Rena Murakami
Rena Murakami | |
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村上 麗奈 | |
Born | [1] | 25 November 1967
Other names | Tomoko Ino |
Occupations | |
Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in) |
Rena Murakami (Japanese: 村上 麗奈, Hepburn: Murakami Rena, Cantonese Yale: Chyun1 Seung5 Lai6 Noi6) is a Japanese actress and former AV idol.
Life and career
After beginning her career as a gravure idol, Murakami made her adult video (AV) debut in the March 1988 h.m.p. Miss Christine release, Hatsujō Kansen (発情感染).[2] In December of her debut year she also had a role in Toei's mainstream drama release, Koiko no mainichi (恋子の毎日).[3]
In addition to continuing her AV career, Murakami had another role in a mainstream drama, appearing in Bandai Visual's Shin dōtei monogatari: Hong Kong virgin boy (新・童貞物語 ホンコンバージンボーイ) in March 1990.[4] Also in 1990 she appeared in pioneering pink film director/producer Kan Mukai's Code Name 348: Onna keiji sashiba (コードネーム348 女刑事 サシバ).[5] She also had roles in a number of V-Cinema films.[6]
Her work became popular in Hong Kong, and led to her getting roles in several Category III films of Hong Kong cinema, starting around 1991.[7] Her most significant film there was the 1991 cult favorite, Sex and Zen. In a review of the DVD release of Sex and Zen, a reviewer described her as one of "Asian cinema's most beautiful actresses".[8] Her last film in Hong Kong, 1/3 Lover, was released in 1993.
There was a minor scandal when news leaked that she might have had sex with the Sultan of Brunei during his visit to Japan in 1993.[9][10] For several years starting in the late 1990s, she toured various strip theaters around Japan, such as the famous Asakusa Rokku-za (ロック座).
In 1997, she produced and starred in the pink film Murakami Rena: kyūkyoku meigizuma (村上麗奈 究極名器妻), through Runa Films.[11][12] The film was distributed theatrically by XCes, scripted by pink film actress Kiyomi Itō, and directed by Satoru Kobayashi,[13] director of the first pink film, Flesh Market (1962).[14] The film was re-issued in June 2003 as 村上麗奈 極上けいれん妻.[15]
Later, Murakami had a small part in the 2008 Japanese comedy, Serial Dad.
Since 2018, Rena Murakami has been a radio personality on a talk radio program in Osaka.
Partial filmography
Adult Videos (AV)
Title[16] | Release date | Director | Studio | Notes |
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Hatsujō Kansen 発情感染 |
1988-03 | h.m.p. Miss Christine | AV Debut | |
Private 私小説 彩られた肉肌 |
1988-06-17 | VIP 5C-034 |
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Rena Murakami Final Ecstacy 村上麗奈ラスト・インサート 東京淫女 |
1988 | Ryuichi Hiroki | Athena Eizou AS-113 |
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Completely Lewd 淫熟 |
1989-01-10 | Alice Japan KA-1221 |
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Reiko Kiyomi Rena - Triple Horny Girls Can Not Be Patient レイコ・清美・麗奈のガマンできない娘たち トリプルエッチ |
1989 | h.m.p. Miss Christine SMC-016 |
With Reiko Hayama & Kiyomi Azuma | |
Rena Murakami[17] 村上麗奈 |
1993 | Hong Kong | ||
Kozenwaisetsu 4 Rena Murakami 口全ワイセツ 4 村上麗奈 |
1993 | h.m.p. Samm DSV-030 |
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History of Rena Murakami[18] 村上麗奈HISTORY |
2006-09-22 | Taro Matsumoto | Atlas21 RDA06-091 |
Compilation of two of her VIP videos from 1988 |
Hong Kong films
Title[19] | Release date | Director | Studio | Notes |
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Hidden Desire 我為卿狂 |
1991-11-15 | Ho Fan 何藩 |
Golden Harvest | |
Sex and Zen 玉蒲團之偷情寶鑑 |
1991-11-30 | Michael Mak | Golden Harvest | |
Escape from Brothel 花街狂奔 |
1992-02-29 | Wang Lung-wei | Chinachem Cinema Circuit 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/herself | |
1/3 Lover 1/3情人 |
1993 | Tommy Wong 王振仰 |
Released in Japan as KEDAMONO 獣 | |
Dream Lovers 青春夢裡人 |
1994 |
Japanese V-cinema and films
Title[20] | Release date | Director | Studio | Notes |
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Koiko no mainichi 恋子の毎日 |
1988-12-17 | Kanji Amao |
Toei | |
Strawberry Times 2: Santa ga koishi niyattekita ストロベリータイムス2 サンタが恋しにやってきた |
1989-11 | Kazuhiro Onohara | Bandai Visual | V-Cinema |
Shin dōtei monogatari: Hong Kong virgin boy 新・童貞物語 ホンコンバージンボーイ |
1990-03-10 | Tomioka Tadahumi | Bandai Visual | |
Code Name 348: Onna keiji sashiba コードネーム348 女刑事 サシバ |
1990-12-10 | Kan Mukai | Shochiku Video | V-Cinema |
Kyonyū Hunter 2: Adventure Summer 巨乳ハンター2 アドベンチャー・サマー |
1990-12-25 | Toshio Kobayashi | Tohokushinsha Film | V-Cinema |
Murakami Rena: kyūkyoku meigizuma 村上麗奈 究極名器妻 レナ・フィルム |
1997-08-01 | Satoru Kobayashi | Runa Films XCes |
produced and starred |
Serial Dad 小森生活向上クラブ Komori seikatsu kōjō kurabu |
2008-11-08 | Ikki Katashima | Phantom Film (ファントム・フィルム) |
Magazine appearances
- Goro[21]
- November 24, 1988 (#23, nude, with Reiko Hayama)
- December 8, 1988 (#24, nude)
- Heibon Punch[22]
- May 5, 1988 (4 p., nude)
- Weekly Playboy
Bibliography
English
- Rena Murakami at IMDb
- "RENA MURAKAMI". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
Japanese
- 村上麗奈 むらかみ・れな (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- "村上麗奈 (Profile and filmography)" (in Japanese). dmm.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- 村上麗奈 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- 村上麗奈( 出演 ) (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- "村上麗奈/むらかみれいな/Murakami Rina" (in Japanese). i-dic.dorachan.com. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
Notes
- ^ Infobox data from "Rena Murakami profile" (in Japanese). i-dic.dorachan.com. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ 1988年 (昭和63年 (in Japanese). AV Research Laboratory. Archived from the original on 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ 恋子の毎日 (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "新・童貞物語 ホンコンバージンボーイ". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ コードネーム348 女刑事 サシバ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ 村上麗奈 (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
- ^ Rena Murakami Biography, imdb.com; accessed December 28, 2017.
- ^ "Sex and Zen Out On Region 2 (UK) DVD April 16, 2007". latemag.com. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
- ^ Murakami Rena, onisukebb.h.fc2.com; accessed December 28, 2017.(in Japanese)
- ^ Murakami Rena profile, videoboy.tv; accessed December 28, 2017.(in Japanese)
- ^ 村上麗奈 究極名器妻 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ 村上麗奈 究極名器妻 (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ 1997年度ピンク映画公開作品リスト (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ DaSilva, Joaquín (2006-10-24). "Obscenity and Article 175 of the Japanese Penal Code: A Short Introduction to Japanese Censorship". Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "2003" (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ Filmography from 村上麗奈(むらかみれな) (in Japanese). arzon.jp. Retrieved 2010-04-13. and 村上麗奈 (in Japanese). alicejapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
- ^ Profile, HKMDB.com; accessed December 28, 2017.
- ^ "Ex-AV Idol Comes Back" (in Japanese). AV Idol Directory. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
- ^ Filmography from "Murakami Rena". Hong Kong Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
- ^ 村上麗奈 むらかみ・れな (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-08-08.; 村上麗奈 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-08-08.; 村上麗奈 (出演) (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2009-08-08. and "Japanese Cinema Database". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "GORO1988" (in Japanese). tisen.jp/pukiwiki. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ 平凡パンチ1988 (in Japanese). tisen.jp/pukiwiki. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ 週プレ1988 (in Japanese). tisen.jp/pukiwiki. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ 週プレ1989 (in Japanese). tisen.jp/pukiwiki. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ 週プレ1992 (in Japanese). tisen.jp/pukiwiki. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
External links
- unofficial fan page to Rena Murakami (in Japanese only)
- Rena Murakami at IMDb