Meiko Kaji

Acting · 1.9 popularity

Age

Movies

125

Born: March 24, 1947
From: Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

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.

Works

125 films

Lady Snowblood

19737.5

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

19727.1

Youth A Go Go!

1966

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

19727.1

Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song

19736.2

Secret Zone of Tokyo

1971

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

19896.8

Blood Shed

19667.0

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable

19736.8

A Gangster's Morals

1970

Under the Open Sky

20217.5

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

19737.3

The Voice of Sin

20207.3

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

19746.4

Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71

19715.6

Blind Woman's Curse

19706.3

Double Suicide of Sonezaki

19786.3

What Did You Eat Yesterday?

20216.1

Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss

19706.1

Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal

19706.3

The Wicked

19806.7

Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace

20067.0

Lullaby of the Earth

19766.4

Yakuza Graveyard

19766.6

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

19757.4

Nezunoban

2021

Bad Girls of Japan

2015

Zeno: Unlimited Love

19998.0

Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion

20137.2

Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter

19706.6

Jeans Blues: No Future

19747.6

Wandering Ginza Butterfly

19726.7

Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo

19705.7

Lost Virgin

19687.0

Women's Police

196910.0

Tree Without Leaves

19868.0

Main Line to Terror

19756.2

Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler

19727.9

Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2

19687.0

My Sweetheart

1967

Step on the Gas!

19708.5

Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara

2005

The Homeless

19747.8

Retaliation

19685.9

Yakuza of the Present

19737.0

There Was a War When I Was a Child

19815.5

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

19805.5

Mini-Skirt Lynchers

196910.0

Flickering Flames

197710.0

No Greater Love

1966

Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel

2004

Your Life

1966

The Inugami Clan

20186.0

The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor

20088.5

Onna no Iji

19717.0

Gambler's Dilemma

1969

Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter

2005

Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!

19709.0

The Killer

19719.0

Melody of Rebellion

19706.5

In Tears

1965

The Rule for a Vagabond

1965

Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza

1969

Onihei's Detective Records

19959.0

Onihei Crime Files: The Final Zenpen - Gonenme no Kyaku

20168.2

Monument to the Girl's Corps

196810.0

A Warm Misty Night

1967

Aruhi watashi wa

1967

Burning Nature

19678.0

Night Butterflies

19717.0

The Blazing Continent

196810.0

I Love The Sun

1966

A Young Man's Stronghold

197010.0

Chivalrous Pride

1969

Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya

2005

Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu

1965

The Stormy Man

19669.0

Inu to Asachan

1969

I'll Never Cry!

1966

Gambling Den Desire

1970

The SAKURA Code

19692.0

Confession of a girl: The Forbidden Fruit

19689.0

Yabanjin no Nekutai

1969

Magistrate Toyama: Conspiracy of a Beautiful Woman! Rampage in Kanhashu

1990

The Cleanup

196910.0

Between Women and Wives

19767.0

Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 8

1988

Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi

1968

Onihei Crime Files: Sutegoro Takahagi

20108.0

Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken

20168.3

Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio

2004

Onihei Crime Files: Bungoro Amabiki

20098.0

The Code of Man

19687.0

若い川の流れ

1968

Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower

1969

Song of Farewell

1965

Love and Desire in the Night Mist

1966

Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow

20078.0

The Fearless Brotherhood Duet of Kanto

1970

Greatest Boss of Japan

1970

I Shall Not Forget

19687.0

The Man of Victory

1967

Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits

2006

The Blue Mountains '88

19884.5

Till We Meet Again

1966

Gokudô Petenshi

196910.0

Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman

20088.0

Goodbye Mr. Tears

1966

Kill or Be Killed

1966

Bounty Hunter Muyonosuke

1990

Morning Fog

1971

Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru

19758.0

The Lawyer of Shimane

20077.0

Showdown in the Red Valley

19659.0

Cold Current

1983

Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard

2006

Gambling is My Destiny

1965

Women of the Night - Woman of Seniority

1969

Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm

20118.0

Whirlwind Of Love

1969

My Neighbor's Masala

2020

Onihei Crime Files: A Bandit Wedding

2011

Blood for Blood

19717.0

Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms

1969

Adventure With Him

1965