Meiko Kaji
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...
Also Known As
Masako Ohta, Masako Ôta, 梶 芽衣子, 太田 雅子, Ōta Masako
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Meiko Kaji's Movies
Lady Snowblood
01 Dec 1973
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
25 Aug 1972
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
15 Jun 1974
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
30 Dec 1972
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
29 Jul 1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
28 Apr 1973
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
29 Dec 1973
Blind Woman's Curse
20 Jun 1970
Under the Open Sky
11 Feb 2021
Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter
01 Sept 1970
Yakuza Graveyard
30 Oct 1976
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
02 May 1970
Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo
01 Aug 1970
Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71
03 Jan 1971
Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal
22 Nov 1970
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
01 Apr 1972
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
01 Nov 1975
Main Line to Terror
06 Sept 1975
Retaliation
05 Oct 1968
Lullaby of the Earth
12 Jun 1976
Meiko Kaji's TV Shows
Yu Yu Hakusho
14 Dec 2023
Romantics Anonymous
16 Oct 2025
What Did You Eat Yesterday?
06 Apr 2019
Modern Love Tokyo
21 Oct 2022
Onihei Hankachō
12 Jul 1989
Wonderful Single Life
11 Oct 2012
Seven Ms. Prisoners
21 Apr 2017
There's Someone Watching
07 Oct 2003
SMAP×SMAP
15 Apr 1996
Ōedo Sōsamō
03 Oct 1970
Kenkaku Shōbai
14 Oct 1998
Ooku Dai-isho
07 Oct 2004
Hanayome wa 16-sai!
16 Oct 1995
Hanayome Ishou wa Dare ga Kiru
23 Apr 1986
Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces
01 May 2007
The Man of Five Rings
02 Jan 1981
ミステリー「万引き夫人のとんでもない誤解」
01 Sept 1984
Sengoku Rock Hagure Kiba
04 Aug 1973
秘められた関係
30 Apr 1986
Nogaremono Orin
20 Oct 2006