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Japanese cinema has been significantly enriched by the versatile and impactful performances of actress Meiko Kaji. Known for her intense portrayals of strong, defiant women, she had her breakthrough in the 1970s, often associated with the genre of "pinky violence" films.
Meiko Kaji was born in the Kanda area of Tokyo and graduated from the Yakumo Academy high school in Meguro, Tokyo. She began work in the film industry under her real name, Masako Ota, at Nikkatsu studio in 1965 after graduating from high school.
Mar 11, 2016 · Kaji is that child—Yuki Kashima, later dubbed Lady Snowblood—who, at age 20, is prepared mentally and physically to realize her sword-wielding destiny. Narrated historical lessons offset gory bloodbaths in what is the most powerful of the films under discussion here.
Born Masako Ota in 1947, Meiko Kaji joined Nikkatsu Studios while still in her teens, appearing in many films for the company before appearing in such films as two episode of the Stray Cat Rock series and Teruo Ishii's Blind Woman's Curse, both of which would garner her some fame.
Nov 2, 2017 · Either Meiko Kaji is ‘Scorpion’, the largely mute and indestructible prison inmate of the Female Prisoner series, or she is the sword-wielding agent of doom in Lady Snowblood.
Sep 11, 2017 · In her most notable film roles, Japanese actress Meiko Kaji’s (1947- ) characters are self-ruled women who are fiercely independent and who don’t take any shit from anybody, including those who would seem to be in positions of superiority over them. They don’t cave in to the expected societal norms.
Meiko Kaji is a Japanese actress and singer. She has appeared in about 100 films, with her most famous roles being outlaw characters in early 1970s films, such as the rebels of the Stray Cat Rock series, the assassin Lady Snowblood, and the murderous Sasori from the Female Convict 701: Scorpion series.
Meiko Kaji, the Japanese screen star and singer, was born on this date in 1947. Her film career began with bit parts in Yakuza films for Nikkatsu Studios. There the outlaw provocateur director Teruo Ishii met her and cast her in the lead role of a film that would in many ways foretell the heady […]
Sep 19, 2017 · With a handful of films in the early 1970s Meiko Kaji was Japan’s greatest female action star. Scratch that, she is arguably the foremost female action star. Period. Her petite frame, model good looks and stylish looking, long flowing hair belie this.
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