Ayane Suzukawa and Nozomi Hazuki - Lifting of a Ban
Part One with English Subtitles
(Continue to Part Two)

 

We generally prefer not to feature the same models so close together, but frequent visitors at ZENRA may notice it was only a few weeks ago where we showed another 4 hour title starring AYANE SUZUKAWA.  Less frequent visitors may also notice NOZOMI HAZUKI has been a steady fixture in our updates throughout this year and here she is again in today and Monday's double update.  We love her.  We also love Ayane so don't think we're opening this review with a critique of our own update pace.  Rather, for Ayane at least, since she recently retired and we still had two titles licensed, but not yet prepped, we bit the bullet and pushed both out in a relatively short span of time.

It's a whole lot of firsts for her!  First, there was gokkun.  Granted, it wasn't her first time swallowing, but it was her first swallowing such a significant number.  In LIFTING OF A BAN, she does do something novel for the first time:  have sex with a woman.  I admit to not being an AYANE SUZUKAWA uber fan, but I'm pretty sure she did not do any same-sex play before this title.  NOZOMI HAZUKI, on the other hand, has experience.  

If you're going to shoot an immense lesbian title, who better to call on than Director Byakko?  While he got his start directed heterosexual titles (and we will be showing one or two), you could tell his heart's always been in lesbian play.  What's more, Byakko *hates* toys (same as this author!).  Most of his titles I've seen by him feature two recurring themes:  innocence and hands-only play.  No extra lewd lesbians (OK, he may have done one like that, but that's it!) and no obnoxious never-ending arsenal of buzzing pleasure objects.

The fact that LIFTING OF A BAN runs 4 hours, features zero toys, and only stars two actresses in about 4 scenes is extremely daring.   I'll admit I think there were times when some scenes overstayed their welcome.  I mean there's only so much you can do and so many scenarios two women can act out on one set.  This goes double when 'prop' usage was set to a strong zero.

Still, NOZOMI was a kind and caring 'teacher' (a role she's quite good at) and AYANE, who may or may not have done lesbian before, really was magic from start to finish.  She was so darn cute and nervous at first; sweaty hands, a timid demeanor, the shakes!  NOZOMI took this all in and cared for her in a matronly way that paid back in big dividends as LIFTING OF A BAN ran its course.  You could *feel* how close they became in that last tender scene with non-stop embracing and cuddling in a way well beyond two JAV stars clocking in and doing ho-hum work.  They meant what they were doing and titles like this--these uber long ones where it's just them on their own--make you wonder how their relationship advanced off the camera.
 

Note:  V&R requires all titles licensed out to third-parties like ZENRA to retain their small and nearly transparent watermark in the top right corner of the screen.  Thus we apologize for the footage containing both their logo along with ours in the bottom right.  If you find recently released movies by V&R on websites without their watermark, then consider reporting the web addresses to them.

A Message to subscribers and also potential subscribers:  this movie is labeled as an Exclusive release because this is the first official presentation of it outside of Japan.  We would like to know your impressions of this production.  Did you like it?  Did you not?  Your feedback is truly appreciated as it can help us decide the best possible Japanese adult video entertainment for you from here on out.  Don't be shy and please feel free to contact us with your thoughts!