Meiko Kaji
Acting
Born 1947-03-24
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
154 credits
Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress 1
Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress 1
Awards
Won 1 Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress Award
Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress 1 won
- — Best Actress Won
Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress 1 won
- 1979 Best Actress Won
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
49 credits
SMAP×SMAP
Yu Yu Hakusho
Onihei Hankachō
Seven Ms. Prisoners
Modern Love Tokyo
What Did You Eat Yesterday?
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Lady Snowblood
Mini-Skirt Lynchers
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Wonderful Single Life
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
Under the Open Sky
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
Life of St. Blue Eyes
Blood Shed
Youth A Go Go!
There's Someone Watching
Ponytail Won't Look Back
Fushoku no kōzō
Ronin of the Wastelands
The Voice of Sin
Sengoku Rock Hagure Kiba
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Dazzling Cops
Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71
Blind Woman's Curse
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
What Did You Eat Yesterday?
The Wicked
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Lullaby of the Earth
Double Suicide of Sonezaki
Retaliation
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
Yakuza Graveyard
Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace
Jeans Blues: No Future
Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter
Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal
Nogaremono Orin
Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
The Inugami Clan
Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
The Rule for a Vagabond
Other credits
11 credits
Romantics Anonymous
Ooku Dai-isho
Kenkaku Shōbai
Ōedo Sōsamō
Secret Zone of Tokyo
A Gangster's Morals
Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces
Hanayome wa 16-sai!
Terauchi Kantarō Ikka
The Killer
The Man of Five Rings
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