Junko Miyashita

is a Japanese actress who had a long and varied career working both in pink film and mainstream cinema.

Career

Junko Miyashita was born in Tokyo 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."

Filmography

1970s

• Template:Category handler (7/1971)
• Template:Category handler (9/1971)
• Template:Category handler (World Films) (10/1971)
• Template:Category handler (Million Film) (12/1971)
• Template:Category handler (12/1971)
• (Wakamatsu Films) (12/1971)
• (Template:Category handler) (Million Film) (1/1972)
• (Template:Category handler) (World Films) (1/1972)
• (Template:Category handler) (World Films) (2/1972)
• Template:Category handler (2/1972)
• Template:Category handler (2/1972)
• (Template:Category handler) (Million Film) (3/1972)
• Template:Category handler (3/1972)
• (Template:Category handler) (Million Film) (4/1972)
• (Template:Category handler) (Million Film) (4/1972)
• (Template:Category handler) (World Films) (5/1972)
• Template:Category handler (5/1972)
• Template:Category handler (5/1972)
• (Template:Category handler) (Million Film) (6/1972)
• (Nikkatsu) (7/8/1972)
• Template:Category handler (7/1972)
• (Template:Category handler - Jofu) (Nikkatsu) (8/26/1972) (two roles)
• Template:Category handler (8/1972)
• (Template:Category handler - Kage Gari: Hoero Taihô) (Template:Category handler) (10/10/1972)
• (Template:Category handler - Danchizuma Onna-Zakari) (Nikkatsu) (10/28/1972)
• (Template:Category handler) (Wakamatsu Productions) (11/7/1972)
• (Nikkatsu) (11/18/1972)
• (Template:Category handler - OL Nikki Mesuneko no Joji) (Nikkatsu) (12/16/1972)
• Office Lady Journal: Poaching (OL Nikki: Mitsuryo) (1972)
• (Template:Category handler - Danchizuma Ubawareta Yoru) (Nikkatsu) (1/13/1973
• Template:Category handler (1/1973)
• (Template:Category handler - Uresugita Chibusa: Hitozuma) (Nikkatsu) (2/3/1973)
• (Template:Category handler - Maruhi Ooku Gaiden Amadera In no Mon) (Nikkatsu) (2/211973)
• (Template:Category handler - Jitsuroku Kazuko Shirakawa: Hadaka no Rirekisho) (Nikkatsu) (2/21/1973) (cameo)
• (Template:Category handler - Danchizuma Kanki no Yoru) (Nikkatsu) (3/14/1973)
• (Nikkatsu) (4/4/1973)
• (Nikkatsu) (4/14/1973)
• (Template:Category handler) (Nikkatsu) (5/5/1973)
• (Nikkatsu) (5/23/1973)
• (Template:Category handler) (Nikkatsu) (6/13/1973)
• (Nikkatsu) (7/4/1973)
• (Template:Category handler - Ai ni Nureta Watashi) (Nikkatsu) (7/25/1973)
• (Nikkatsu) (8/4/1973)
• (Nikkatsu) (8/15/1973)
• (Nikkatsu) (9/12/1973)
• (Template:Category handler - Sasurai Kamome: Kushiro no Yoru) (Nikkatsu) (10/05/1973)
• (Nikkatsu) (10/24/1973)
• (Nikkatsu) (11/3/1973)
• (Template:Category handler - 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)
• (Template:Category handler) (Shintōhō Eiga) (7/1975)
• (Nikkatsu) (9/6/1975)
• (Nikkatsu) (9/20/1975)
• (Template:Category handler) (Shintōhō Eiga) (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)
• Template:Category handler (3/15/1976)
• (Nikkatsu) (5/1/1976)
• (Nikkatsu) (6/12/1976)
• (Nikkatsu) (7/31/1976)
• (Template:Category handler - Ah!! Hana no Oh-Endan) (8/21/1976)
• (Template:Category handler - Tokyo Himitsu Hotel: Kemono no Tawamure) (Nikkatsu) (10/20/1976)
• (Nikkatsu) (11/27/1976)
• (Template:Category handler - Ah!! Hana no Oh-Endan: Yakusha Ya Noh) (Nikkatsu) (12/25/1976)
• (Nikkatsu) (1/22/1977)
• (Template:Category handler) (1/22/1977)
• (Nikkatsu) (2/23/1977)
• (Template:Category handler - Furenzoku Satsujin Jiken) (Template:Category handler) (3/15/1977)
• (Template:Category handler - 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)
• (Template:Category handler - 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=Template:Category handler) (7/1/1978)
• (8/19/1978)
• (Template:Category handler) (10/7/1978)
• (Template:Category handler - Hakatakko Junjô) (Template:Category handler) (12/2/1978)
• (Nikkatsu) (12/23/1978)
• (Nikkatsu) (2/17/1979)
• (Template:Category handler - Kinjirareta Taiken) (Nikkatsu) (3/17/1979)
• (Nikkatsu) (7/21/1979)
• (Nikkatsu) (9/22/1979)
• (Template:Category handler) (11/3/1979)
• (Template:Category handler) (12/1/1979)
• (1979)

1980s

• Template:Category handler (2/16/1980)
• (Shochiku=Template:Category handler) (6/28/1980)
• Koichiro Uno's Shell Competition (Uno Koichiro no Kaikurabe) (7/19/1980)
• (Template:Category handler) (Nikkatsu) (10/18/1980)
• (Nikkatsu) (11/21/1980)
• (Template:Category handler - Shikake-nin Baian) (Toei) (4/11/1981)
• (Template:Category handler - Danpu Wataridori) (Toei) (4/29/1981)
• (Template:Category handler - Mayonaka no Shôtaijô) (Shochiku) (9/26/1981)
• (Template:Category handler) (10/3/1981)
• (Template:Category handler - Toritate no Kagayaki) (Toei) (10/10/1981)
• Ekisutora (1982)
• (Template:Category handler) (9/4/1982)
• (Template:Category handler - Chichi to Ko) (Template:Category handler) (1/15/1983)
• Namidabashi (1983)
• (Template:Category handler - Jukkai no Mosquito) (Template:Category handler) (7/2/1983)
• (Template:Category handler) (4/14/1984)
• (Template:Category handler) (Shochiku) (8/4/1984)
• (Template:Category handler) (5/25/1985)
• (Shochiku=Template:Category handler) (10/26/1985)
• (Template:Category handler - Ma no Toki) (1985)
• (Template:Category handler - Tomo yo Shizukani Nemure) (1985)
• (1985)
• (Template:Category handler - Koibitotachino Jikoku) (Template:Category handler) (3/14/1987)
• (Template:Category handler) (12/1/1987)
• (1987)
• (1988)
• (Template:Category handler - Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Joso) (Template:Category handler) (1/28/1989)
• (Template:Category handler) (6/24/1989)

1990s

• (Template:Category handler) (Toei Video) (12/14/1990)
• (Template:Category handler - Isan Sôzoku) (1990)
• (4/6/1991)
• (Toei Video) (5/17/1991)
• (Template:Category handler) (2/19/1993)
• (Template:Category handler) (10/22/1994)
• (Toei Video) (9/8/1995)
• (Template:Category handler) (11/9/1996)
• (MUSASHI) Template:Category handler) (11/3/1996)
• (Template:Category handler - Niji o Tsukamu Otoko) (Shochiku) (12/28/1996)
• (Template:Category handler) (Toei Video) (2/14/1997)
• (Template:Category handler - Shin Sarariiman Senka) (Shochiku=Template:Category handler) (11/22/1997)
• Zakuro Yakata (1997)
• (Template:Category handler) (Toei Video) (6/12/1998)
• (Template:Category handler - Dai-Nana Kankai Hoko: Osaki Midori o Sagashite) (Template:Category handler) (7/3/1999)

2000s

• (Template:Category handler - Mamotte Agetai) (Template:Category handler) (3/4/2000)
• Kamome (Kamome) (Template:Category handler) (3/4/2000)
• (2000)
• (Template:Category handler) (7/6/2002)
• (Template:Category handler) (12/14/2002)
• Template:Category handler (10/13/2003)
• Template:Category handler (10/2/2004)
• (Template:Category handler) (11/13/2004)
• (12/14/2002)
• (2005)
• (2006)
• One Night in Ruder
• (June 2008)

2010s

• Maestro! (2015)
• Dangerous Cops: Final 5 Days (2016)

2020s

• The Voice of Sin (2020)

Sources

• Template:Trim/ Junko Miyashita at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidata
• Template:Category handler at movie.goo.ne.jp (in Japanese)

External links

• Profile - M.M.P
• Template:Trim/ Junko Miyashita at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidata