Nana Maeno, Retirement: I’ve only filmed Nana Maeno a few times before, yet she personally requested me to shoot her retirement work. I believe she wanted to end her career in a way that satisfied herself. We approached her intense AV shoots as “training” for her personal growth, and through this final production, we aimed to give universal meaning by confronting her life journey. This is both Nana Maeno’s farewell and a graduation gift to all Kikatan actresses – those who endured hardcore shoots, healed viewers with smiles, then quietly retired. We want to say “thank you” to them all.