previous releases. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=MVC024|title="Kanabun's feel"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] The "Special Edition" series continued in September 1998 with the release of "Kanabun Typhoon Going North", which had highlights from four of her videos. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=MVC028|title="Kanabun Typhoon Going North"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] A fourth volume in the series was released one year later, in September 1999, due to popular demand. This one also featured highlights from four previously released videos, as well as behind-the-scenes images. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=MVC045|title="Bunko Kanazawa Best 4"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English]

Kanazawa's first DVD release was a reissue of her debut video. Much was made of the visual clarity of the still new medium in advertising the release. It was claimed that the picture was so clear, Kanazawa's pubic hair (the display of which was banned by Japanese censorship laws), could be seen. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=MDS002|title="18 Years Old"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English]

Fetish videos

Kanazawa has also appeared in several fetish films focusing on particular sub-genres of the AV industry. Her January 1999 entry in Alice Japan's popular nihongo|"Female Ass"|女尻|Meijiri series focuses on various manipulations of the actress's posterior, and includes scenes with panties and lotion. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=KA1912|title="Female Ass"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=DV010|title="Female Ass" (DVD)|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] "Inhumanity" focused on sexual violence, with the actress beaten up, raped and forced to perform fellatio. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=DV024|title="Inhumanity" (DVD)|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] Max-A's "Erotic Opening" series, which focuses on fellatio, featured Kanazawa in its March 1999 video. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=XS2162|title="Erotic Opening"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] "Fetish Virgin III" had the camera fetishistically centering on individual parts of the actress's body. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=XS2164|title="Fetish Virgin III"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] A self-titled DVD from September 1999 was a similar work for body-part fetishists. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=XV003|title="Bunko Kanazawa"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] In September 1999, Max-A chose to star Bunko Kanazawa in the first video in the revival of its popular "Confined Bodydolls". Entitled "The Confined Bodydolls: Bunko Goes Wild" the video had Kanazawa in bondage on stage. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=XS2171|title="The Confined Bodydolls"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English]

In magazine shoots, Kanazawa often appears dressed as a schoolgirl. Her first video to make use of this common theme in Japanese erotica was "Uniform Indecent Doctrine", released in October 1998. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=IH35|title="Uniform Indecent Doctrine"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] Her appearance in Atlas's popular "NEO Bloody Uniform Connection" series—the 51st video in that series—again had Kanazawa in the uniform of a high school girl. In addition, this "cosplay"-themed video had Kanazawa wearing the costumes of a nurse, an elevator girl, and a policewoman in a miniskirt. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=9A054|title="NEO Bloody Uniform Connection 51"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English]

Autobiographical videos

"Legend Of An AV Idol" (February 1999) was Kanazawa's first video for Atlas. This release focused on Kanazawa's career and stories of how she reached the number one spot in the Japanese AV industry. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=9A022|title="Legend Of An AV Idol"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] For Alice Japan, Kanazawa made a two-volume "Self-Portrait" series. These videos had the actress photographing herself in private moments, and engaging in sex. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=KA1922|title="Self-Portrait #2"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=DC074|title="Self-Portrait #2" (VCD)|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] In 2004, Kanazawa's career was the subject of a five-volume retrospective "Memorial" series from Cosmos Plan.

Though Kanazawa dislikes airplane travel, she enjoys filming in overseas locations such as Bali Her July 1998 release, "Misfire Erotica", was filmed in Hong Kong. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=IH20|title="Misfire Erotica"|accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English]

Later career

Sometime in 2005, Kanazawa started making uncensored movies for a studio/website called Tora Tora Tora. [cite web |url=http://www16.suppa.jp/toratoratora.html|title=大物AV女優がたくさんTORATORATORA・虎虎虎.紹介ページ (Many great AV actresses/Tora Tora Tora page)|accessdate=2007-08-02|language=Japanese|publisher= [http://www16.suppa.jp/ www16.suppa.jp] |quote=金沢文子、鈴木麻奈美、灘ジュンをはじめとする大物AV女優は勿論...]

Partial filmography

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External links

* [http://www.graphix.ne.jp/kanabun/index.html Official fan site] – Contains nudity
* [http://www.ionpromotion.net/blog/kanazawa/ Bunko Kanazawa's blog]
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