is a Japanese

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 actress known for her appearances in the pink film genre. She has appeared in award-winning pink films, and was herself given a "Best Actress" award for her work in 1997.

Career

Megumi Makihara has appeared in pink films and V-cinema

V-Cinema

Japanese is the direct-to-video industry that appeared in Japan in the 1980s. The term is a trademark of Toei Company but is widely used in the West to describe any Japanese direct-to-video release. In Japan the term used is...

 for several notable directors. Her performance in Takahisa Zeze

Takahisa Zeze

is a Japanese film director and screenwriter best known for his soft-core pornographic pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Kazuhiro Sano, Toshiki Satō, and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the .-Life and career:...

's Scent of a Female: Rapturous Pistil (1996), won Makihara the Best New Actress, 4th place at the Pink Grand Prix

Pink Grand Prix

The or is an annual Japanese film award ceremony which recognizes excellence in the pink film. Known as the "Academy Awards of the Pink Film", the ceremony attracts a diverse audience of industry personnel, film scholars and the general public....

, and the film was selected as third best pink film release of the year. The director with whom Makihara worked most was Tarō Araki

Tarō Araki

is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...

, who is considered one of OP Eiga

OP Eiga

, also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...

's top directors. Araki appears as an actor in his films with Makihara, and Makihara is also credited with the music to the director's 1997 films and .

Makihara appeared in director Mitsuru Meike

Mitsuru Meike

is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the group of prominent pink film directors known collectively as the .-Life and career:...

's debut, Lascivious Nurse Uniform Diary: Two or Three Times, While I'm Wet (1997), which won Meike the Best New Director title at the Pink Grand Prix, and was named the seventh best pink release of the year. Makihara was awarded the Best Actress of the year at the same ceremony for her performance in Yutaka Ikejima

Yutaka Ikejima

is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the...

's Big Tits * Beautiful Tits * Obscene Tits: Rubbing Competition. She appeared onscreen with Ikejima in the gay-themed ENK studio's New Gay Bar Love Story. She worked with Meike again in his V-cinema release, Confession of a New Nurse (1998).

Along with AV idol Yumika Hayashi

Yumika Hayashi

was a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She earned the title of "Japan's Original Adult Video Queen" during a 16-year career in which she starred in nearly 200 AVs and appeared in over 180 films...

, Makihara appeared in the third episode of the drama series . Titled , the episode aired on TV Asahi

TV Asahi

, also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....

 on July 26, 1997.

Partial filmography

Title	Release date	Director	Studio	Notes
Films
Scent of a Female: Rapturous Pistil Meshū: torokeru kashin	1996-07-26	Takahisa Zeze Takahisa Zeze is a Japanese film director and screenwriter best known for his soft-core pornographic pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Kazuhiro Sano, Toshiki Satō, and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the .-Life and career:...	Kokuei Shintōhō	Third Best Film of the Year, Pink Grand Prix Pink Grand Prix The or is an annual Japanese film award ceremony which recognizes excellence in the pink film. Known as the "Academy Awards of the Pink Film", the ceremony attracts a diverse audience of industry personnel, film scholars and the general public.... Best New Actress, 4th Place: Makihara
Family Plays with a Genuinely Perverted Woman Shinsei chijo to ijikuru kazoku	1996-11-09	Tarō Araki Tarō Araki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...	Tarō Productions OP Eiga OP Eiga , also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...	60 min. With Tarō Araki Tarō Araki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...
New Gay Bar Love Story Shin hattenba rabu sutoorii	1997-05-02	Ryūji Yamamoto	ENK	With Yutaka Ikejima Yutaka Ikejima is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the...
The Nurse's Private Life: Violent Girls' Dorm Hakui no shiseikatsu rangyō joshiryō	1997-06-13	Tarō Araki Tarō Araki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...	OP Eiga OP Eiga , also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...	With Tarō Araki Tarō Araki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...
Lecherous Beautiful Big Tits: Juicy Flesh Inran bikyonyū tawawana biniku	1997-07-14	Tarō Araki Tarō Araki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...	Tarō Productions OP Eiga OP Eiga , also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...	60 min. With Yumi Yoshiyuki Yumi Yoshiyuki is a Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the pink film genre.-Life and career:While studying economics at Dokkyo University, Yoshiyuki developed a love of film. She debuted as an actress in the pink film genre in 1993 in director Toshiki Satō's...  and Tarō Araki Tarō Araki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...
Lascivious Nurse Uniform Diary: Two or Three Times, While I'm Wet Hakui inran nikki: nureta mama nido, sando	1997-08-29	Mitsuru Meike Mitsuru Meike is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the group of prominent pink film directors known collectively as the .-Life and career:...	Shintōhō	60 min.
Violent Taxi Bōkō takushii: hamerareta onnatachi	1997-09-12	Sachio Kitazawa	Iizumi Productions	60 min.
Big Tits * Beautiful Tits * Obscene Tits: Rubbing Competition Kyonyū*binyū*innyū: ~momikurabe~	1997-09-20	Yutaka Ikejima Yutaka Ikejima is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the...	Cement Match OP Eiga OP Eiga , also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...	Best Actress, Pink Grand Prix: Makihara With Yutaka Ikejima Yutaka Ikejima is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the...  and Kyōko Kazama Kyōko Kazama is a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She has appeared in award-winning pink films, and was herself given a "Best Supporting Actress" award in two successive years for her work in this genre in 2006 and 2007.-Life and career:...
Perverted Wife: Spied Upon Hentaizuma: hamerarete nozokarete	1997-10-01	Tarō Araki Tarō Araki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...	Tarō Productions OP Eiga OP Eiga , also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...	60 min. With Tarō Araki Tarō Araki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...  and Yumika Hayashi Yumika Hayashi was a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She earned the title of "Japan's Original Adult Video Queen" during a 16-year career in which she starred in nearly 200 AVs and appeared in over 180 films...
Dental Surgeon Wife: Chafed Thighs hitozuma shikai: kosureru futomomo	1997-12-12	Sakae Nitta	Xces	With Satomi Shinozaki
Sticky Juice of the Lady with a Wet Ass Nurejiri okami no nebari jiru	1997-12-13	Tarō Araki Tarō Araki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...	Tarō Productions OP Eiga OP Eiga , also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...	60 min. With Tarō Araki Tarō Araki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...  and Yumika Hayashi Yumika Hayashi was a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She earned the title of "Japan's Original Adult Video Queen" during a 16-year career in which she starred in nearly 200 AVs and appeared in over 180 films...
Lecherous Family: Immoral, Lusty Widow Inran kazoku: kōshoku furin mibōjin	1997-12-26	Akira Fukamachi	Shintōhō	60 min. With Yutaka Ikejima Yutaka Ikejima is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the...
Adored Angel in White: Sweaty Caresses Akogare no hakui no tenshi: aibu de bisshori	1998-03-10	Kazuyoshi Sekine	Sekine Productions OP Eiga OP Eiga , also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...	61 min. With Yumi Yoshiyuki Yumi Yoshiyuki is a Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the pink film genre.-Life and career:While studying economics at Dokkyo University, Yoshiyuki developed a love of film. She debuted as an actress in the pink film genre in 1993 in director Toshiki Satō's...

Title	Release date	Director	Studio	Notes
V-Cinema
Molester's Caboose: Sexy Platform Chikan shūdensha: kannō purattohoomu	1998-02-27	Kazuto Kubodera	Legend Pictures	61 min.
Confession of a New Nurse Kokuhaku shinjin kangofu	1998-03	Mitsuru Meike Mitsuru Meike is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the group of prominent pink film directors known collectively as the .-Life and career:...	Image Factory	60 min.
Embarkation Diary: Stewardess' Warning Tōjō nisshi: suchuwaadesu no abunai keikoku	1998-05-04	Tarō Sugiyama	Caress Communications	74 min.
Pervert Story: Finger-Tease in a Forbidden Place Chikan monogatari: ikenai tokoro no yubi ijime	1998-05-22	Asao Taiga	TMC	75 min.
Bottled Vulva: Bank Teller Noriko Binzume nyoin: Ginkōin · Noriko	1998	Shinji Imaoka Shinji Imaoka aka is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of a group of pink film directors of the 2000s known collectively as the .-Life and career:...	J·nex	Adult/Horror
Molester's Caboose Special Chikan shūdensha supesharu	2004	Kazuto Kubodera		80 min. With Yumika Hayashi Yumika Hayashi was a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She earned the title of "Japan's Original Adult Video Queen" during a 16-year career in which she starred in nearly 200 AVs and appeared in over 180 films...