
Meiko Kaji
Born: 1947-03-24
Place of Birth: 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.
Known For

Youth A Go Go!

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

Lady Snowblood

Jeans Blues: No Future

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song

Lullaby of the Earth

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable

Under the Open Sky

Secret Zone of Tokyo

Blind Woman's Curse

Yakuza Graveyard

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

Retaliation

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

Bounty Hunter Muyonosuke

The Voice of Sin

Lost Virgin

Tree Without Leaves

The Wicked

Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace

Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo

Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya

Adventure With Him

The SAKURA Code

Step on the Gas!

Yakuza of the Present

Wandering Ginza Butterfly

No Greater Love

Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard

Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm

Gambling is My Destiny

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

Song of Farewell

Goodbye Mr. Tears

The Cleanup

Greatest Boss Of Japan

Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2

Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms

Double Suicide of Sonezaki

Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter

Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel

Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss

Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow

Onna no Iji

Main Line to Terror

Monument to the Girl's Corps

Mini-Skirt Lynchers

Onihei Crime Files: A Bandit Wedding

Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu

Kill or Be Killed

The Rule for a Vagabond

Flickering Flames

My Sweetheart

Onihei's Detective Records

There Was a War When I Was a Child

Till We Meet Again

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

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

Gokudô Petenshi

Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits

Onihei Crime Files: Bungoro Amabiki

The Lawyer of Shimane

Love and Desire in the Night Mist

The Stormy Man

Confession of a girl: The Forbidden Fruit

The Man of Victory

Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman

What Did You Eat Yesterday?

Onihei Crime Files: Sutegoro Takahagi

A Young Man's Stronghold

The Killer

Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal

I'll Never Cry!

Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion

Showdown in the Red Valley

The Fearless Brotherhood Duet of Kanto

Chivalrous Pride

Night Butterflies

The Code of Man

The Homeless

A Warm Misty Night

Gambling Den Desire

Aruhi watashi wa

The Blazing Continent

I Shall Not Forget

I Love The Sun

Gambler's Dilemma

Morning Fog

Women of the Night - Woman of Seniority

Your Life

若い川の流れ

My Neighbor's Masala

Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler

The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor

Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza

The Inugami Clan

In Tears

The Blue Mountains '88

Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru

Zeno: Unlimited Love

Yabanjin no Nekutai

Burning Nature

Tsuma to onna no aida

Bad Girls of Japan

Whirlwind Of Love

Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71

Blood for Blood

Nezunoban

Blood Shed

Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio

Melody of Rebellion

Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 8

Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower

Women's Police

Cold Current

Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara

Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken

A Gangster's Morals
