Kei Mizutani
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Kei Mizutani (水谷 ケイ Mizutani Kei) (born May 7], 1974) is a Japanese adult film actress. She has appeared in multiple photo books, movies, and TV series in Japan and her DVD sets are popular in Japan, the United States, and Europe.
Career
Mizutani was born in Aomori Prefecture where she was also raised. She began her modeling career as a swimsuit and nude model for magazines and began making TV appearances. She became a regular on the late-night adult-oriented TV program variety, Gilgamesh Night.
Weather Woman
Mizutani's first movie, Weather Woman was one of the most surprising successes in Japanese cinema of the 1990s. Based on a popular adult manga that had been made into an anime series, Weather Report Girl, the movie tells the story of a woman who becomes a phenomenally successful TV weatherwoman by exposing her panties on the air. Bandai Home Video financed the film, but, considering it a minor production, released it directly to video in 1995. The video quickly developed a large cult following.
Bandai, mistakenly attributing the video's success to its sexual content, produced a sequel that emphasized sex and concentrated less on the storyline and dark humor of the original. After reading the script, Mizutani refused to appear in the sequel, which proved to be a failure. However, the reputation of the original video continued to grow. It won both the Oslo Film Festival and the Stockholm International Film Festival in 1996. Bandai responded by pulling the original video from the market and releasing the film theatrically.
After it's August 16, 1996, theatrical debut, Weather Woman became one of the most successful releases of the year in Japan. Besides its popularity with audiences, the critics also praised the film, and several put it on their top 10 lists for 1996. Kinema Jumpo named the film #26 for the year. In 1997, a television series based on the movie was produced for Asahi TV Network.
After Weather Woman
Following in the rise of her Weather Woman popularity, Mizutani recorded a CD single in 1996 entitled He Loves Me (ヒー・ラヴズ・ミー). In 1998, she played the role of Shelinda, a villain on the Super Sentai show Seijuu Sentai Gingaman, which was adopted in North America as Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy. In July 2000, she was a guest at the San Diego Comic-Con, where the English version of Weather Woman received its premiere.
Filmography
- Weather Woman (Otenki Oneisan) (April 25, 1995(V), theatrical release September 21, 1996)
- Slave to Dirty Killing (Mizutani Kei: Insatsu no Toriko) (September 20, 1995)
- New Dokudami Apartment (Shin Dokudami So) (May 21, 1995)
- The Playboy (Nuregotoshi) (October 6, 1995)
- Image Club War, Pussy of the Angel (Imekura Senso, Tenshi no Sumata) (November 10, 1995)
- Bad Girl Teacher (Sukeban Jokyoshi) (February 9, 1996)
- Sumo Vixens (Hana no Onna Sumo) (February 22, 1996)
- Heisei Dirty Teacher (Heisei Harenchi Gakuen) (February 2, 1995)
- Bewitching Kei, the Material Girl (Youjo Kei - Matiriaru Garu) (1995)
- Edo Period Rapeman (大江戸レイプマン - O-Edo Reipu Man) (July 26, 1996)
- Sex Boy No. 2 (Otoko Gui No.2)
- The Female Pet (Onna Gai) (September 7, 1996)
- The Story of Ms. Q (Q Jo No Monogatari) (September 21, 1996)
- Tonight Is Good (Konya Mo Zekkoucho) (February 28, 1997)
- Ass Girl (尻ＧＩＲＬ - Shiri Garu) (May 21, 1996)
- Tokyo Decameron (July 21, 1996)
- New Female Teacher - Leotards of Temptation) (Shinnin Jokyoshi - Yuuwaku No Reotado) (May 22, 1997)
- ''Lovely Angel 2 (Raburii Enjuru 2) (1997)
- No Mercy Guard Dog (Hijyo Banken Kedamono) (January 23, 1998)
- Tokyo Playboy Who Makes the Girls Crazy (Tokyo Jigoro Toritsukareta Onnatachi) (March 27, 1998)
- Ecstacy Special - New Female Teacher (Ekusatashui Special - Shinnin Onna Kyoshi)
- Arei: New Wave Outlaw Story (アレイ - Arei) (February 21, 1999)
- True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules (Jitsuroku Andô-gumi gaiden: Garô no okite) (April 13, 2002)
Bibliography
- Kei Mizutani at the Internet Movie Database
- Kei Mizutani at nytimes.com
- "Kei Mizutani: Queen of Sex, Sumo, and Softcore" in She magazine, Vol.2, #13, p.3-11.
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