Kate Asabuki

Kate Asabuki
Born	July 3, 1962 (1962-07-03) (age 49)<[1] Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Ethnicity	Japanese

Kate Asabuki (朝吹 ケイト, Asabuki Keito^?, born July 3, 1962) is a Japanese actress who appeared in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films of the 1980s, and was an early adult video (AV) performer.

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 seventh entry of the Female Teacher (Onna Kyoshi) series (1977–83), director Nobuhiko Saito's Assaulted The Female Teacher (1983).^[3]

At Nikkatsu, Asabuki appeared in several films directed by Atsushi Fujiura.^[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 1983 Asabuki also appeared in some early videos released by Nikkatsu.^[10] One of them, Blue Experience Part 1, become a highly ranked AV collectors item by 2005, with an estimated price of almost 60,000 yen (about $600).^[11] A year later, in May 1984, Asabuki starred in one of the earliest adult videos produced by Japan Home Video, Happy Onanie, which was released under their Penguin label, the precursor to the Alice Japan brand.^[12]

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,^[2] 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.^[13]

Selected filmography

Cinema

Film title[14]	Director	Company	Release date	Notes
女子大生の下半身　な～んもしらん親 Joshidaisei no Kahanshin Na-nmo shsiran Oya	Keiko Kusuda	Gendai Eizō Kikaku / Nikkatsu	December 24, 1982	With Marino Shimabara & Seiko Mihara
Assaulted Female Teacher 襲われる女教師 Osowareru onna kyōshi	Nobuyuki Saito	Nikkatsu	February 4, 1983	With Sonny Chiba, Mika Hijii, Kaoru Mizuki & Yuki Kazamatsuri
Woman With Pierced Nipples 乳首にピアスをした女 Chikubi ni piasu o shita onna	Shōgorō Nishimura	Nikkatsu	April 25, 1983	With Usagi Aso & Jun Izumi
Lady's Triangle お嬢さんの股ぐら Ojōsan no matagura	Atsushi Fujiura	Nikkatsu	September 16, 1983	With Junko Asahina & Akio Kaneda
Final Scandal: Madam Likes It Hard ファイナル・スキャンダル　奥様はお固いのがお好き Final scandal: okusama wa okatai no ga osuki	Masaru Konuma	Nikkatsu	December 23, 1983	With Midori Satsuki, Kaoru Okamoto, Takashi Shikauchi & Toshiaki Amada
下半身症侯群 Kahanshin Shō Kō Gun	Genji Nakamura	Nikkatsu	February 3, 1984
Stewardess Scandal: Hold Me Like An Animal スチュワーデス・スキャンダル 獣のように抱きしめて Stewardess Scandal: Kemono No Youni Dakishimete	Masaru Konuma	Nikkatsu	March 16, 1984	With Makoto Yoshino, Shigeru Muroi & Tomoko Ai
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	With Kaoru Oda, Nami Matsukawa, Mizuho Nakagawa & Rika Ishii
踊る乳房 Odoru chibusa	Yoshihiro Kawasaki	Nikkatsu	July 13, 1984	With Miduho Nakagawa, Kaoru Mizuki & Shinji Sekikawa
女子大生　温泉芸者 Joshidaisei: onsen geisha	Atsushi Fujiura	Nikkatsu	December 8, 1984
Kyōko Aizome's Widow's Boarding House 愛染恭子の未亡人下宿 Aizome Kyōko no Mibōjin Geshuku	Shinya Yamamoto	Nikkatsu	December 22, 1984	With Kyōko Aizome
スワップ診察室　密しぶき Swappu shinsatsushitsu: mitsushibuki	Atsushi Fujiura	Nikkatsu	February 22, 1986	With Megumi Kiyosato

Adult Videos (AV)

Video title[15]	Director	Company	Release date	Notes
Blue Experience Part 1 碧い体験　PART １ Aoi Taiken PART 1	Hidehiro Ito	Nikkatsu A-101	August 16, 1983
Blue Experience Part 2 碧い体験　PART 2 Aoi Taiken PART 2	Hidehiro Ito	Nikkatsu A-102	August 16, 1983
Happy Onanie ルンルンオナニー	Shinya Yamamoto	Japan Home Video / Penguin KA-1006	May 21, 1984
New Woman Teacher Dream Examination 新任女教師　性夢の調べ		Five Star	1985
Medical Examination At Night 夜の診察室「はいるわ！」		Five Star	1986
Provacative Performance 挑発本番 Chōhatsu Honban		Five Star	1986
The School Mistress Weeps for Rape 女教師乱れ泣き	Shuji Kataoka	h.m.p. OE-002	April 24, 1994	With Conchita Matsumoto, Mai Asakura, Mari Misato & Yuri Murakami

References

1. ^ "朝吹ケイト - Asabuki Keito" (in Japanese). Web I-dic. http://i-dic.dorachan.com/data?asbkit01. Retrieved 2007-03-03. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Kate Asabuki — A pictorial", Asian Cult Cinema #22, pp. 32–3.
3. ^ Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books: Asian Cult Cinema Publications. pp. 150. ISBN 1-889288-52-7. 
4. ^ Weisser, p. 227.
5. ^ "Ojosan no matagura". IMDB. 1983. http://imdb.com/title/tt0286859/. Retrieved 2007-03-04. 
6. ^ Weisser, pp. 447–8.
7. ^ "Chikubi ni pierce o shita onna/Woman with Pierced Nipples". Complete Index to World Film. http://www.citwf.com/film61108.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-04. 
8. ^ "Stewardess Scandal: Kemon no Youni Dakishimete/Stewardess Scandal: Hold Me Like An Animal/Fly Girls in Action, The". Complete Index to World Film. http://www.citwf.com/film63131.htm. Retrieved 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 (Filmography)". Urabon Navigator. http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n1814. Retrieved 2010-10-28. 
11. ^ Otsubo, Kemuta (July 22, 2005). "早くも高値ＤＶＤまで登場!?　プレミアＡＶの世界" (in Japanese). All About. http://allabout.co.jp/gm/gc/201917/. Retrieved 2010-10-29. 
12. ^ "ルンルンオナニー" (in Japanese). www.alicejapan.co.jp. http://www.alicejapan.co.jp/item.php?item_id=2bb76efe6f250c3ade00562aa3bd525d. Retrieved 2010-10-29. 
13. ^ Asabuki, Kate. (1999). "Hollywood or Bust - Memoirs of America" in Asian Cult Cinema #25, 4th Quarter, 1999. p.59
14. ^ Filmography based on Kate Asabuki at the Internet Movie Database, "朝吹ケイト (Asabuki Keito)" (in Japanese). JMDB. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0281560.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-28. , "朝吹ケイト" (in Japanese). AllCinema. http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_p.php?num_p=259666#1. Retrieved 2010-10-29.  and "Kate Asabuki (Filmography)". Urabon Navigator. http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n1814. Retrieved 2010-10-28. 
15. ^ Filmography based on "Kate Asabuki (Filmography)". Urabon Navigator. http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n1814. Retrieved 2010-10-28.  and "VHS"朝吹ケイト" (in Japanese). www.amazon.co.jp. http://www.amazon.co.jp/s?ie=UTF8&search-alias=dvd&field-keywords=%E6%9C%9D%E5%90%B9%E3%82%B1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88#%2Fref%3Dsr_nr_p_n_binding_browse-b_5%3Frh%3Di%253Advd%252Cn%253A%2521562002%252Ck%253A%25E6%259C%259D%25E5%2590%25B9%25E3%2582%25B1%25E3%2582%25A4%25E3%2583%2588%252Cp_n_binding_browse-bin%253A2130989051%26bbn%3D562002%26sort%3D-releasedate%26keywords%3D%25E6%259C%259D%25E5%2590%25B9%25E3%2582%25B1%25E3%2582%25A4%25E3%2583%2588%26ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1288371182%26rnid%3D622811011&enc=1. Retrieved 2010-10-29. 

Sources

• Asabuki, Kate. (1999). "Hollywood or Bust - Memoirs of America" in Asian Cult Cinema #25, 4th Quarter, 1999. p. 58-62.
• "朝吹ケイト (Asabuki Keito)" (in Japanese). JMDB. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0281560.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-03. 
• "朝吹ケイト - Asabuki Keito" (in Japanese). Web I-dic. http://i-dic.dorachan.com/data?asbkit01. Retrieved 2007-03-03. 
• Kate Asabuki at the Internet Movie Database
• "Kate Asabuki - A pictorial", Asian Cult Cinema #22, p. 32-33
• "KATE ASABUKI". Complete Index to World Film. http://www.citwf.com/person80325.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-13. 
• Konuma, Masaru. (1998). Interviewed by Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser on November 6, 1998, in Asian Cult Cinema, #22, 1st Quarter, 1999. p. 19-28.
• Saotome, Hiromi (2006-03-10). "朝吹ケイト ("Kate Asabuki"" (in Japanese). ロマンポルノ女優 (Roman Porno Actresses). Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, Publishers. pp. 152–158. ISBN 4-309-48156-6. 
• Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. ISBN 1-889288-52-7. 

Further reading

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

External links

• Kate Asabuki at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Asabuki, Kate
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Date of birth	1962-07-03
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
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