Personal Info
Birth date
1947-03-24 (78 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Also known as
Masako Ohta
Masako Ôta
梶 芽衣子
太田 雅子
Ōta Masako
카지 메이코
Мэйко Кадзи
میکو کاجی
Meiko Kaji
Meiko Kaji
Biography
Meiko Kaji , born Masako Ôta, is a Japanese actress and enka singer.
Filmography
SMAP×SMAP
8.5
Overview:
SMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the members of SMAP. The show began on April 15, 1996 and it aired from 22:00 to 22:54 every Monday. The show's usual ratings were higher than 20%, which is considered high since most variety shows range from 10-20%. Each episode begins a variety of skits, comedic performances, and/or games. These are followed by Bistro SMAP, in which the SMAP members compete against each other to impress celebrity judges with their gourmet cooking. Last is a musical performance by SMAP which may include celebrity guests, as well.Onihei Hankachō
8.1
Overview:
Hasegawa is a chief police of big heart who leads a band of samurai police and cultivates reformed criminals as informants to solve difficult crimes.Modern Love Tokyo
6.8
Overview:
This seven-episode anthology features a cast of leading actors and depicts various forms of "love," such as love almost forgotten, love between sons and mothers, and love that transcends borders.Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard
NYR
Overview:
A chance encounter on the road leads to the unusual need for a female bodyguard to protect the granddaughter of an old friend of Akiyama Kohei, a wealthy merchant who plans to bypass his son-in-law as head of the company. When Daijiro’s wife Mifuyu takes on the job strange things start to happen, including the brutal slaughter of company employees. With the backing of Lord Tanuma, a chief elder on the ruling council, Kohei, Daijiro, and Mifuyu form a plan to foil the kidnappers plot and save the girl from certain death.Blind Woman's Curse
6.2
Overview:
Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi’s gang in revenge, leaving a trail of dead Yakuza girls, their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
7.4
Overview:
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.Lady Snowblood
7.5
Overview:
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.The Wicked
6
Overview:
A selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the woman he loves throws him into a spiral of destruction.Inu to Asachan
NYR
Overview:
A daughter from an island in the Seto Inland Sea takes a job as a nanny in Tokyo. She thrills the hearts of fishmongers and milkmen.Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
6.2
Overview:
Nami is once again on the run from the law but is saved by an old classmate who works at a strip club. Through a subsequent conversation they discover they both have a score to settle with a particular crooked cop. However, Nami has doubts about ever trusting a man.Confession of a girl: The Forbidden Fruit
NYR
Overview:
A unique youth masterpiece depicting the awakening of male and female sexuality with a refreshing touch of the breath of youth.Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo
5.7
Overview:
Wild young people kidnap a wealthy woman and she becomes attracted to one of them. When she tells the man that she is the mistress of a religious leader, he and his posse make plans to rob her partner.Morning Fog
NYR
Overview:
Kyoko and her mother Yuki returned to their hometown of Fukui. Yuki runs a dressmaker's store in the city, and Kyoko has taken a job as a nurse at a prefectural hospital. The film depicts the daughter's attempt to grow from adolescence to adulthood in a family of one mother and one daughter, and her emotional exchange with her mother against the backdrop of the harsh natural environment.Double Suicide of Sonezaki
6.8
Overview:
Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence of a new merchant class. Elements of the social contract are beginning to unravel, and some unscrupulous people took undue advantage of these changes before the social order was re-created. In this story, a rich merchant gives his clerk an I.O.U. instead of wages. When the impoverished clerk presents the paper to the merchant at the agreed upon time asking for payment, the man flies into a rage and pretends he never wrote it and claims the clerk is trying to defraud him. Then he sets his henchmen on the clerk to administer a beating.There Was a War When I Was a Child
4
Overview:
An award-winning Japanese film about a child's experiences during the Second World War.Lullaby of the Earth
6.5
Overview:
The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world when her grandmother dies.The Code of Man
NYR
Overview:
Tetsuya Watari, a modern youth idol, co-stars with Tetsuro Tamba for the first time, and a young man who survives freely is an action giant who swings down the iron arm of justice and anger toward evilThe Killer
9
Overview:
A former gang leader and lone wolf who has left the organization works behind the scenes in a new city to take revenge on a giant alliance of organizations. This film is amongst the last "straight" yakuza films made at Nikkatsu before the studio's switch-over to pinku eiga.Romantics Anonymous
NYR
Overview:
A brilliant chocolatier who's afraid of making eye contact meets an heir who can't touch others — but somehow, they're immune to each other.若い川の流れ
NYR
Overview:
The story follows Misako Kitaoka, a junior college graduate and Nitto Lease sales department employee, as she grows through work, love, and friendship. For the sake of the company's managing director and his wife, Misako recommends her colleague Tensuke Sone to Fusako, the managing director's daughter and best friend. Fusako and Sone meet at the executive director's Karuizawa villa, but for some reason Kensuke becomes angry when he learns that Misako is the one who recommended him...Showdown in the Red Valley
NYR
Overview:
Ken Watanabe, a young man from Tokyo, comes to the great plains of Rumo, Hokkaido to see his hometown with his own eyes. Ken, who was entangled in this land's boss Samejima and collapsed, was rescued by Shingo Kazama, a mountain man who works at the quarry. Samejima, who doesn't like Shingo, tries to interfere with Shingo's work...Acting
2025Romantics Anonymous (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2023Yu Yu Hakusho (2 Episodes) as Genkai
2022Modern Love Tokyo (1 Episode) as Mako
2021What Did You Eat Yesterday? as Hisae Kakei
2021Nezunoban as Kumiko
2021Under the Open Sky as Shoji Atsuko
2020The Voice of Sin as Mayumi Sone
2020My Neighbor's Masala as Unknown
2019What Did You Eat Yesterday? (24 Episodes) as Hisae Kakei
2018犬神家の一族 as 宮川香琴
2017Seven Ms. Prisoners (8 Episodes) as Ryo Ichijo
2016Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken as Unknown
2016Onihei Crime Files: The Final Zenpen - Gonenme no Kyaku as Unknown
2015Bad Girls of Japan as Unknown
2013Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion as Suga Sasahara
2012Wonderful Single Life (11 Episodes) as Yoko Kirishima
2011Onihei Crime Files: A Bandit Wedding as Unknown
2011Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm as Omasa
2010Onihei Crime Files: Sutegoro Takahagi as Omasa
2009Onihei Crime Files: Bungoro Amabiki as Omasa
2008The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor as Unknown
2008Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman as Omasa
2007The Lawyer of Shimane as Ishizuka Yoko
2007Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow as Omasa
2006Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace as Narration
2006Nogaremono Orin (1 Episode) as Kosakatae
2006Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits as Omasa
2006Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard as Unknown
2005Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara as Unknown
2005Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya as Omasa
2005Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter as Omoto
2004Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel as Omoto
2004Ooku Dai-isho (11 Episodes) as Unknown
2004Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio as Unknown
2003There's Someone Watching (10 Episodes) as Shimako Matsumoto
1999Zeno: Unlimited Love as Gentarou's mother (voice)
1998Kenkaku Shōbai (10 Episodes) as Unknown
1996SMAP×SMAP (1 Episode) as Bistro Guest
1995Onihei's Detective Records as Unknown
1995Hanayome wa 16-sai! (10 Episodes) as Unknown
1990Magistrate Toyama: Conspiracy of a Beautiful Woman! Rampage in Kanhashu as Unknown
1990Bounty Hunter Muyonosuke as Unknown
1989Onihei Hankachō (134 Episodes) as おまさ
1989Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell as Okiku
1988The Blue Mountains '88 as Umetaro
1988Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 8 as Unknown
1986Tree Without Leaves as Unknown
1986秘められた関係 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1986Hanayome Ishou wa Dare ga Kiru (1 Episode) as Akie Fujisaki
1985Ponytail Won't Look Back (24 Episodes) as Akiko
1984Life of St. Blue Eyes (1 Episode) as Misa Fujita
1984ミステリー「万引き夫人のとんでもない誤解」 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1983Cold Current as Unknown
1981There Was a War When I Was a Child as Unknown
1981The Man of Five Rings (1 Episode) as Unknown
1980The Wicked as Chise Fujishima
1980Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga as Yasuko Uehara
1978Double Suicide of Sonezaki as O-Hatsu
1977Fushoku no kōzō (1 Episode) as Natori Fuyuko
1977Flickering Flames as Unknown
1976Yakuza Graveyard as Keiko Matsunaga
1976Lullaby of the Earth as Young Lady
1976Tsuma to onna no aida as Eiko Maeda
1975Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru as Tamaki Kishi
1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss as Misako
1975Main Line to Terror as Fumiko
1974The Homeless as Sakei
1974Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance as Yuki Kashima
1974Jeans Blues: No Future as Hijiriko
1974Terauchi Kantarō Ikka (1 Episode) as Unknown
1973Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song as Nami Matsushima
1973Lady Snowblood as Yuki Kashima
1973Yakuza of the Present as Katsuko Niki
1973Sengoku Rock Hagure Kiba (9 Episodes) as Sae
1973Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable as Nami Matsushima
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima as Yasuko Uehara
1972Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 as Nami Matsushima
1972Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler as Nami
1972Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701 as Nami Matsushima
1972Wandering Ginza Butterfly as Nami
1972Ronin of the Wastelands (13 Episodes) as Ofumi
1971Morning Fog as Unknown
1971Blood for Blood as Unknown
1971The Killer as Unknown
1971Onna no Iji as Rika
1971Night Butterflies as Unknown
1971Secret Zone of Tokyo as Unknown
1971Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71 as Furiko
1970Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal as Maya
1970Step on the Gas! as Unknown
1970Ōedo Sōsamō (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1970Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter as Mako
1970Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo as C-ko
1970Melody of Rebellion as Aki
1970Blind Woman's Curse as Akemi Tachibana
1970Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies! as Unknown
1970Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss as Mei
1970Greatest Boss Of Japan as Unknown
1970A Young Man's Stronghold as Unknown
1970Gambling Den Desire as Unknown
1970A Gangster's Morals as Unknown
1970The Fearless Brotherhood Duet of Kanto as Unknown
1969The Cleanup as Unknown
1969Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms as Natsuko Inubushi
1969Gokudô Petenshi as Unknown
1969Gambler's Dilemma as Komiyama Maki
1969Chivalrous Pride as Unknown
1969The SAKURA Code as Unknown
1969Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza as Unknown
1969Mini-Skirt Lynchers as Toshie Takami
1969Inu to Asachan as Unknown
1969Yabanjin no Nekutai as Unknown
1969Women of the Night - Woman of Seniority as Unknown
1969Whirlwind Of Love as Unknown
1969Women's Police as Michiko Fukue
1969Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower as Unknown
1968I Shall Not Forget as Unknown
1968The Blazing Continent as Unknown
1968Lost Virgin as Eiko Hase
1968若い川の流れ as Unknown
1968Retaliation as Saeko
1968Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi as Unknown
1968Monument to the Girl's Corps as Unknown
1968Confession of a girl: The Forbidden Fruit as Unknown
1968Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 as Keiko Asami
1968The Code of Man as Unknown
1967My Sweetheart as Unknown
1967Aruhi watashi wa as Unknown
1967Burning Nature as Unknown
1967A Warm Misty Night as Hiromi
1967The Man of Victory as Unknown
1966I'll Never Cry! as Unknown
1966The Stormy Man as Hisako Teramoto
1966No Greater Love as Unknown
1966Kill or Be Killed as Unknown
1966Your Life as Unknown
1966Goodbye Mr. Tears as Unknown
1966Till We Meet Again as Unknown
1966Love and Desire in the Night Mist as Unknown
1966I Love The Sun as Unknown
1966Blood Shed as Osakae
1966Youth A Go Go! as Yuko Muraki
1965Showdown in the Red Valley as Daughter Kimiko
1965Adventure With Him as Unknown
1965In Tears as Unknown
1965The Rule for a Vagabond as Hanako
1965Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu as Unknown
1965Gambling is My Destiny as Unknown
1965Song of Farewell as Yumi
Sound
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