is a Japanese

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singer, actress, author,

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and AV actress.

Life and career

Kei Marimura was born on August 29, 1957 in

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, Tokyo. Graduated from the Shōei Joshi Gakuin Junior and Senior High School, she made her debut as jazz singer in 1982 through the

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College of Music. She also worked as an actress, appearing in many movies, TV-dramas and

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releases. In 2009, at 52, she made her debut as AV actress with the label

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. In 2011 she released her first novel, ''Intimacy'' (''インティマシー'').

Discography

Album

* ''Elegance'' (1982, Disco-Mate, DSP-4006) * ''Mood Indigo'' (1982, Disco-Mate, DSP-4007) * ''The man I love'' (1983, Disco-Mate, DSP-5118) * ''P.S. I Love you'' (1983, Teichiku / Continental, DSP-5120) * ''Beautiful Dreamer'' (live, 1984, Disco-Mate, DSP-5121) * ''Tiempo de Amor'' (1985, Continental, CI-40) * ''La Califusa'' (1986, Continental, CI-41) * ''Nouveau'' (1991, Teichiku, TECN-28082) * ''Mucho Mucho'' (1992,Teichiku, TECN-30194) * ''ブリリアント・ベスト'' (Best of, 2010, Teichiku, TECN-30211/2)

Filmography

Movies

* ''Mysterious Country Japan'' (''ふしぎな国日本'', 1982) * ''Yasha'' (''夜叉'', 1985) * ''The most dangerous criminal'' (''もっともあぶない刑事'', 1989) * ''Death Subeshi beast'' (''野獣死すべし'', 1997) * ''

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'' (''月光の囁き'', 1998) * ''Girl came from the sea – Mermaid'' (''マーメイド～海から来た少女'', 2001), also written and directed * ''Midday Flowers'' (''真昼の花'', 2005), singing

V-Cinema

* ''Only evil'' (''悪人専用'', 1990) * ''Symphony of the sensual wife Karuizawa'' (''軽井沢夫人官能の夜想曲'', 1996) * '' XX: Beautiful Prey'' (''ＸＸ　美しき獲物'', 1996) * ''Women'' (''id.'', 1997) * ''Another XX'' (''アナザーXX'', 1998) * ''Ecstasy'' (''エクスタシー'', 2001) * ''Red Spider'' (''赤蜘蛛'', 2004)

Gravure video

* ''Shangai Rapsodhy'' (Bauhaus, 2002) * ''Aventure'' (2004)

Adult video

* ''Jyoji'' (September 25, 2009, Alice JAPAN) * ''Jyoji II'' (March 12, 2010, Alice JAPAN) * ''Lady Stockings'' (November 12, 2010, Alice JAPAN) * ''Tokyo nightclub – Jyoji Beginning'' (November 11, 2011, Alice JAPAN)

Web series

* ''Easy seeing (I have seen!)'' (''見参楽（みさんが！）'', 2011, DOUGA/

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)

Television

* ''At night the mood'' (''夜は気分で'', 1982–1983) – Host * ''We're funny family'' (''オレたちひょうきん族'', 1982–1983) * ''Our first experience of wives'' (''妻たちの初体験'', 1986) * ''Metropolitan at 25'' (''大都会25時'', 1987) * ''Tetsuko Room'' (''徹子の部屋'', 1987) * ''One photograph'' (''一枚の写真'', 1991) * ''Autumn murderer'' (''秋の殺人者'', 1995) * ''Good Luck'' (''グッドラック'', 1996) * ''Witch legend'' (''鬼女伝説'', 2003) * ''Stay at the countryside!'' (''田舎に泊まろう!'', 2008) * ''BS-TBS Imperial Jazz 2009'' (2009)

Radio

* ''Jazz Monthly wide'' (''マンスリージャズワイド'',

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) * ''I Love NY''

Bibliography

* ''Intimacy'' (''インティマシー'', 2011, Tokuma Shoten)

Photo books

* ''ドレス'' * ''Imprevu'' * ''Speak Low'' * ''Higher Self'' * ''R指定'' * ''軽蔑'' * ''BLACK BOX'' * ''上海ラプソディー'' * '' Pandora''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marimura, Kei 1957 births 21st-century Japanese women writers Japanese gravure idols Japanese female adult models Japanese pornographic film actresses Living people Actresses from Tokyo Singers from Tokyo People from Chiyoda, Tokyo Japanese women jazz singers Japanese women novelists Japanese television personalities 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers