was a J-pop

J-pop

, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...

 singer, actress, and dancer of Japanese

Japanese people

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...

 and German descent.

Takamura was a member of , a musical group promoted by Watanabe Productions

Watanabe Productions

is a multimedia management company in Japan dealing in recordings, films, television, music publishing and artist management as well as the main subsidiary of the Watanabe Production Group....

, composed of young women of mixed Japanese and foreign ancestry who sang and go-go danced

Go-Go dancing

Go-go dancers are dancers who are employed to entertain crowds at a discotheque. Go-go dancing originated in the early 1960s when women at the Peppermint Lounge in New York City began to get up on tables and dance the twist...

 on the Fuji TV show BEAT POP. Golden Half made their debut in September 1970 and split in 1974. The band appeared in the nightclub scenes in Yasuharu Hasebe

Yasuharu Hasebe

was a Japanese film director best known known for his movies in the "Violent pink" subgenre of the Pink film, such as Assault! Jack the Ripper , Rape! , Rape! 13th Hour and Raping!...

's Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter where they performed their hit song Kiiroi Sakuranbo ("Yellow Cherry". Takamura released a solo album titled Tenshi no Asa (天使の朝) from Nippon Crown

Nippon Crown

is a Japanese record label originally established as Crown Records on 6 September 1963. It is a spin-off of Nippon Columbia and is currently owned by karaoke maker Daiichikosho.-Artists:Artists signed to Nippon Crown Music include:* Hanaboy* Kimeru* Metis...

 in 1975.

In 1976, Takamura played the title role in Masaru Konuma

Masaru Konuma

is a Japanese director most famous for his Roman Porno films for Nikkatsu during the 1970s.-Early life:Masaru Konuma was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, on December 30, 1937. Konuma retains no memories of his father who was a teacher...

's nunsploitation

Nunsploitation

Nunsploitation is a subgenre of exploitation film which had its peak in Europe in the 1970s. These films typically involve Christian nuns living in convents during the Middle Ages. The main conflict of the story is usually of a religious or sexual nature, such as religious oppression or sexual...

 film Cloistered Nun: Runa’s Confession

Cloistered Nun: Runa’s Confession

is a Japanese pink film in the nunsploitation genre starring pop singer Runa Takamura, directed by Masaru Konuma and produced by Nikkatsu. AllRovi reports of the film, "As Konuma is not one to pull political punches for the sake of lightweight erotic fluff, the film is far more pointed than the...

. She followed this film with Runa's Confession: "Men Crawling All Over Me" a semi-autobiographical, erotic retelling of her pop music career.

Filmography

Based on: , 1970, cameo as a Golden Half member, 1974, Judy, 1976, Runa/Luna, 1976, herself, 1976, woman at the boutique, 1976, a performer