Jun Miho

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.{{cite web|script-title=ja: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|url=http://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/2012/10/31/15015|work=Shūkan Purēboi News|publisher=Shueisha|accessdate=7 April 2013|language=Japanese|archive-date=11 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511065234/http://wpb.shueisha.co.jp/2012/10/31/15015/|url-status=dead}}{{cite book |last=Weisser|first=Thomas|author2=Yuko Mihara Weisser |title=Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films|year=1998|publisher=Vital Books: Asian Cult Cinema Publications|location=Miami|isbn=1-889288-52-7|page=447}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1981/de003100.htm|title=制服処女のいたみ|publisher=JMDB|language=Japanese|accessdate=2015-03-15}} 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.Weisser, p. 449{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1982/df000020.htm|title=宇能鴻一郎の濡れて騎る|publisher=JMDB|language=Japanese|accessdate=2015-03-15}} 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.Weisser, p. 310 Miho won best newcomer awards at the Japan Academy Prize{{cite web|title=第６回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品|url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=6|publisher=Japan Academy Prize Association|accessdate=7 April 2013}} and at the Blue Ribbon Awards{{cite web|title=Burū Ribon Shō hisutorī: 1982|url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1982/|work=Shinema Hōchi|accessdate=7 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023025732/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1982/|archivedate=23 October 2008}} 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. 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.{{cite book|last=Clements|first=Jonathan|author2=Motoko Tamamuro |title=The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953|year=2003|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=1-88065681-7|page=250}}

• {{nihongo|Uniform Virgin Pain|制服処女のいたみ|Seifuku shojo no itami}} (September 1981)
• {{nihongo|Koichiro Uno's Wet and Riding|宇能鴻一郎の濡れて騎る|Uno Koichiro no nurete noru}} (January 1982)
• {{nihongo|Young Girls' Holding Cell|セーラー服鑑別所|Sailor-fuku kanbetsusho}} (March 1982)
• {{nihongo|Pink Curtain|ピンクのカーテン|Pinku no kaaten}} (July 1982)
• {{nihongo|Pink Curtain 2|ピンクのカーテン２|Pinku no kaaten 2}} (October 1982)
• {{nihongo|Oh! Takarazuka!|ＯＨ！タカラズカ}} (December 1982)
• {{nihongo|Pink Curtain 3|ピンクのカーテン３|Pinku no kaaten 3}} (March 1983)
• Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984)
• Tora-san's Forbidden Love (1984)
• Tora-san's Island Encounter (1985)
• Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy (1986)
• Final Take (1986){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/35889/|title= キネマの天地|access-date= February 26, 2021|work= eiga.com}}
• Tora-san Goes North (1987)
• Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987)
• Yuriko's Aroma (2010){{cite web |url= http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/yurikos-aroma/|title= Yuriko's Aroma|last= Mes|first= Tom|date= June 1, 2010|accessdate= December 19, 2014|work= Midnight Eye}}
• A Living Promise (2016)
• The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2016)
• Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019)
• For Him to Live (2019)
• Missing (2024){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99212/|title= ミッシング|access-date= December 1, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
• Tomorrow in the Finder (2024){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101532/|title= 明日を綴る写真館|access-date= April 4, 2024|work= eiga.com}}
• The Boy and the Dog (2025){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/102087/|title= 少年と犬|access-date= 25 December 2024|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}
• Not Me That Went Viral (2025){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/103291/|title= 俺ではない炎上|access-date= 1 July 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}

• Natsu ni Koisuru Onnatachi (1983)
• Hanekonma (1986){{cite web |url= http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-22681|title= はね駒|access-date= October 30, 2021|work= TV drama database}}
• Rokubanme no Sayoko (2000)
• Dragon Zakura (2005)
• Ultraman Mebius (2006)
• Kodai Shoujo Doguchan (2009)
• Manpuku Shoujo Dragonette (2010)
• Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda (2011)
• Amachan (2013)
• The Emperor's Cook (2015)
• 37.5°C no Namida (2015)

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