Model-Turned-Actress Recalls Her Terrifying Experience Of Almost Getting Kidnapped By A Director

Recently, a Japanese media outlet, Weekly Bunshun, published an interview with an actress who shared a scary experience of working with a director who was “obsessed” with her.

Anzu Sayuri, a “gravure” model-turned-actress, sat down with Weekly Bunshin to talk about her debut, behind-the-scenes stories of her adult photoshoots, and her current life in the UK. When the interviewer asked if she had any unpleasant experiences during her gravure photoshoots, she recalled her terrifying experience of fighting with a director for refusing to film naked!

Anzu Sayuri | @anzu_sayuri_official/Instagram

Sayuri explained that it happened during a magazine shoot, where the director and the staff tried to push her to pose naked. She refused vehemently, and the meeting ended there, but not without causing her extreme panic. Later, she received another proposal from the same team to shoot at a hotel, this time fully dressed. However, Sayuri said she couldn’t trust them after the first time, so she brought her bra and swim trunks with her.

However, upon arriving at the location, she realized it was no hotel but a home studio. The reporter interviewing the actress couldn’t help but note that this constituted a kidnapping attempt, which she seemed to agree with. Nevertheless, Sayuri had decided to go ahead with the shoot. But when she checked the outfit, she realized that instead of a dress like she was promised, the staff had prepared tiny underwear for her outfit, which barely covered her body.

Sayuri in her younger modeling days | Evolution

Realizing that she had been deceived, Sayuri put on the clothes she had brought and started the shoot. But suddenly, the staff members went away, leaving her alone with just the director. She then recalled that the man tried to take off her bra multiple times despite her repeated refusal. When the director insisted that her clothes were “in the way” of the shoot, Sayuri resisted even harder, and this fight continued for three to four hours.

In the end, the shoot had to be halted because Sayuri’s face became too swollen from crying. While the staff suggested waiting until the swelling reduced, she refused to work with the director and went home instead.

| @anzu_sayuri_official/Instagram

Meanwhile, in Japanese popular culture, the “gravure” genre is popular and pretty mainstream. It involves women posing in swimwear or semi-provocative outfits (however, nudity is very rare) for magazines, photobooks, and DVDs. The models could be of any age but usually range from late teens to late twenties.