Meiko Kaji

Meiko Kaji was born on Mar 24, 1947 in Japan. Meiko Kaji's big-screen debut came with The Symbol of a Man: The Rule for a Vagabond directed by Eisuke Takizawa in 1965. Meiko Kaji is known for Under the Open Sky directed by Miwa Nishikawa, Kôji Yakusho stars as Masao Mikami and Seiji Rokkaku as Ryosuke Matsumoto. Meiko Kaji has got 5 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Meiko Kaji achieved is Hochi Film Awards. The upcoming new movie Meiko Kaji plays is Kinou nani tabeta? which will be released on Nov 03, 2021.

Meiko Kaji was born on March 24, 1947 in the Kanda area of Tokyo, Japan. Following graduation from the Yakumo Academy High School in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan in 1965, Kaji first began acting in films in the mid-1960's under her real name of Masako Ôta. She was given the stage name Meiko Kaji by director Masahiro Makino. Meiko achieved her greatest enduring cult cinema popularity with her fierce portrayals of various tough outlaw characters which include young rebellious delinquents in the Stray Cat Rock series, the lethal Sasori from the Female Prisoner Scorpion pictures, and, most famously, the ruthless and driven titular assassin in the Lady Snowblood films. Kaji won a plethora of awards for her stand-out performance in Double suicide à Sonezaki (1978). In the 1980's Meiko started acting more on television. Moreover, Kaji has also eked out a career as a singer: She not only sang the haunting theme song "Flower of Carnage (Shura No Hana)" for Lady Snowblood (1973) and the theme song "Urami-Bushi" for La femme scorpion (1972), but also has recorded and released several albums and singles. ("Flower of Carnage (Shura No Hana)" and "Urami-Bushi" were both featured on the soundtracks to Kill Bill: Volume I (2003) and Kill Bill: Volume II (2004), respectively.) In addition, Meiko has turned down offers to act in Hollywood movies because she believes she can't give a good performance in a language other than Japanese.