Junko Miyashita
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is a Japanese actress who had a long and varied career working both in pink film and mainstream cinema.
on January 29, 1949. She was working as a waitress at a coffee shop when she was recruited to work in Pink films.
Her debut film was in July, 1971 with . Her work in Nikkatsu
's Roman Porno genre included eight entries in the Apartment Wife series from 1972 until 1974. She worked with leading pink film director Kōji Wakamatsu
, and some of the best directors in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films, including Noboru Tanaka
, and Tatsumi Kumashiro
. Among the highlights of her early career were starring roles in Tanaka's Showa Trilogy (A Woman Called Sada Abe
(1975), Watcher in the Attic
(1976), and Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture!
(1977)). An exceptionally good actress for the genre, she was nominated for a Japanese Academy Award
for best new actress in her roles in Kihachi Okamoto
's film, Dynamite Bang Bang and Hideo Gosha
's Bandit vs. Samurai Squad (both 1978). She was awarded the Blue Ribbon Award for both of these roles. She was again nominated for a Japanese Academy Award in 1979 for best actress for her role in Woman with Red Hair
, and won the Hochi News
award
for both this role and for Wet Weekend
. The following year, she was given a special award for her career at the Yokohama Film Festival
. From the 1980s, she began working more in mainstream films, including two award-winning films for Mitsuo Yanagimachi
: Fire Festival
(Himatsuri) (1985) and About Love, Tokyo (Ai ni tsuite, Tokyo) (1992). Commenting on his work with Miyashita, director Noboru Tanaka
later said, "I liked her natural manner. She always looks very natural, but you can feel the great power and strength that she has. She had a very traditional and conservative Japanese style, but her determination could be seen on the screen... she was a traditional Japanese beauty who also had energy and strength, and that was what I liked about her."
) (12/1971) (12/1971) (Wakamatsu Films) (12/1971)
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Career
Junko Miyashita was born in TokyoTokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
on January 29, 1949. She was working as a waitress at a coffee shop when she was recruited to work in Pink films.
Her debut film was in July, 1971 with . Her work in Nikkatsu
Nikkatsu
is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...
's Roman Porno genre included eight entries in the Apartment Wife series from 1972 until 1974. She worked with leading pink film director Kōji Wakamatsu
Koji Wakamatsu
is a Japanese film director who directed such pinku eiga films as and . He also produced Nagisa Ōshima's controversial film In the Realm of the Senses...
, and some of the best directors in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films, including Noboru Tanaka
Noboru Tanaka
was a Japanese film director best known known for his Roman Porno films, including three critically respected films known as the Showa trilogy: A Woman Called Sada Abe , Watcher in the Attic , and Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture! , all three starring Nikkatsu Roman porno queen Junko Miyashita...
, and Tatsumi Kumashiro
Tatsumi Kumashiro
was a Japanese film director best known for his critically acclaimed, award-winning Roman Porno films, such as Ichijo's Wet Lust and The Woman with Red Hair...
. Among the highlights of her early career were starring roles in Tanaka's Showa Trilogy (A Woman Called Sada Abe
A Woman Called Sada Abe
aka Sada Abe: A Docu-Drama is a Roman porno version of the Sada Abe story directed by Noboru Tanaka.It is based on the true story of a woman who strangled her lover during a love-making session, then severed his penis, which she carried with her until her arrest...
(1975), Watcher in the Attic
Watcher in the Attic
aka Stroller in the Attic, Edogawa Rampo Theater: Walker in the Attic and Walker in the Attic is a 1976 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Noboru Tanaka and starring Junko Miyashita.-Synopsis:...
(1976), and Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture!
Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture!
aka Torture! and From the Banned Book "Wild Dance of a Beautiful Woman": Torture! is a 1977 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Noboru Tanaka and starring Junko Miyashita...
(1977)). An exceptionally good actress for the genre, she was nominated for a Japanese Academy Award
Japanese Academy Awards
The , often called the Japan Academy Awards or the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Nippon Academy-shō Association for excellence in Japanese film...
for best new actress in her roles in Kihachi Okamoto
Kihachi Okamoto
was a Japanese film director who has worked in several different genres, including jidaigeki.-Career:Born in Yonago, Okamoto attended Meiji University, but was drafted in 1943 and entered World War II during its most difficult hours, an experience that had a profound effect on his later film work,...
's film, Dynamite Bang Bang and Hideo Gosha
Hideo Gosha
was a Japanese film director.Among his most famous films are Goyokin and Hitokiri, released in 1969, and The Wolves, released in 1971. His most famous film in the West is Sword of the Beast, released by Criterion....
's Bandit vs. Samurai Squad (both 1978). She was awarded the Blue Ribbon Award for both of these roles. She was again nominated for a Japanese Academy Award in 1979 for best actress for her role in Woman with Red Hair
Woman with Red Hair
is an award-winning Japanese pink film in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series.-Wins:* Best Actress, Junko Miyashita - Hochi Film Awards* Best Actress, Junko Miyashita - Kinema Jumpo* Best Supporting Actress, Ako - Yokohama Film Festival...
, and won the Hochi News
Sports Hochi
, previously known as literally widely informing newspaper, is a Japanese language daily sports newspaper. As of 2002, it has a circulation of a million.It is an affiliate newspaper of Yomiuri Shimbun.-External links:*...
award
Hochi Film Award
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by the Hochi Shimbun.- Categories :*Best Picture*Best International Picture*Best Actor*Best Actress*Best Supporting Actor*Best Supporting Actress*Best New Artist*Special Award*Best Director- Winner :...
for both this role and for Wet Weekend
Wet Weekend
is a 1979 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Kichitaro Negishi and starring Junko Miyashita.-Synopsis:Miyashita plays an office clerk who is having an affair with her married boss...
. The following year, she was given a special award for her career at the Yokohama Film Festival
Yokohama Film Festival
The is a noticed yearly awards ceremony held in Japan. The festival was started as a small affair by fans and film critics, and first held on February 3, 1980. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year, and various awards are given to personnel...
. From the 1980s, she began working more in mainstream films, including two award-winning films for Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Mitsuo Yanagimachi is an award-winning Japanese screenwriter and film director.-Career:...
: Fire Festival
Fire Festival (film)
is a 1985 Japanese drama film directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Kinya Kitaoji - Tatsuo* Kiwako Taichi - Kimiko* Norihei Miki - Yamakawa...
(Himatsuri) (1985) and About Love, Tokyo (Ai ni tsuite, Tokyo) (1992). Commenting on his work with Miyashita, director Noboru Tanaka
Noboru Tanaka
was a Japanese film director best known known for his Roman Porno films, including three critically respected films known as the Showa trilogy: A Woman Called Sada Abe , Watcher in the Attic , and Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture! , all three starring Nikkatsu Roman porno queen Junko Miyashita...
later said, "I liked her natural manner. She always looks very natural, but you can feel the great power and strength that she has. She had a very traditional and conservative Japanese style, but her determination could be seen on the screen... she was a traditional Japanese beauty who also had energy and strength, and that was what I liked about her."
1970s
(7/1971) (9/1971) (World Films) (10/1971) (Million FilmMillion Film
was one of the early independent studios which produced pink films. Along with OP Eiga, Shintōhō, Kantō and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Million Film was one of the most influential on the genre during its first decade...
) (12/1971) (12/1971) (Wakamatsu Films) (12/1971)
- (Million FilmMillion Filmwas one of the early independent studios which produced pink films. Along with OP Eiga, Shintōhō, Kantō and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Million Film was one of the most influential on the genre during its first decade...
) (1/1972) - (World Films) (1/1972)
- (World Films) (2/1972) (2/1972) (2/1972)
- (Million FilmMillion Filmwas one of the early independent studios which produced pink films. Along with OP Eiga, Shintōhō, Kantō and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Million Film was one of the most influential on the genre during its first decade...
) (3/1972) (3/1972) - (Million FilmMillion Filmwas one of the early independent studios which produced pink films. Along with OP Eiga, Shintōhō, Kantō and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Million Film was one of the most influential on the genre during its first decade...
) (4/1972) - (Million FilmMillion Filmwas one of the early independent studios which produced pink films. Along with OP Eiga, Shintōhō, Kantō and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Million Film was one of the most influential on the genre during its first decade...
) (4/1972) - (World Films) (5/1972) (5/1972) (5/1972)
- (Million FilmMillion Filmwas one of the early independent studios which produced pink films. Along with OP Eiga, Shintōhō, Kantō and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Million Film was one of the most influential on the genre during its first decade...
) (6/1972) (Nikkatsu) (7/8/1972) (7/1972) - ( - Jofu) (Nikkatsu) (8/26/1972) (two roles) (8/1972)
- ( - Kage Gari: Hoero Taihô) (10/10/1972)
- ( - Danchizuma Onna-Zakari) (Nikkatsu) (10/28/1972)
- (Wakamatsu Productions) (11/7/1972) (Nikkatsu) (11/18/1972)
- ( - OL Nikki Mesuneko no Joji) (Nikkatsu) (12/16/1972)
- Office Lady Journal: Poaching (OL Nikki: Mitsuryo) (1972)
- ( - Danchizuma Ubawareta Yoru) (Nikkatsu) (1/13/1973 (1/1973)
- ( - Uresugita Chibusa: Hitozuma) (Nikkatsu) (2/3/1973)
- ( - Maruhi Ooku Gaiden Amadera In no Mon) (Nikkatsu) (2/211973)
- ( - Jitsuroku Kazuko Shirakawa: Hadaka no Rirekisho) (Nikkatsu) (2/21/1973) (cameo)
- ( - Danchizuma Kanki no Yoru) (Nikkatsu) (3/14/1973) (Nikkatsu) (4/4/1973) (Nikkatsu) (4/14/1973)
- (Nikkatsu) (5/5/1973) (Nikkatsu) (5/23/1973)
- (Nikkatsu) (6/13/1973) (Nikkatsu) (7/4/1973)
- ( - Ai ni Nureta Watashi) (Nikkatsu) (7/25/1973) (Nikkatsu) (8/4/1973) (Nikkatsu) (8/15/1973) (Nikkatsu) (9/12/1973)
- ( - Sasurai Kamome: Kushiro no Yoru) (Nikkatsu) (10/05/1973) (Nikkatsu) (10/24/1973) (Nikkatsu) (11/3/1973)
- ( - OL Nikki Mitsuryo: Asaru) (Nikkatsu) (12/5/1973) (Nikkatsu) (1/3/1974) (Nikkatsu) (1/15/1974) (Nikkatsu) (2/16/1974) (Nikkatsu) (4/20/1974) (Nikkatsu) (6/22/1974) (Nikkatsu) (7/6/1974) (Nikkatsu) (7/20/1974) (Nikkatsu) (8/3/1974) (Nikkatsu) (9/11/1974) (Nikkatsu) (9/21/1974) (10/26/1974) (1/14/1975) (Nikkatsu) (2/8/1975) (Nikkatsu) (4/26/1975) (Nikkatsu) (7/23/1975)
- (ShinToho) (7/1975) (Nikkatsu) (9/6/1975) (Nikkatsu) (9/20/1975)
- ShinToho) (9/1975) (Nikkatsu) (10/18/1975) (Nikkatsu) (12/24/1975)
- Documentary on High School Girls Prostitution Ring (Jitsuroku Jokosei Shudan Baishun) (Wakamatsu Films) (1975) (2/21/1976) (3/15/1976) (Nikkatsu) (5/1/1976) (Nikkatsu) (6/12/1976) (Nikkatsu) (7/31/1976)
- ( - Ah!! Hana no Oh-Endan) (8/21/1976)
- ( - Tokyo Himitsu Hotel: Kemono no Tawamure) (Nikkatsu) (10/20/1976) (Nikkatsu) (11/27/1976)
- ( - Ah!! Hana no Oh-Endan: Yakusha Ya Noh) (Nikkatsu) (12/25/1976) (Nikkatsu) (1/22/1977) (1/22/1977) (Nikkatsu) (2/23/1977)
- ( - Furenzoku Satsujin Jiken) (3/15/1977)
- ( - Ah!! Hana no Oh-Endan: Otoko Namida no Shineitai) (Nikkatsu) (3/19/1977) (Nikkatsu) (4/23/1977) (Nikkatsu) (5/21/1977) (6/25/1977) (7/23/1977)
- ( - Hirusagari no Joji: Susurinaki) (10/15/1977) (12/24/1977)
- Teacher's Mark Card (Sensei no Tsushinbo) (1977) (1/21/1978) (Nikkatsu) (3/4/1978) (Shochiku＝) (7/1/1978) (8/19/1978) (10/7/1978)
- ( - Hakatakko Junjô) (12/2/1978) (Nikkatsu) (12/23/1978) (Nikkatsu) (2/17/1979)
- ( - Kinjirareta Taiken) (Nikkatsu) (3/17/1979) (Nikkatsu) (7/21/1979) (Nikkatsu) (9/22/1979) (11/3/1979) (12/1/1979) (1979)
1980s
(2/16/1980) (Shochiku＝) (6/28/1980)- Koichiro Uno's Shell Competition (Uno Koichiro no Kaikurabe) (7/19/1980)
- (Nikkatsu) (10/18/1980) (Nikkatsu) (11/21/1980)
- ( - Shikake-nin Baian) (Toei) (4/11/1981)
- ( - Danpu Wataridori) (Toei) (4/29/1981)
- ( - Mayonaka no Shôtaijô) (Shochiku) (9/26/1981) (10/3/1981)
- ( - Toritate no Kagayaki) (Toei) (10/10/1981)
- Ekisutora (1982) (9/4/1982)
- ( - Chichi to Ko) (1/15/1983)
- Namidabashi (1983)
- ( - Jukkai no Mosquito) (7/2/1983) (4/14/1984)
- (Shochiku) (8/4/1984) (5/25/1985) (Shochiku＝) (10/26/1985)
- ( - Ma no Toki) (1985)
- ( - Tomo yo Shizukani Nemure) (1985) (1985)
- ( - Koibitotachino Jikoku) (3/14/1987) (12/1/1987) (1987) (1988)
- ( - Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Joso) (1/28/1989) (6/24/1989)
1990s
- (Toei Video) (12/14/1990)
- ( - Isan Sôzoku) (1990) (4/6/1991) (Toei Video) (5/17/1991) (2/19/1993) (10/22/1994) (Toei Video) (9/8/1995)
- (11/9/1996)
- (ＭＵＳＡＳＨＩ) ) (11/3/1996)
- ( - Niji o Tsukamu Otoko) (Shochiku) (12/28/1996)
- (Toei Video) (2/14/1997)
- ( - Shin Sarariiman Senka) (Shochiku＝) (11/22/1997)
- Zakuro Yakata (1997)
- (Toei Video) (6/12/1998)
- ( - Dai-Nana Kankai Hoko: Osaki Midori o Sagashite) (7/3/1999)
2000s
- ( - Mamotte Agetai) (3/4/2000)
- Kamome (Kamome) (3/4/2000) (2000)
- (7/6/2002)
- (12/14/2002) (10/13/2003) (10/2/2004) (11/13/2004) (12/14/2002) (2005)
- ( - Dekotora no Shu: Koino Hanasaku Shimizuko) (2006)
- One Night in Ruder
Sources
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