Asian Beauty Appreciation

Rating: Recommended with Reservations

Hitomi Kitamura – Torokeru Kajitsu (July 24th, 2009)
Takeshobo
Catalog # – TSDV-41238 – Region 2 Disc – 4:3 Aspect
Running Time: 74 Minutes (64 minutes plus 10 minute Bonus Track)

The Skinny: On October 21st, 2005, nearly 4 years ago, Hitomi Kitamura’s 1st DVD called Yurero Omoi (<–click) was released, and it was a Takeshobo DVD. Well now, after many, many DVD’s, Hitomi has come full circle as this brand new production is also a Takeshobo release. And it’s very good. In places. But it is also quite bad in places.

As usual, Hitomi’s double double delights (that awesome pair of boobs and an equally astounding set of buns) are the camera’s main targets. This is not to say that Hitomi face isn’t pretty – but those other features are truly magnificent magnets for the eyes.

After a lengthy montage that runs about three minutes, the main chapters begin with Hitomi in bed wearing a sheet, panties, and a smile. You’re looking good Hitomi. Also worth mentioning is the selection of Caitlyn Smith’s Crushed and Created from her 2007 album Face Over Heels that plays beneath this scene.

I had mentioned that I liked the inclusion of two of Caitlyn’s songs from that album in my review of Hitomi’s February 2009 release – Hazumu Hitomi (<–click) which I published on February 8th of this year.

And now, in this DVD, for a different production company, we have a lot more of Caitlyn’s music. Does Hitomi or her agent read my column? Is it possible? Ya think so?

Anyway, Hitomi gathers up the bed sheet and trots off to the loo where we find her still bare-breasted but this time wearing a towel around her neck and taped to her boobs as she brushes her teeth.

Then back to another room where she wears a lovely pale blue silk and white lace bra and panties set. She’ll slowly put on stockings, and a mini-skirted policewoman costume.

While we watch, Caitlyn croons It Was You followed by Except Love.

An indoor swimming pool is the next setting. Hitomi looks cute wearing panties and some sort of a rig on top that looks like something like a band of tape with a bow in front, with string ties in the back. We have a 4th Caitlyn song playing. This time it is Stand With Me. Since the top kind of binds Hitomi’s boobs in place, we don’t get any jiggle. Instead, there’s lots of backside wiggling for your viewing pleasure.

A turn on the beach is next. A green bikini is Hitomi’s outfit. We are treated to a series of stunning shots of boobs and buns in this chapter. There’s very little of the sea shown, but the trade-off for Hitomi’s curves makes it all good. Caitlyn croons her song Ivy, but this time it doesn’t quite fit the mood of this scene.

Next is a completely incongruous scene with Hitomi discussing and painting some cat-shaped figurines. While Hitomi talks a blue-streak and looks quite cute, visually this scene adds next to nothing to the DVD. And you couldn’t pay me to take away either of the finished ‘artwork’ either.

Another incongruous scene follows. Hitomi appears in a buttoned to the neck dress. She’s in an graffiti strewn abandoned building. Apparently she’s fleeing a stalker and the terror shows on her face. The chase goes from room to room. Finally she’s cornered.

So she tries to avoid any pain, by opening her dress to show off her body. The music track is some angry punk rock music.

Yet one more scene that disturbs rather than thrills is next. Hitomi is wearing an all-red costume. Her gloves, bustier, panties, stocking, and even her choker collar are all red. And she’s manacled to the stair banister. She asks, “Doshte (why)?” Then she’s manacled to  a table. There’s a bowl on the floor. Has Hitomi become some one’s pet? Finally they give her a bowl of ketchup to eat. The music – a reggae song.

Following this degrading scene, we find Hitomi wearing a white man-tailored shirt. She looks miserable as someone uses the handheld shower-head to soak her. When the shirt is soaked through we get a look at Hitomi’s beige lace bra. She’s completely passive throughout this entire scene, until she gets the shower-head in her own hands.Then the scene switches gears and Hitomi poses using the tub to accentuate her bust. Too little too late to save this scene.

Policewoman Hitomi appears next. She’s searching an apartment. She finds the red bustier from the earlier scene. The some serious posing (in the cop costume) commences.

They utilize some unusual angles which don’t really work. But the red and beige floral pattered bra and panties are cute. And when we get a look at her cleavage, we can forgive some of this chapter’s inadequacies. This chapter closes the main chapters.

There’s a neat bonus track of about 10 minutes, a text profile of Hitomi, a useless slide show, and even some coming attractions (called Lineup on the menu card) to complete the DVD.

Summary: A mixed bag? Certainly. The music tracks include a lot of Caitlyn Smith (5 songs), plus some reggae, some punk, and a few tracks of Latin dance music. The scenes do well to show off Hitomi’s shape which is certainly well situated in the voluptuous category. A few of the chapters were kind of off-beat, and detract from the overall value of the DVD.

But I really like Hitomi, and have avidly followed her DVD’s these last four years. The rating? A three point seven five. We would’ve scored this one higher but for the director’s gaffes of including some poor scenes as well as Hitomi talking directly to us in the midst of some of the vocal music.  This is a forgivable error, but it was repeated far too often.

Recommendation? Yes, I’ll suggest that it is worth buying, but with reservations as it might have been a lot better if more thought and creativity had been employed.

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