Rena Murakami

Rena Murakami
村上 麗奈
Born (1967-11-25) 25 November 1967 (age 56)[1]
Tokyo, Japan
Other namesTomoko Ino
Occupations
Height1.59 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[edit]

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, 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[edit]

Adult Videos (AV)[edit]

Title[16] Release date Director Studio Notes
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
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
Completely Lewd
淫熟 		1989-01-10 Alice Japan
KA-1221
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
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[edit]

Title[19] Release date Director Studio Notes
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

Japanese V-cinema and films[edit]

Title[20] Release date Director Studio Notes
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[edit]

  • 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
    • 1988[23]
      • April 5, 1988 (5 p., nude)
      • July 19, 1988 (3 p., swimming suit)
      • September 20, 1988 (4p., nude)
    • 1989[24]
      • March 21, 1989 (6 p., nude)
      • August 15, 1989 (7 p., nude)
    • 1992[25]
      • November 24, 1992 (nude)

Bibliography[edit]

English[edit]

  • Rena Murakami at IMDb
  • "RENA MURAKAMI". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-08-08.

Japanese[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Infobox data from "Rena Murakami profile" (in Japanese). i-dic.dorachan.com. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. ^ 1988年 （昭和63年 (in Japanese). AV Research Laboratory. Archived from the original on 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  3. ^ 恋子の毎日 (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ コードネーム３４８ 女刑事 サシバ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  6. ^ 村上麗奈 (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  7. ^ Rena Murakami Biography, imdb.com; accessed December 28, 2017.
  8. ^ "Sex and Zen Out On Region 2 (UK) DVD April 16, 2007". latemag.com. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  9. ^ Murakami Rena, onisukebb.h.fc2.com; accessed December 28, 2017.(in Japanese)
  10. ^ Murakami Rena profile, videoboy.tv; accessed December 28, 2017.(in Japanese)
  11. ^ 村上麗奈 究極名器妻 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  12. ^ 村上麗奈 究極名器妻 (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "2003" (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ Profile, HKMDB.com; accessed December 28, 2017.
  18. ^ "Ex-AV Idol Comes Back" (in Japanese). AV Idol Directory. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  19. ^ Filmography from "Murakami Rena". Hong Kong Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ "GORO1988" (in Japanese). tisen.jp/pukiwiki. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  22. ^ 平凡パンチ1988 (in Japanese). tisen.jp/pukiwiki. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  23. ^ 週プレ1988 (in Japanese). tisen.jp/pukiwiki. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  24. ^ 週プレ1989 (in Japanese). tisen.jp/pukiwiki. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  25. ^ 週プレ1992 (in Japanese). tisen.jp/pukiwiki. Retrieved 2009-08-08.

External links[edit]

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