Meiko Kaji
Acting · Born 1947-03-24 · age 79 · 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.
Titles
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
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
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
What Did You Eat Yesterday?
Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Modern Love Tokyo
Main Line to Terror
What Did You Eat Yesterday?
Retaliation
Lullaby of the Earth
The Voice of Sin
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Double Suicide of Sonezaki
Tree Without Leaves
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
Onihei Hankachō
Jeans Blues: No Future
Wonderful Single Life
The Wicked
The Homeless
Onihei Crime Files: The Final Zenpen - Gonenme no Kyaku
Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion
Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken
There's Someone Watching
Seven Ms. Prisoners
Ōedo Sōsamō
Onihei's Detective Records
The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor
Step on the Gas!
SMAP×SMAP
Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow
Zeno: Unlimited Love
Lost Virgin
Melody of Rebellion
There Was a War When I Was a Child
Women's Police
The Cleanup
The Blazing Continent
A Young Man's Stronghold
Mini-Skirt Lynchers
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Gokudô Petenshi