Meiko Kaji

Actor · born 24 March 1947 · 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.

Where to start: Lady Snowblood (1973).

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What Did You Eat Yesterday?

Under the Open Sky

The Voice of Sin

The Inugami Clan

Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken

Onihei Crime Files: The Final Zenpen - Gonenme no Kyaku

Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion

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

Zeno: Unlimited Love

Onihei's Detective Records

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

The Blue Mountains '88

Tree Without Leaves

There Was a War When I Was a Child

The Wicked

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Double Suicide of Sonezaki

Flickering Flames

Yakuza Graveyard

Lullaby of the Earth

Between Women and Wives

The Story of Yumeji Takehisa: In Love

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

Main Line to Terror

The Homeless

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

Jeans Blues: No Future

Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song

Lady Snowblood

Yakuza of the Present

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

Wandering Ginza Butterfly

Blood for Blood

The Killer

Onna no Iji

Night Butterflies

Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71

Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal

Step on the Gas!

Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter

Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo

Melody of Rebellion

Blind Woman's Curse

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

Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss

A Young Man's Stronghold

The Cleanup

Gokudô Petenshi

The SAKURA Code

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Romantics Anonymous

Yu Yu Hakusho

What Did You Eat Yesterday?

Seven Ms. Prisoners

Wonderful Single Life

Ooku Dai-isho

There's Someone Watching

Kenkaku Shōbai

Hanayome wa 16-sai!

Onihei Hankachō

Ponytail Won't Look Back

Sengoku Rock Hagure Kiba

Ronin of the Wastelands

Ōedo Sōsamō

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