Emi Kuroda
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aka is an AV and pink film actress who was born in Osaka in 1978. She is best known for playing the title role in director Mitsuru Meike
's The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai
(2003).
With no previous theatrical acting experience, Kuroda was chosen to star in director Mitsuru Meike
's 2003 pink film, The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai
. The film gained a cult following and became a surprise international hit, playing at 20 film festivals and having a theatrical release in the U.S. in 2006. As part of the film's tour of international film festivals, Kuroda was invited to speak at the PIA Film Festival in July 2005. One reviewer commented that the film was boosted by "Emi Kuroda's skilled erotic contortions (as well as by her ability to rattle off her pseudo-intellectual dialogue as though she understands it)."
In 2004, Kuroda was arrested for public indecency
as a patron in a sexual fantasy bar. Also in 2004, she appeared in the V-Cinema
erotic comedy directed by Takao Nakano
and released by TMC.
It was Takao Nakano
(who also wrote the screenplay for Sachiko Hanai) who introduced Kuroda to cat-fights, and she joined his cat-fight club "Galshocker" under the name "Rolling Thunder". She left her screen and video work to start up a career as a martial arts fighter. Her record for the 2005 season was one win and three losses.
In her martial arts career she attained third-ranking amateur Shoot Boxing Bantamweight.
Mitsuru Meike
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the group of prominent pink film directors known collectively as the .-Life and career:...
's The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai
The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai
began life as a pink film, the durable Japanese soft-core genre, with the title but it developed into a cult hit and the producers allowed director Mitsuru Meike to expand it into its present form...
(2003).
Life and career
Emi Kuroda started her AV career in 2000 under the name Misuzu Akimoto. Often playing high school girl roles, she starred in such films as Virtual Sexpot and several volumes of Paradise of Japan which were released by Oriental Dream for the American market and so were "uncensored" unlike the usual Japanese porn videos which use a mosaic pixelation to obscure the genitals. In 2002 she changed her stage name to Emi Kuroda and by 2003 had appeared in more than 200 films.With no previous theatrical acting experience, Kuroda was chosen to star in director Mitsuru Meike
Mitsuru Meike
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the group of prominent pink film directors known collectively as the .-Life and career:...
's 2003 pink film, The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai
The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai
began life as a pink film, the durable Japanese soft-core genre, with the title but it developed into a cult hit and the producers allowed director Mitsuru Meike to expand it into its present form...
. The film gained a cult following and became a surprise international hit, playing at 20 film festivals and having a theatrical release in the U.S. in 2006. As part of the film's tour of international film festivals, Kuroda was invited to speak at the PIA Film Festival in July 2005. One reviewer commented that the film was boosted by "Emi Kuroda's skilled erotic contortions (as well as by her ability to rattle off her pseudo-intellectual dialogue as though she understands it)."
In 2004, Kuroda was arrested for public indecency
Public indecency
Public indecency refers to conduct undertaken in a non-private or publicly-viewable location, which are deemed indecent in nature, such as indecent exposure and sexual intercourse or masturbation in public view. Such activity is often illegal...
as a patron in a sexual fantasy bar. Also in 2004, she appeared in the V-Cinema
V-Cinema
Japanese is the direct-to-video industry that appeared in Japan in the 1980s. The term is a trademark of Toei Company but is widely used in the West to describe any Japanese direct-to-video release. In Japan the term used is...
erotic comedy directed by Takao Nakano
Takao Nakano
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor who has worked in pink film, adult videos , and in mainstream comedy, horror and fantasy films.-Life and career:Nakano was born in Osaka, Japan in 1962...
and released by TMC.
It was Takao Nakano
Takao Nakano
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor who has worked in pink film, adult videos , and in mainstream comedy, horror and fantasy films.-Life and career:Nakano was born in Osaka, Japan in 1962...
(who also wrote the screenplay for Sachiko Hanai) who introduced Kuroda to cat-fights, and she joined his cat-fight club "Galshocker" under the name "Rolling Thunder". She left her screen and video work to start up a career as a martial arts fighter. Her record for the 2005 season was one win and three losses.
In her martial arts career she attained third-ranking amateur Shoot Boxing Bantamweight.
Partial filmography
| Released | Video title | Company | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-05-14 | Paradise Of Japan Vol.4 | Oriental Dream PV-04 |
Uncensored With Yui Koike, Haruka Harada, Eriko Shimada & Hiro Yazawa |
|
| 2002-07-16 | Paradise Of Japan Vol.6 | Oriental Dream PV-06 |
Uncensored With Yui Koike, Miko Matsunaga & Hiro Yazawa |
|
| 2002-08-13 | Paradise Of Japan Vol.7 | Oriental Dream PV-07 |
Uncensored With Yui Koike, Haruka Yamada, Miho Matsunaga, Eriko Shimada & Hiro Yazawa |
|
| 2002-09-24 | Paradise Of Japan Vol.8 | Oriental Dream PV-08 |
Uncensored With Haruka Harada, Misuzu Akimoto, Miho Matsunaga, Eriko Shimada & Hiro Yazawa |
|
| 2002-11-05 | Paradise Of Japan Vol.9 | Oriental Dream PV-09 |
Uncensored With Kiyoka Sugiura & Nana Mizuno |
|
| 2002-12-24 | Paradise Of Japan Vol.12 | Oriental Dream PV-12 |
Uncensored With Kiyoka Sugiura, Rina Takemura, Rumi Yazawa, Sayaka Tateishi & Nana Mizuno |
|
| 2003-01-07 | Paradise Of Japan Vol.13 | Oriental Dream PV-13 |
Uncensored With Rumi Yazawa & Kiyoka Sugiura |
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| 2003-01-28 | Paradise Of Japan Vol.14 | Oriental Dream PV-14 |
Uncensored With Sayaka Tateishi, Nana Mizuno, Kiyoka Sugiura, Rina Takemura & Rumi Yazawa |
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| 2004-06-15 | The Mensetsu | Oriental Dream XV-19 |
Uncensored With Hiro Yazawa, Noa Sakuragi, Marimo & Matsunaga Miho |