Acting
Meiko Kaji
1947-03-24 · Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Masako Ōta, known as Meiko Kaji, is a Japanese actress and enka singer born on 24 March 1947 in Chiyoda, Tokyo Prefecture. After graduating from Yakumo Academy in Meguro in 1965, she made her debut at Nikkatsu Studios under her real name, playing supporting roles in the late 1960s. Her first notable role came in 1969 in *Nihon Zankyoden*. She gained visibility with the 1970-1971 series *Stray Cat Rock* (Noraneko Rokku), playing young rebels in five films. In the 1970s, she excelled in roles as outlaws, notably in the *Joshuu Sasori* (Prisonnière Scorpion) series at Toei, with four films, the first of which was released in 1972. She became an icon with *Lady Snowblood* (1973), which greatly inspired Quentin Tarantino in *Kill Bill*. Her other notable films include *Double Suicide at Sonezaki* (1978). She also sang for her films and released several albums and singles. She has appeared in over 100 films and series since the 1960s.
Known for
Lady Snowblood
Yu Yu Hakusho
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
Blind Woman's Curse
Under the Open Sky
Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter
Yakuza Graveyard
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
Romantics Anonymous
Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo
Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71
Movie credits · 126
Written Down
What Did You Eat Yesterday?
Nezunoban
Under the Open Sky
The Voice of Sin
My Neighbor's Masala
The Inugami Clan
Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken
Onihei Crime Files: The Final Zenpen - Gonenme no Kyaku
Bad Girls of Japan
Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion
Onihei Crime Files: A Bandit Wedding
Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm
Onihei Crime Files: Sutegoro Takahagi
Onihei Crime Files: Bungoro Amabiki
The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor
Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman
The Lawyer of Shimane
Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow
Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace
Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits
Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard
Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara
Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya
Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter
Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio
Zeno: Unlimited Love
Onihei's Detective Records
Magistrate Toyama: Conspiracy of a Beautiful Woman! Rampage in Kanhashu
Bounty Hunter Muyonosuke
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
The Blue Mountains '88
Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 8
Tree Without Leaves
Cold Current
There Was a War When I Was a Child
The Wicked
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Double Suicide of Sonezaki
TV credits · 28
Romantics Anonymous
Yu Yu Hakusho
Modern Love Tokyo
What Did You Eat Yesterday?
Seven Ms. Prisoners
Wonderful Single Life
Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces
Nogaremono Orin
Ooku Dai-isho
There's Someone Watching
Kenkaku Shōbai
SMAP×SMAP
Hanayome wa 16-sai!
Onihei Hankachō
森村誠一サスペンス 異常の太陽
秘められた関係
Hanayome Ishou wa Dare ga Kiru
Ponytail Won't Look Back
A Star is Born
Life of St. Blue Eyes
ミステリー「万引き夫人のとんでもない誤解」
The Man of Five Rings
Fushoku no kōzō
Dazzling Cops
Terauchi Kantarō Ikka
Sengoku Rock Hagure Kiba
Ronin of the Wastelands
Ōedo Sōsamō
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