Kate Asabuki

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Kate Asabuki
Kate Asabuki (1962-) Japanese adult actress and model
Birthdate: July 3, 1962[1]
Birth location: Tokyo, Japan
Measurements: B:85cm-W:58cm-H:85cm
Height: 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Orientation: Heterosexual
Ethnicity: Japanese
Kate Asabuki at IMDb

Kate Asabuki (朝吹ケイト Asabuki Keito?) is a Japanese actress who appeared in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films of the 1980s, and was an early AV (Adult Video) performer.

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[edit] Life and career

Asabuki studied French and English in college, and joined Nikkatsu to work in their Roman Porno films in 1982, while still attending university. She took her stage name "Kate" from Kate Bush, who was her favorite singer.[2] One of her earliest Nikkatsu appearances was in the sixth entry of the Female Teacher (Onna Kyoshi) series (1977-1983), director Junchi Suzuki's Hunting The Female Teacher (1982).[3]

At Nikkatsu, Asabuki appeared in several films directed by Atsushi Fujiura, and it is rumored that they were secretly married to each other.[4] She appeared in Fujiura's Lady's Triangle (Ojosan No Matagura) (1983).[5] Fujiura also directed one of Asabuki's most successful films, Koichiro Uno's Dancer Of Izu (Uno Koichiro No Izu No Odoriko) (1984). Nikkatsu's Koichiro Uno series consisted of humorous sex stories featuring strong female leads. The series was conceived as Roman Pornos designed to appeal to women, and films that couples could enjoy together. This entry, called the best in the series, was a parody of Yasunari Kawabata's famous story, The Dancing Girl of Izu. In Uno's version, Kawabata's titular classical dancer was instead a stripper.[6]

Other prominent pinku eiga directors for whom Asabuki acted were Shogoro Nishimura in Woman with the Pierced Nipples (Chikubi Ni Pierce O Shita Onna) (1983),[7] and Masaru Konuma in Stewardess Scandal: Hold Me Like an Animal (Stewardess Scandal: Kemono No Youni Dakishimete) (1984).[8] When asked to comment on Asabuki, Konuma said, "A nice girl. Very responsive. One of the only actresses who could speak multiple languages. I had her talk English in one of the sex scenes. I liked the way it sounded."[9]

In the late 1990s Asabuki was an anchor on the weekly TV program Tokyo Rock TV. She continued her studies in England, and hoped to work as an actress in the United States,[10] a country she had visited four times by 1989. In 1999 she made a fifth trip to the U.S. to model for photographer Ron Vogel for several American magazines, including Penthouse and Hustler.[11] As a result of her appearances in American media, Celebrity Sleuth magazine named her one of "The 25 Sexiest Women of 2001."[12]

[edit] Selected filmography

Film title[13] Director Company Release date
Lady's Triangle
Ojosan no matagura		 Atsushi Fujiura Nikkatsu 1983
Assaulted Female Teacher
襲われる女教師
Osowareru onna kyoshi		 Nobuhiko Saito Nikkatsu February 4, 1983
Final scandal: okusama wa okatai no ga osuki Masaru Konuma Nikkatsu December 23, 1983
Koichiro Uno's Dancer of Izu
宇能鴻一郎の伊豆の踊り子
Uno Koichiro no Izu no odoriko		 Atsushi Fujiura Nikkatsu May 25, 1984

[edit] References

  1. ^ 朝吹ケイト - Asabuki Keito (Japanese). Web I-dic. Retrieved on 2007-03-03.
  2. ^ "Kate Asabuki - A pictorial", Asian Cult Cinema #22, p.32-33
  3. ^ Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications, 150. ISBN 1-889288-52-7. 
  4. ^ Weisser, p.227.
  5. ^ Ojosan no matagura (1983) (English). IMDB. Retrieved on 2007-03-04.
  6. ^ Weisser, p.447-448
  7. ^ CHIKUBI NI PIERCE O SHITA ONNA / WOMAN WITH PIERCED NIPPLES (English). Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved on 2007-03-04.
  8. ^ STEWARDESS SCANDAL: KEMONO NO YOUNI DAKISHIMETE / STEWARDESS SCANDAL: HOLD ME LIKE AN ANIMAL / FLY GIRLS IN ACTION, THE (English). Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved on 2007-03-04.
  9. ^ Konuma, Masaru. (1998). Interviewed by Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser on November 6, 1998, in Asian Cult Cinema, #22, 1st Quarter, 1999. p.22.
  10. ^ "Kate Asabuki - A pictorial", Asian Cult Cinema #22, p.32-33
  11. ^ Asabuki, Kate. (1999). "Hollywood or Bust - Memoirs of America" in Asian Cult Cinema #25, 4th Quarter, 1999. p.59
  12. ^ Kate Asabuki publicity at IMDB
  13. ^ Filmography based on Kate Asabuki at the Internet Movie Database and Kate Asabuki (Filmography). Urabon Navigator 1997-2006. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.

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[edit] Further reading

  • "The 25 Sexiest Women of 2001: #22 Kate Asabuki" (2001). in Celebrity Sleuth magazine, Vol. 14, #3, pg. 12-15.[1]