Megumi Makihara
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is a Japanese
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The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 actress known for her appearances in the pink film genre. She has appeared in award-winning pink films, and was herself given a "Best Actress" award for her work in 1997.

Career

Megumi Makihara has appeared in pink films and 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...

 for several notable directors. Her performance in Takahisa Zeze
Takahisa Zeze
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter best known for his soft-core pornographic pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Kazuhiro Sano, Toshiki Satō, and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the .-Life and career:...

's Scent of a Female: Rapturous Pistil (1996), won Makihara the Best New Actress, 4th place at the Pink Grand Prix
Pink Grand Prix
The or is an annual Japanese film award ceremony which recognizes excellence in the pink film. Known as the "Academy Awards of the Pink Film", the ceremony attracts a diverse audience of industry personnel, film scholars and the general public....

, and the film was selected as third best pink film release of the year. The director with whom Makihara worked most was Tarō Araki
Tarō Araki
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...

, who is considered one of OP Eiga
OP Eiga
, also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...

's top directors. Araki appears as an actor in his films with Makihara, and Makihara is also credited with the music to the director's 1997 films and .

Makihara appeared 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 debut, Lascivious Nurse Uniform Diary: Two or Three Times, While I'm Wet (1997), which won Meike the Best New Director title at the Pink Grand Prix, and was named the seventh best pink release of the year. Makihara was awarded the Best Actress of the year at the same ceremony for her performance in Yutaka Ikejima
Yutaka Ikejima
is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the...

's Big Tits * Beautiful Tits * Obscene Tits: Rubbing Competition. She appeared onscreen with Ikejima in the gay-themed ENK studio's New Gay Bar Love Story. She worked with Meike again in his V-cinema release, Confession of a New Nurse (1998).

Along with AV idol Yumika Hayashi
Yumika Hayashi
was a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She earned the title of "Japan's Original Adult Video Queen" during a 16-year career in which she starred in nearly 200 AVs and appeared in over 180 films...

, Makihara appeared in the third episode of the drama series . Titled , the episode aired on TV Asahi
TV Asahi
, also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....

 on July 26, 1997.

Partial filmography

Title Release date Director Studio Notes

Films

Scent of a Female: Rapturous Pistil

Meshū: torokeru kashin
1996-07-26 Takahisa Zeze
Takahisa Zeze
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter best known for his soft-core pornographic pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Kazuhiro Sano, Toshiki Satō, and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the .-Life and career:...

Kokuei
Shintōhō
Third Best Film of the Year, Pink Grand Prix
Pink Grand Prix
The or is an annual Japanese film award ceremony which recognizes excellence in the pink film. Known as the "Academy Awards of the Pink Film", the ceremony attracts a diverse audience of industry personnel, film scholars and the general public....


Best New Actress, 4th Place: Makihara
Family Plays with a Genuinely Perverted Woman

Shinsei chijo to ijikuru kazoku
1996-11-09 Tarō Araki
Tarō Araki
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...

Tarō Productions
OP Eiga
OP Eiga
, also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...

60 min.
With Tarō Araki
Tarō Araki
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...

New Gay Bar Love Story

Shin hattenba rabu sutoorii
1997-05-02 Ryūji Yamamoto ENK With Yutaka Ikejima
Yutaka Ikejima
is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the...

The Nurse's Private Life: Violent Girls' Dorm

Hakui no shiseikatsu rangyō joshiryō
1997-06-13 Tarō Araki
Tarō Araki
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...

OP Eiga
OP Eiga
, also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...

With Tarō Araki
Tarō Araki
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...

Lecherous Beautiful Big Tits: Juicy Flesh

Inran bikyonyū tawawana biniku
1997-07-14 Tarō Araki
Tarō Araki
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...

Tarō Productions
OP Eiga
OP Eiga
, also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...

60 min.
With Yumi Yoshiyuki
Yumi Yoshiyuki
is a Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the pink film genre.-Life and career:While studying economics at Dokkyo University, Yoshiyuki developed a love of film. She debuted as an actress in the pink film genre in 1993 in director Toshiki Satō's...

 and Tarō Araki
Tarō Araki
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...

Lascivious Nurse Uniform Diary: Two or Three Times, While I'm Wet

Hakui inran nikki: nureta mama nido, sando
1997-08-29 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:...

Shintōhō 60 min.
Violent Taxi

Bōkō takushii: hamerareta onnatachi
1997-09-12 Sachio Kitazawa Iizumi Productions 60 min.
Big Tits * Beautiful Tits * Obscene Tits: Rubbing Competition

Kyonyū*binyū*innyū: ~momikurabe~
1997-09-20 Yutaka Ikejima
Yutaka Ikejima
is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the...

Cement Match
OP Eiga
OP Eiga
, also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...

Best Actress, Pink Grand Prix: Makihara
With Yutaka Ikejima
Yutaka Ikejima
is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the...

 and Kyōko Kazama
Kyōko Kazama
is a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She has appeared in award-winning pink films, and was herself given a "Best Supporting Actress" award in two successive years for her work in this genre in 2006 and 2007.-Life and career:...

Perverted Wife: Spied Upon

Hentaizuma: hamerarete nozokarete
1997-10-01 Tarō Araki
Tarō Araki
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...

Tarō Productions
OP Eiga
OP Eiga
, also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...

60 min.
With Tarō Araki
Tarō Araki
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...

 and Yumika Hayashi
Yumika Hayashi
was a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She earned the title of "Japan's Original Adult Video Queen" during a 16-year career in which she starred in nearly 200 AVs and appeared in over 180 films...

Dental Surgeon Wife: Chafed Thighs

hitozuma shikai: kosureru futomomo
1997-12-12 Sakae Nitta Xces With Satomi Shinozaki
Sticky Juice of the Lady with a Wet Ass

Nurejiri okami no nebari jiru
1997-12-13 Tarō Araki
Tarō Araki
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...

Tarō Productions
OP Eiga
OP Eiga
, also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...

60 min.
With Tarō Araki
Tarō Araki
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. Including Yutaka Ikejima, Yumi Yoshiyuki and Minoru Kunizawa, Araki is one of the four top pink film directors of Ōkura Productions at the turn of the millennium.-Life and career:...

 and Yumika Hayashi
Yumika Hayashi
was a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She earned the title of "Japan's Original Adult Video Queen" during a 16-year career in which she starred in nearly 200 AVs and appeared in over 180 films...

Lecherous Family: Immoral, Lusty Widow

Inran kazoku: kōshoku furin mibōjin
1997-12-26 Akira Fukamachi Shintōhō 60 min.
With Yutaka Ikejima
Yutaka Ikejima
is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the...

Adored Angel in White: Sweaty Caresses

Akogare no hakui no tenshi: aibu de bisshori
1998-03-10 Kazuyoshi Sekine Sekine Productions
OP Eiga
OP Eiga
, also known as is the largest and one of the oldest independent Japanese studios which produce and distribute pink films. Along with Shintōhō, Kantō, Million Film, and Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio, Ōkura was one of the most influential studios on the pink film genre...

61 min.
With Yumi Yoshiyuki
Yumi Yoshiyuki
is a Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the pink film genre.-Life and career:While studying economics at Dokkyo University, Yoshiyuki developed a love of film. She debuted as an actress in the pink film genre in 1993 in director Toshiki Satō's...


Title Release date Director Studio Notes

V-Cinema

Molester's Caboose: Sexy Platform

Chikan shūdensha: kannō purattohoomu
1998-02-27 Kazuto Kubodera Legend Pictures 61 min.
Confession of a New Nurse

Kokuhaku shinjin kangofu
1998-03 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:...

Image Factory 60 min.
Embarkation Diary: Stewardess' Warning

Tōjō nisshi: suchuwaadesu no abunai keikoku
1998-05-04 Tarō Sugiyama Caress Communications 74 min.
Pervert Story: Finger-Tease in a Forbidden Place

Chikan monogatari: ikenai tokoro no yubi ijime
1998-05-22 Asao Taiga TMC 75 min.
Bottled Vulva: Bank Teller Noriko
Binzume nyoin: Ginkōin · Noriko
1998 Shinji Imaoka
Shinji Imaoka
aka is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of a group of pink film directors of the 2000s known collectively as the .-Life and career:...

J·nex Adult/Horror
Molester's Caboose Special

Chikan shūdensha supesharu
2004 Kazuto Kubodera 80 min.
With Yumika Hayashi
Yumika Hayashi
was a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She earned the title of "Japan's Original Adult Video Queen" during a 16-year career in which she starred in nearly 200 AVs and appeared in over 180 films...

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