is a Japanese actress and former AV idol.
Life and career 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, . In December of her debut year she also had a role in Toei's mainstream drama release, .
In addition to continuing her AV career, Murakami had another role in a mainstream drama, appearing in Bandai Visual's in March 1990. Also in 1990 she appeared in pioneering pink film director/producer Kan Mukai's . She also had roles in a number of V-Cinema films.
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.Rena Murakami Biography, imdb.com; accessed December 28, 2017. 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". 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.Murakami Rena, onisukebb.h.fc2.com; accessed December 28, 2017.Murakami Rena profile , videoboy.tv; accessed December 28, 2017. 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. 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 .
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) TitleFilmography from and Release dateDirectorStudioNotesPrivate1988-06-17VIP5C-034Rena Murakami Final Ecstacy1988Ryuichi HirokiAthena EizouAS-113Completely Lewd1989-01-10Alice JapanKA-1221Reiko Kiyomi Rena - Triple Horny Girls Can Not Be Patient1989h.m.p. Miss ChristineSMC-016With Reiko Hayama & Kiyomi AzumaRena MurakamiProfile, HKMDB.com; accessed December 28, 2017.村上麗奈1993Hong KongKozenwaisetsu 4 Rena Murakami1993h.m.p. SammDSV-030History of Rena Murakami 2006-09-22Taro MatsumotoAtlas21RDA06-091Compilation of two of her VIP videos from 1988
Hong Kong films TitleFilmography from Release dateDirectorStudioNotesHidden Desire我為卿狂1991-11-15Ho Fan何藩Golden HarvestSex and Zen玉蒲團之偷情寶鑑1991-11-30Michael MakGolden HarvestEscape from Brothel花街狂奔1992-02-29Wang Lung-weiChinachem Cinema Circuit華懋Unforgetful Holiday三級七日情1992-10-01Sherman Wong黃靖華Imperial京都All Over the World大昅野1993-01-07Regal永高cameo/herself1/3 Lover1/3情人1993Tommy Wong王振仰Released in Japan as KEDAMONO 獣Dream Lovers青春夢裡人1994
Japanese V-cinema and films Title; ; and Release dateDirectorStudioNotesKoiko no mainichi1988-12-17Kanji AmaoToeiStrawberry Times 2: Santa ga koishi niyattekita1989-11Kazuhiro OnoharaBandai VisualV-CinemaShin dōtei monogatari: Hong Kong virgin boy1990-03-10Tomioka TadahumiBandai VisualCode Name 348: Onna keiji sashiba1990-12-10Kan MukaiShochiku VideoV-CinemaKyonyū Hunter 2: Adventure Summer1990-12-25Toshio KobayashiTohokushinsha FilmV-CinemaMurakami Rena: kyūkyoku meigizuma1997-08-01Satoru KobayashiRuna FilmsXCesproduced and starred Serial DadKomori seikatsu kōjō kurabu 2008-11-08 Ikki Katashima Phantom Film()
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 Playboy 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)
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External links unofficial fan page to Rena Murakami (in Japanese only)