Rena Murakami
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is a Japan
ese actress and former AV idol
.
Miss Christine release, . In December of her debut year she had a role in Toei
's mainstream drama release, . She had another role in a mainstream drama, appearing in Bandai
's in March 1990. Also in 1990 she appeared in pioneering pink film director/producer Kan Mukai
's . In addition, she had roles in a number of softcore V-Cinema
films during this period.
Following her adult videos' popularity in Hong Kong
, she moved there around 1990 or 1991 to work as a stripper
. She then shifted to cinema
. Her first film of success was Category III classic Sex and Zen
in 1991. In a review of the DVD release of Sex and Zen, a reviewer described her as one of "Asian cinema's most beautiful actresses". Around 1993, she moved back to Japan. She worked at the famous Asakusa
strip theatre Rokku-za (ロック座). She caused a minor scandal when news leaked that she had sex with the Sultan of Brunei
during his visit to Japan in 1993.
In 1997 she produced and starred in the pink film , through Runa Films. The film was distributed theatrically by XCes, scripted by pink film actress Kiyomi Itō
, and directed by Satoru Kobayashi
, director of the first pink film, Flesh Market (1962).
The film was re-issued in June 2003 as . Most recently, Murakami appeared in the November 2008 Japanese release, .
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese actress and former AV idol
AV Idol
An AV idol is a Japanese idol who works in the pornographic business, often both as an actress as well as a model as the video performances have a wide range, from just the idol strolling around their house doing chores in bikinis to hardcore porn...
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Life and career
After beginning her career as a gravure idol, Murakami made her AV debut in the March 1988 h.m.p.H.m.p. (Japan)
h.m.p. is a Japanese company which is involved in adult entertainment including the production and sales of adult videos and the marketing of adult toys and sex aids.-Company information:...
Miss Christine release, . In December of her debut year she had a role in Toei
Toei Company
is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system by the standards of the 1930s United States; operates studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a...
's mainstream drama release, . She had another role in a mainstream drama, appearing in Bandai
Bandai Visual
, is a Japanese anime, film production and distribution enterprise, established by Bandai Co., Ltd. and a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc., which is based in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Since the reorganisation of Namco Bandai Holdings in 2006, Bandai Visual now heads the group's Visual and...
's in March 1990. Also in 1990 she appeared in pioneering pink film director/producer Kan Mukai
Kan Mukai
aka Hiroshi Mukai and was a Japanese film director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter, known for his pioneering work in the pink film genre...
's . In addition, she had roles in a number of softcore 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...
films during this period.
Following her adult videos' popularity in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, she moved there around 1990 or 1991 to work as a stripper
Stripper
A stripper is a professional erotic dancer who performs a contemporary form of striptease at strip club establishments, public exhibitions, and private engagements. Unlike in burlesque, the performer in the modern Americanized form of stripping minimizes the interaction of customer and dancer,...
. She then shifted to cinema
Cinema of Hong Kong
The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...
. Her first film of success was Category III classic Sex and Zen
Sex and Zen
Sex and Zen is a 1991 Hong Kong erotic comedy film directed by Michael Mak and starring Lawrence Ng and Amy Yip....
in 1991. In a review of the DVD release of Sex and Zen, a reviewer described her as one of "Asian cinema's most beautiful actresses". Around 1993, she moved back to Japan. She worked at the famous Asakusa
Asakusa
is a district in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, most famous for the Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon. There are several other temples in Asakusa, as well as various festivals.- History :...
strip theatre Rokku-za (ロック座). She caused a minor scandal when news leaked that she had sex with the Sultan of Brunei
Hassanal Bolkiah
General Haji Sir Hassan al-Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah GCB GCMG is the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, the 29th Sultan of Brunei and the first Prime Minister of Brunei Darussalam...
during his visit to Japan in 1993.
In 1997 she produced and starred in the pink film , through Runa Films. The film was distributed theatrically by XCes, scripted by pink film actress Kiyomi Itō
Kiyomi Itō
is a Japanese actress best known for her performances in pink films. She was given Best Actress awards at the Pink Grand Prix for her work in this genre in 1990, 1992 and 1994.- Life and career :...
, and directed by Satoru Kobayashi
Satoru Kobayashi (director)
was a Japanese film director most famous for directing the first pink film, the type of softcore pornographic films that became the most prolific film genre in Japan during the 1960s and 1970s...
, director of the first pink film, Flesh Market (1962).
The film was re-issued in June 2003 as . Most recently, Murakami appeared in the November 2008 Japanese release, .
Adult Videos (AV)
| Title | Release date | Director | Studio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatsujō Kansen |
1988-03 | h.m.p. H.m.p. (Japan) h.m.p. is a Japanese company which is involved in adult entertainment including the production and sales of adult videos and the marketing of adult toys and sex aids.-Company information:... Miss Christine |
AV Debut | |
| Private |
1988-06-17 | VIP Atlas21 , formerly known as VIP, is a Japanese adult video company with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.-VIP:The AV company was founded in June 1981 and issued its first video, titled , in December of that same year making it one of the first adult video companies to be established in Japan. The studio... 5C-034 |
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| Rena Murakami Final Ecstacy |
1988 | Ryuichi Hiroki | Athena Eizou Athena Eizou is an early pioneering Japanese adult video production company. They have offices in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo, Japan.-Company information:Athena Eizou was founded December 21, 1981 by pink film director Tadashi Yoyogi and Hikaru Kitoh... AS-113 |
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| Completely Lewd |
1989-01-10 | Alice Japan Alice Japan was established on April 4, 1986 as the adult video label for Japan Home Video .-Company information:The early AVs produced by JHV went under the Penguin label, the first title being the 30 minute long softcore Asobinasareya, Tadakurue starring Hidemi Nakajima released May 21, 1984 with... KA-1221 |
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| Reiko Kiyomi Rena - Triple Horny Girls Can Not Be Patient |
1989 | h.m.p. H.m.p. (Japan) h.m.p. is a Japanese company which is involved in adult entertainment including the production and sales of adult videos and the marketing of adult toys and sex aids.-Company information:... Miss Christine SMC-016 |
With Reiko Hayama & Kiyomi Azuma | |
| Rena Murakami 村上麗奈 |
1993 | Hong Kong | ||
| Kozenwaisetsu 4 Rena Murakami |
1993 | h.m.p. H.m.p. (Japan) h.m.p. is a Japanese company which is involved in adult entertainment including the production and sales of adult videos and the marketing of adult toys and sex aids.-Company information:... Samm DSV-030 |
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| History of Rena Murakami |
2006-09-22 | Taro Matsumoto | Atlas21 Atlas21 , formerly known as VIP, is a Japanese adult video company with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.-VIP:The AV company was founded in June 1981 and issued its first video, titled , in December of that same year making it one of the first adult video companies to be established in Japan. The studio... RDA06-091 |
Compilation of two of her VIP videos from 1988 |
Hong Kong films
| Title | Release date | Director | Studio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden Desire 我為卿狂 |
1991-11-15 | Ho Fan 何藩 |
Golden Harvest Golden Harvest Golden Harvest is a film production, distribution, and exhibition company based in Hong Kong. It played a major role in becoming the first Chinese film company to successfully enter the western market for an extended period of time, especially with the films of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan... |
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| Sex and Zen 玉蒲團之偷情寶鑑 |
1991-11-30 | Michael Mak Michael Mak Michael Mak Kwok-fung is a Hong Kong politician. He is a Hong Kong pro-democratic political organization, and an elected member of Wan Chai District. He was the founding deputy chairman of the League of Social Democrats, and was elected to the Advisory Council of the party in 2010... |
Golden Harvest | |
| Escape from Brothel 花街狂奔 |
1992-02-29 | Wang Lung-wei | Chinachem Cinema Circuit Chinachem Group Chinachem Group is a company that was established before 1974 in Hong Kong by Teddy Wang. After Wang's kidnapping and disappearance in 1990, his wife Nina Wang took over the company as "Chairlady" and built it into a major property developer, making her the richest woman in Asia. The Chinachem... 華懋 |
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| Unforgetful Holiday 三級七日情 |
1992-10-01 | Sherman Wong 黃靖華 |
Imperial 京都 |
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| All Over the World 大昅野 |
1993-01-07 | Regal 永高 |
cameo Cameo appearance A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television... /herself |
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| 1/3 Lover 1/3情人 |
1993 | Tommy Wong 王振仰 |
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| Dream Lovers 青春夢裡人 |
1994 | |||
Japanese non-AV filmography
| Title | Release date | Director | Studio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koiko no mainichi |
1988-12-17 | Kanji Amao |
Tōei | |
| Strawberry Times 2: Santa ga koishi niyattekita |
1989-11 | Kazuhiro Onohara | Bandai Visual | V-Cinema |
| Shin dōtei monogatari: Hong Kong virgin boy |
1990-03-10 | Tomioka Tadahumi | Bandai Visual | |
| Code Name 348: Onna keiji sashiba |
1990-12-10 | Kan Mukai | Shochiku Video Shochiku is a Japanese movie studio and production company for kabuki. It also produces and distributes anime films. Its best remembered directors include Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Yōji Yamada... |
V-Cinema |
| Kyonyū Hunter 2: Adventure Summer |
1990-12-25 | Toshio Kobayashi | Tohokushinsha Film Tohokushinsha Film is a film distributor and production company based in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. It was originally founded in 1961 as a dubbing house for foreign films.- Anime :*Adventures of the Little Koala*Amon Saga*Appleseed*Assemble Insert*Genesis of Aquarion*Himawari!... |
V-Cinema |
| Kedamono kemono |
1993 | Yukari Ōshima | ＩＳＥＭＯＴＯ | V-Cinema |
| Murakami Rena: kyūkyoku meigizuma |
1997-08-01 | Satoru Kobayashi | Runa Films XCes |
produced and starred |
Magazine appearances
- Goro
- November 24, 1988 (#23, nude, with Reiko Hayama)
- December 8, 1988 (#24, nude)
- Heibon Punch
- May 5, 1988 (4 p., nude)
- Weekly PlayboyWeekly Playboyalso known as or WPB is a Japanese weekly magazine published by Shueisha since 1966.This magazine is not a regional edition of the American Playboy magazine; the Japanese edition of that magazine was published as Monthly Playboy by Shueisha until its cancellation in January 2009.-People in...
- 1988
- April 5, 1988 (5 p., nude)
- July 19, 1988 (3 p., swimming suit)
- September 20, 1988 (4p., nude)
- 1989
- March 21, 1989 (6 p., nude)
- August 15, 1989 (7 p., nude)
- 1992
- November 24, 1992 (nude)
- 1988
External links
- unofficial fan page to Rena Murakami (in Japanese only)