Rena Murakami

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. 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. 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)

Hong Kong films Title Release dateDirectorStudioNotes 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 Lover1/3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 Release dateDirectorStudioNotes 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 FilmsXCes produced 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)