Jun Miho

Jun Miho
Jun Miho at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2013
Born (1960-08-04) 4 August 1960 (age 64)
Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
OccupationActress
Years active1981–present

Jun Miho (美保 純, Miho Jun, born 4 August 1960) is a Japanese actress.

Career

Born in Shizuoka, Miho worked at a department store and did some topless glamour modeling before debuting in the Mamoru Watanabe directed Nikkatsu Roman Porno film Uniform Virgin Pain (Seifuku shojo no itami) in September 1981.[1][2][3] A few months later, she appeared in another Roman Porno film, Koichiro Uno's Wet and Riding, part of a long series of films from Nikkatsu based on the erotic novels of Kōichirō Uno.[4][5] In July 1982, Miho starred in the first of Nikkatsu's Pink Curtain series of films. The three episodes in the series follow a brother and sister, trying to put their lives back together after the death of their parents, who fall into an incestuous relationship. According to pink film critics Thomas and Yuko Weisser, the controversial nature of the films made Miho an "overnight sensation" and paved the way to a career in mainstream film.[6] Miho won best newcomer awards at the Japan Academy Prize[7] and at the Blue Ribbon Awards[8] for the Pink Curtain series.

Moving into mainstream roles, she became a regular in the Tora-san film series, playing Akemi, the daughter of the printing shop owner. She has also appeared on television as both an actress and a commentator.[1] A long-playing role in television was the character of Yōko Hīragi, the lawyer daughter of Public Prosecutor Shigeru Hīragi, nicknamed "Red Turnip" (Akakabu). The mystery series began with a set of feature-length TV specials beginning in April 1990 with Akakabu Kenji Funsenki (Prosecutor Red Turnip's Battle at the Court) on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation and continued with two more shows in October 1990 and February 1991. These were followed by an 11-part TV series which ran January–March 1992 and then further TV specials after the TV series ended.[9]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

  1. ^ a b ＴＯＫＹＯ ＭＸが贈る名物情報バラエティ番組『５時に夢中！』スペシャル対談・第３回 中村うさぎ×美保純. Shūkan Purēboi News (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  2. ^ Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books: Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 447. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
  3. ^ "制服処女のいたみ" (in Japanese). JMDB. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  4. ^ Weisser, p. 449
  5. ^ "宇能鴻一郎の濡れて騎る" (in Japanese). JMDB. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  6. ^ Weisser, p. 310
  7. ^ "第６回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品". Japan Academy Prize Association. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Burū Ribon Shō hisutorī: 1982". Shinema Hōchi. Archived from the original on 23 October 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  9. ^ Clements, Jonathan; Motoko Tamamuro (2003). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 250. ISBN 1-88065681-7.
  10. ^ "キネマの天地". eiga.com. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  11. ^ Mes, Tom (1 June 2010). "Yuriko's Aroma". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  12. ^ "ミッシング". eiga.com. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  13. ^ "明日を綴る写真館". eiga.com. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  14. ^ "はね駒". TV drama database. Retrieved 30 October 2021.