Hidemi Aoki 青木英美

Here is one from left field suggested by Lapis, the beautiful Hidemi Aoki (青木英美). I’m not sure if she is the oldest siren featured here, but I like the idea of the featuring the girls that first made you notice Asian women. Not wanting to speak for him, Hidemi struck a chord for Lapis, and I can see why.

A beauty contest winner at sixteen, Hidemi went on to do commercial work before gaining a role in Lewis Gilbert’s 1976 drama Seven Nights in Japan alongside Michael York. Known in Japan for her role as the office assistant, Kumi, in Taiyō ni Hoero!, she also appeared in the April 1974 edition of Weekly Playboy.

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Zodiac: Aquarius
Date of Birth: 1953-01-31
Birthplace: Japan, Tokyo, Shinjuku

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  1. Avatar of fungusfarm

    Wow! She was and is beautiful.

  2. Bill’s avatar

    They don’t make them like that anymore. Great looking woman.

  3. Avatar of smellykev

    Poses have come a long way (ie, you never saw Hidemi doing fart poses), but a cute set of nipples is still a cute set of nipples. Sad to think those breasts are probably now more wrinkled than Clint Eastwood’s scrotum. Mind you, she’s now probably also toothless which has it’s own appeal from a safety point of view.

    If you look closely at those two fellas in picture 4, you can tell they are both seriously coming down with a case of yellow fever.

    All in all however, this proves that beauty is something that either you have or you don’t. If you don’t, no amount of fake enhancements will give it to you. Hidemi has it.

  4. Avatar of French

    Master Luke and Lapis have chosen wisely. Thank you for bringing up this post and for going back in time. For me, it was a Cambodian babysitter (she was my first crush).

    I love the old black and white photo, the older style poses, and the retro clothes and hairstyles.

    I also like the recent photos you posted- still a beautiful lady. It shows that these are real people, and they live beyond those original photos. She was and is, gorgeous.

    Very interesting to see how the times have changed and review what attributes we still consider to be attractive or not.

    Speaking of Kev’s “yellow fever” comment: That Cambodian babysitter I had caught the eye of a neighbor’s brother. They got married and moved to Texas. Now I know why everyone was laughing at me when I said that someday I was gonna marry her…..The neighbor’s brother had a car….I had a Tri-cycle.

  5. Malpaso’s avatar

    If we’re going there, gimme some France Nguyen

  6. Avatar of Luke

    French,

    Do you have some photos? It sounds like this babysitter needs her own post ;)

  7. Avatar of jackspratt

    I think she looks more attractive now than she did in her “prime”.

    The earlier “round face” look doesn’t do anything for me.

    p.s Mods – the Scanlover link (for me at least) is screwed up somehow.

  8. Avatar of Luke

    jackspratt,

    I think that I’ve fixed that, thanks for pointing it out.

  9. Avatar of arf

    She’s eight months older than my Mom. Kinda weird? Still very beautiful.

  10. Avatar of smellykev

    arf,

    Actually Arf, your Mum’s pretty hot for an non-asian lady. Does she work out?

  11. Avatar of LoveAsianWomen

    Typically, picture 1 is the best. I truly love B&W work. Now, “1953″???

    Damn, I was born in ’49. Where was she when I was 22?

  12. gunnar’s avatar

    that’s unexpected! who are we going to feature next, the japanese james bond girl who appeared in i forgot which sean connery movie? (she was hot too)

  13. Avatar of French

    @gunnar:

    You are of course thinking of the two ladies in You Only Live Twice. Akiko Wakabayashi and Mie Hama.

    We should do a retro post at least once a month…..this is kinda cool.

    Man, I wish I had a photo of that baby sitter…..I still have a giant box of old photos before I went digital- haven’t scanned them in yet….

  14. Avatar of The-Dean

    Very cool. I agree with fungasfarm’s assessment: Was and IS a very attractive woman. And also concur with French’s idea of a monthly retro feature.

    You Only Live Twice might have been my first occasion to appreciate the beauty of Asian women.

  15. MaJieMao’s avatar

    I’m more interested in the other girl, in the poolside photo.

  16. doug’s avatar

    Jeez, Smellykev
    She’s 60 years old. I’m sure she still looks very good. I know plenty of Asian women in their 60s that are still very attractive (like my wife). Nothing has sagged or gotten wrinkly yet.

  17. Avatar of wingsfan19

    Holy crap, she’s older than me and so is LoveAsianWomen. Thank you for including the recent pictures of her. She definitely still looks great. @doug – that’s smellykev’s sense of humor.

  18. Avatar of French

    Yeah, I’ve told the story to my friends many times: You are walking down the street in Saigon, and you see 3 women. From behind, you can’t tell which is the daughter, the mother, or the grandmother. And even when you see them from the front, it takes a second or three to figure it out….

    Asian women….

  19. Avatar of Lapis

    French wrote: @gunnar:You are of course thinking of the two ladies in You Only Live Twice. Akiko Wakabayashi and Mie Hama.We should do a retro post at least once a month…..this is kinda cool.Man, I wish I had a photo of that baby sitter…..I still have a giant box of old photos before I went digital- haven’t scanned them in yet….

    The funny thing is British director Lewis Gilbert did that movie in 1967, and Seven Nights In Japan (1976) with Hidemi too! Sadly current info on Akiko Wakabayashi and Mie Hama in english is hard to find on the net. I believe they were two of the most famous actresses in Japan in the 1960s. Mie Hama did US Playboy in 1967.

  20. Avatar of Lapis

    Luke wrote: jackspratt, I think that I’ve fixed that, thanks for pointing it out.

    Thanks for the wonderful post of Hidemi Luke, she was my childhood heroine. It was mentioned late last year that Michael York has visited Hidemi’s fansite.

    And she’s in a new Japanese movie coming out soon, so cool! Thx again to Asian Sirens.

  21. Avatar of Luke

    Lapis,

    No worries, all suggestions are appreciated. Who is the girl in you avatar?

  22. Avatar of daznlover

    Asian older women can be quite attractive, that’s true.
    She still is. She was way hot already, when I wasn’t even born. Interesting…

  23. Avatar of Lapis

    Luke wrote: Lapis, No worries, all suggestions are appreciated. Who is the girl in you avatar?

    I can’t remember where I got that pic from. I must admit I chose it for this site because it sized neatly in the avatar box, lol. I think she is latin.

  24. Avatar of Luke

    Lapis,

    it’s hard to see but she looks gorgeous, a lovely smile!

  25. Avatar of Lapis

    MaJieMao wrote: I’m more interested in the other girl, in the poolside photo.

    That lady is Keiko Matsuzaka, another Toho Co. actress.

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