{"id":8187,"date":"2015-07-06T12:42:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T16:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kabukicho-girls.com\/blog\/?p=8187"},"modified":"2017-03-23T08:25:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T12:25:53","slug":"ex-jav-idol-maria-ozawa-goes-mainstream-horror-in-the-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabukicho-girls.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/ex-jav-idol-maria-ozawa-goes-mainstream-horror-in-the-pi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-JAV Idol Maria Ozawa Goes Mainstream Horror in the PI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maria Ozawa on PH showbiz career, leaving porn industry\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jfIGOKhVE7I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Maria Ozawa on PH showbiz career, leaving the porn industry<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;This is the beginning of my projects in the Philippines,&#8217; says former adult film star Maria Ozawa<\/p>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s my chance here in the Philippines,\u201d said Japanese actress and former adult film star Maria Ozawa. The actress is in the Philippines to promote her upcoming movie Nilalang (The Entity), which will premiere as part of the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Maria stars alongside Philippine action hero Robin Padilla. He plays a forensic expert who teams up with Maria&#8217;s character, an heir to a transnational organized crime syndicate from Japan.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, Nilalang \u201ctackles the underbelly of corrupt Philippine cops with the &#8216;yakuza&#8217; and its links to a centuries\u2019 old curse that may be responsible for the spate of serial killings happening in Manila.<\/p>\n<p>In preparing for the movie, Maria had to learn martial arts, and learn more Filipino words. \u201cI love horror movies,\u201d she told Rappler. \u201cBut I\u2019m really chicken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicybunny-dvd.com\/store\/index.php?cPath=23_104\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8191 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kabukicho-girls.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/maria-ozawa-rappler-q-and-a-20150623-640_8B79CFB1CAEE48789D33B01140F4BA6B.jpg\" alt=\"maria-ozawa-rappler-q-and-a-20150623-640_8B79CFB1CAEE48789D33B01140F4BA6B\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kabukicho-girls.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/maria-ozawa-rappler-q-and-a-20150623-640_8B79CFB1CAEE48789D33B01140F4BA6B.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.kabukicho-girls.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/maria-ozawa-rappler-q-and-a-20150623-640_8B79CFB1CAEE48789D33B01140F4BA6B-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Breaking into the mainstream after spending years in porn, Maria said, would be difficult. \u201cIt\u2019s totally different,\u201d she said. And that\u2019s why she&#8217;s been pursuing commercial and acting opportunities around Asia.<\/p>\n<p>She has been in adult films since she was 18, but left the industry in the last few years. \u201cI do miss the industry,\u201d Maria clarified. \u201cI just quit 4 or 5 years ago. This new acting, filming&#8230;it&#8217;s so new to me. I\u2019m really excited, but worried,\u201d she said. \u201cI have lots of feelings (about the transition),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She is only in Manila for a week, and will return once the filming of Nilalang starts in August. Although she has yet to meet Robin, she is excited to begin filming with the action star. \u201cHe\u2019s like an idol here in the Philippines, right? And number one in everything. I\u2019m really pumped up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicybunny-dvd.com\/store\/index.php?cPath=23_104\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8190 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kabukicho-girls.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150623-maria_ozawa_carousel-001-3_2CA4E3216B3F4C84986BB2E3372B6198.jpg\" alt=\"20150623-maria_ozawa_carousel-001-3_2CA4E3216B3F4C84986BB2E3372B6198\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kabukicho-girls.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150623-maria_ozawa_carousel-001-3_2CA4E3216B3F4C84986BB2E3372B6198.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.kabukicho-girls.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150623-maria_ozawa_carousel-001-3_2CA4E3216B3F4C84986BB2E3372B6198-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And she is also looking forward to visiting more places around the country, especially the beaches. \u201cI\u2019m really hoping it\u2019ll work and people would know me better,\u201d Maria tells Rappler. \u201cI love it here. Everything. The food is great. I love the warm weather; I hope to come here often.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And she probably will. \u201cThis is the beginning of my projects in the Philippines,\u201d she said. &#8220;In Japan, it\u2019s really hard to be in television when you\u2019re doing porn first. Things I can\u2019t do in Japan, I\u2019d love to do it here.&#8221; \u2013 Rappler.com = source for this article.<\/p>\n<p>Our friends at JuicyBunny JAV carry <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juicybunny-dvd.com\/store\/index.php?cPath=23_104\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>24 DVD titles featuring MARIA OZAWA.<\/strong><\/a> Check her AV career out and see why she is so loved by Japanese AV fans around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria Ozawa on PH showbiz career, leaving the porn industry &#8216;This is the beginning of my projects in the Philippines,&#8217; says former adult film star Maria Ozawa MANILA, Philippines \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s my chance here in the Philippines,\u201d said Japanese actress and former adult film star Maria Ozawa. 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