Person
Meiko Kaji
Born 24 March 1947 79 years old Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan Who else is 79? → TMDB ↗
Masako Ōta, known as Meiko Kaji, is a Japanese actress and enka singer born on 24 March 1947 in Chiyoda, Tokyo Prefecture.
FR·01
The numbers
17age in their first credit on record (1965)
60years on screen and counting
14credits in 1970, their busiest year
152dated credits on record
FR·02
Movie credits
Age: 74 What Did You Eat Yesterday?
2021as Hisae Kakei
Age: 74 Nezunoban
2021as Kumiko
Age: 73 Under the Open Sky
2021as Shoji Atsuko
Age: 73 The Voice of Sin
2020as Mayumi Sone
Age: 72 My Neighbor's Masala
2020
Age: 71 The Inugami Clan
2018as 宮川香琴
Age: 69 Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken
2016
Age: 69 Onihei Crime Files: The Final Zenpen - Gonenme no Kyaku
2016
Age: 68 Bad Girls of Japan
2015
Age: 65 Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion
2013as Suga Sasahara
Age: 64 Onihei Crime Files: A Bandit Wedding
2011
Age: 64 Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm
2011as Omasa
Age: 63 Onihei Crime Files: Sutegoro Takahagi
2010as Omasa
Age: 62 Onihei Crime Files: Bungoro Amabiki
2009as Omasa
Age: 61 The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor
2008
Age: 61 Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman
2008as Omasa
Age: 60 The Lawyer of Shimane
2007as Ishizuka Yoko
Age: 60 Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow
2007as Omasa
Age: 59 Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace
2006as Narration
Age: 58 Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits
2006as Omasa
Age: 58 Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard
2006
Age: 58 Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara
2005
Age: 57 Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya
2005as Omasa
Age: 57 Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter
2005as Omoto
Age: 57 Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
2004as Omoto
Age: 56 Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio
2004
Age: 52 Zeno: Unlimited Love
1999as Gentarou's mother (voice)
Age: 48 Onihei's Detective Records
1995No poster
Age: 43 Magistrate Toyama: Conspiracy of a Beautiful Woman! Rampage in Kanhashu
1990
Age: 43 Bounty Hunter Muyonosuke
1990
Age: 42 Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
1989as Okiku
Age: 41 The Blue Mountains '88
1988as Umetaro
Age: 41 Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 8
1988
Age: 39 Tree Without Leaves
1986
Age: 35 Cold Current
1983
Age: 33 There Was a War When I Was a Child
1981
Age: 33 The Wicked
1980as Chise Fujishima
Age: 33 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980as Yasuko Uehara
Age: 31 Double Suicide of Sonezaki
1978as O-Hatsu
Age: 29 Flickering Flames
1977
Age: 29 Yakuza Graveyard
1976as Keiko Matsunaga
Age: 29 Lullaby of the Earth
1976as Young Lady
Age: 28 Between Women and Wives
1976as Eiko Maeda
Age: 28 Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru
1975as Tamaki Kishi
Age: 28 New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975as Misako
Age: 28 Main Line to Terror
1975as Fumiko
Age: 27 The Homeless
1974as Sakei
Age: 27 Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
1974as Yuki Kashima
Age: 27 Jeans Blues: No Future
1974as Hijiriko
Age: 26 Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
1973as Nami Matsushima
Age: 26 Lady Snowblood
1973as Yuki Kashima
Age: 26 Yakuza of the Present
1973as Katsuko Niki
Age: 26 Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
1973as Nami Matsushima
Age: 26 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973as Yasuko Uehara
Age: 25 Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
1972as Nami Matsushima
Age: 25 Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
1972as Nami
Age: 25 Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
1972as Nami Matsushima
Age: 25 Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972as Nami
Age: 24 Morning Fog
1971
Age: 24 Blood for Blood
1971as Masae Yoshinaga
Age: 24 The Killer
1971
Age: 24 Onna no Iji
1971as Rika
Age: 24 Night Butterflies
1971
Age: 23 Secret Zone of Tokyo
1971
Age: 23 Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71
1971as Furiko
Age: 23 Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal
1970as Maya
Age: 23 Step on the Gas!
1970as Emiko
Age: 23 Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter
1970as Mako
Age: 23 Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo
1970as C-ko
Age: 23 Melody of Rebellion
1970as Aki
Age: 23 Blind Woman's Curse
1970as Akemi Tachibana
Age: 23 Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!
1970
Age: 23 Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss
1970as Mei
Age: 23 Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
Age: 23 A Young Man's Stronghold
1970
Age: 22 Gambling Den Desire
1970No poster
Age: 22 A Gangster's Morals
1970
Age: 22 The Fearless Brotherhood Duet of Kanto
1970
Age: 22 The Cleanup
1969
Age: 22 Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
1969as Natsuko Inubushi
Age: 22 Gokudô Petenshi
1969
Age: 22 Gambler's Dilemma
1969as Komiyama Maki
Age: 22 Chivalrous Pride
1969
Age: 22 The SAKURA Code
1969
Age: 22 Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
1969
Age: 22 Mini-Skirt Lynchers
1969as Toshie Takami
No poster
Age: 22 Inu to Asachan
1969
Age: 22 Yabanjin no Nekutai
1969
Age: 22 Women of the Night - Woman of Seniority
1969
Age: 21 Whirlwind Of Love
1969
Age: 21 Women's Police
1969as Michiko Fukue
Age: 21 Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1969
Age: 21 I Shall Not Forget
1968
Age: 21 The Blazing Continent
1968
Age: 21 Lost Virgin
1968as Eiko Hase
Age: 21 若い川の流れ
1968
Age: 21 Retaliation
1968as Saeko
No poster
Age: 21 Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
1968
Age: 21 Monument to the Girl's Corps
1968
Age: 21 Confession of a girl: The Forbidden Fruit
1968
Age: 21 Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968as Keiko Asami
Age: 20 The Code of Man
1968
Age: 20 My Sweetheart
1967
Age: 20 Aruhi watashi wa
1967
Age: 20 Burning Nature
1967
Age: 19 A Warm Misty Night
1967as Hiromi
Age: 19 The Man of Victory
1967
Age: 19 I'll Never Cry!
1966
Age: 19 The Stormy Man
1966as Hisako Teramoto
Age: 19 No Greater Love
1966
Age: 19 Kill or Be Killed
1966
Age: 19 Your Life
1966
Age: 19 Goodbye Mr. Tears
1966
Age: 19 Till We Meet Again
1966
Age: 19 Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
Age: 19 I Love The Sun
1966
Age: 19 Blood Shed
1966as Osakae
Age: 19 Youth A Go Go!
1966as Yuko Muraki
Age: 18 Showdown in the Red Valley
1965as Daughter Kimiko
Age: 18 Adventure With Him
1965
Age: 18 In Tears
1965
Age: 18 The Rule for a Vagabond
1965as Hanako
Age: 18 Seishun zenki: Aoi kajitsu
1965
Age: 18 Gambling is My Destiny
1965
Age: 17 Song of Farewell
1965as Yumi
FR·03
TV credits
Age: 78 Romantics Anonymous
2025
Age: 76 Yu Yu Hakusho
2023as Genkai
Age: 75 Modern Love Tokyo
2022as Mako
Age: 72 What Did You Eat Yesterday?
2019as Hisae Kakei
Age: 70 Seven Ms. Prisoners
2017as Ryo Ichijo
Age: 65 Wonderful Single Life
2012as Yoko Kirishima
Age: 60 Kuwayama Jubei travels to eight provinces
2007
Age: 59 Nogaremono Orin
2006as Kosakatae
Age: 57 Ooku Dai-isho
2004
Age: 56 There's Someone Watching
2003as Shimako Matsumoto
Age: 51 Kenkaku Shōbai
1998
Age: 49 SMAP×SMAP
1996as Bistro Guest
No poster
Age: 48 Hanayome wa 16-sai!
1995
Age: 42 Onihei Hankachō
1989as おまさ
No poster
Age: 39 森村誠一サスペンス 異常の太陽
1986No poster
Age: 39 秘められた関係
1986
Age: 39 Hanayome Ishou wa Dare ga Kiru
1986as Akie Fujisaki
Age: 38 Ponytail Won't Look Back
1985as Akiko
Age: 37 Life of St. Blue Eyes
1984as Misa Fujita
No poster
Age: 37 ミステリー「万引き夫人のとんでもない誤解」
1984
Age: 33 The Man of Five Rings
1981
Age: 30 Fushoku no kōzō
1977as Natori Fuyuko
Age: 30 Dazzling Cops
1977as Misugi Rie
Age: 26 Terauchi Kantarō Ikka
1974
Age: 26 Sengoku Rock Hagure Kiba
1973as Sae
Age: 24 Ronin of the Wastelands
1972as Ofumi
Age: 23