Rena Murakami | |
Native Name: | 村上 麗奈 |
Birth Date: | 25 November 1967[1] |
Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
Alias: | Tomoko Ino |
is a Japanese actress and former AV idol.
After beginning her career as a gravure idol, which included modeling for Akira Gomi, Murakami made her adult video (AV) debut in the March 1988 h.m.p. Miss Christine release, .[2] In December of her debut year she also had a role in Toei's mainstream drama release, .[3]
In addition to continuing her AV career, Murakami had another role in a mainstream drama, appearing in Bandai Visual's in March 1990.[4] Also in 1990 she appeared in pioneering pink film director/producer Kan Mukai's .[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, 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 .[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.
Title[16] | Release date | Director | Studio | Notes | |
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Hatsujō Kansen | 1988-03 | h.m.p. Miss Christine | AV Debut | ||
Private | 1988-06-17 | VIP 5C-034 | |||
Rena Murakami Final Ecstacy | 1988 | Ryuichi Hiroki | Athena Eizou AS-113 | ||
Completely Lewd | 1989-01-10 | Alice Japan KA-1221 | |||
Reiko Kiyomi Rena - Triple Horny Girls Can Not Be Patient | 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 | 1993 | h.m.p. Samm DSV-030 | |||
History of Rena Murakami[18] | 2006-09-22 | Taro Matsumoto | Atlas21 RDA06-091 | Compilation of two of her VIP videos from 1988 |
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 | |
Unforgetful Holiday 三級七日情 | 1992-10-01 | Sherman Wong 黃靖華 | Imperial 京都 | |
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 | |||
Title[20] | Release date | Director | Studio | Notes | |
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Koiko no mainichi | 1988-12-17 | Kanji Amao | Toei | ||
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 | V-Cinema | |
Kyonyū Hunter 2: Adventure Summer | 1990-12-25 | Toshio Kobayashi | Tohokushinsha Film | V-Cinema | |
Murakami Rena: kyūkyoku meigizuma | 1997-08-01 | Satoru Kobayashi | Runa Films XCes | produced and starred | |
Serial Dad Komori seikatsu kōjō kurabu | 2008-11-08 | Ikki Katashima | Phantom Film |