Portrait of Mariko Kaga

Acting

Mariko Kaga

Career

Active from 1962 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
27
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Pale Flower
Pale Flower
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mariko Kaga Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Scare
    1.8, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 7
  • Japanese Cinema 6
  • Japanese Drama 6
  • Social Commentary 6
  • Character-Driven 6
  • Melancholic Tone 4
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Melancholy 3
  • Found Family 3
  • Slice of Life 3
  • Unrequited Love 2
  • Emotional Depth 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Akai Himitsu
Akai Himitsu

TV show

2020s

5 titles
Blossom
Blossom (2026)

TV show

Oishii no Tsukurikata
Oishii no Tsukurikata (2026)

TV show

Shiawase wa Tabete Nete Mate: Soshun no Yojo Hen
Shiawase wa Tabete Nete Mate: Soshun no Yojo Hen (2026)

as Miyama Suzu

Happiness Comes from Eating, Sleeping and Waiting
Happiness Comes from Eating, Sleeping and Waiting (2025)

TV show · as Miyama Suzu

Minami-kun is my lover!?
Minami-kun is my lover!? (2024)

TV show · as Horikiri Yuriko

2010s

10 titles · average score 57
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi (2019)

TV show

Yasuragi no Sato
Yasuragi no Sato (2017)

TV show

Sagrada Reset Part 1
Sagrada Reset Part 1 (2017)

as Witch

Sagrada Reset Part 2
Sagrada Reset Part 2 (2017)

as Witch

Platonic
Platonic (2014)

TV show · as Masako Yui

Tokyo Bandwagon
Tokyo Bandwagon (2013)

TV show · as Sachi Hotta

Patisserie Coin De Rue
Patisserie Coin De Rue (2011)
GoodWatch score 66

as Yoshikawa

In His Chart
In His Chart (2011)
GoodWatch score 49

as Kyoko Azumi

Princess Go
Princess Go (2011)

TV show · as Oba no Tsubone

Soup Opera
Soup Opera (2010)

as Toba-chan

2000s

6 titles · average score 73
Mission To Kill
Mission To Kill (2009)

TV show

Jive: Swept by the Sea Breeze
Jive: Swept by the Sea Breeze (2009)

as Etsuko Tomari

BOYS OVER FLOWERS the movie
BOYS OVER FLOWERS the movie (2008)
GoodWatch score 73

as Kaede Dōmyōji

Around 40
Around 40 (2008)

TV show · as Haruko Yoshinaga

Toshiie and Matsu
Toshiie and Matsu (2002)

TV show · as Tatsu

臨床心理士
臨床心理士 (2000)

TV show · as Shiho Katsuragi

1990s

11 titles · average score 67
The Oar
The Oar (1999)

TV show

Shinjuku Boy Detectives
Shinjuku Boy Detectives (1998)

as Saeko Yumeno

Your Hands are Whispering
Your Hands are Whispering (1997)

TV show · as Nobe Masae

Bugs
Bugs (1997)

as Kitamura

Lost Paradise
Lost Paradise (1997)

TV show · as Matsubara Masami

SMAP×SMAP
SMAP×SMAP (1996)

TV show · as Bistro Guest

Love Letter
Love Letter (1995)
GoodWatch score 67

as Male Itsuki's Mother

Twinkle
Twinkle (1992)

as Chiaki Koyama

A Paucity of Flying Dreams
A Paucity of Flying Dreams (1990)

as Yasuko Taura

Tales of the Bizarre
Tales of the Bizarre (1990)

TV show

Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi (1990)

TV show

1980s

21 titles · average score 69
Lover's Time
Lover's Time (1987)

as Akiko Nishie

Saya: Perspective in Love
Saya: Perspective in Love (1986)

as Kanzaki's mother

Spring Bell
Spring Bell (1985)

as Sanae Ishiwata

Mahjong Horoki
Mahjong Horoki (1984)

as Mama

Curtain Call
Curtain Call (1984)

as Yoshiko Oomori

Modori River
Modori River (1983)

as Ayano

Lovers Lost
Lovers Lost (1982)
GoodWatch score 64

as Yuki

The Unspoiled Diamond
The Unspoiled Diamond (1982)

as Kazuko Makimura

Muddy River
Muddy River (1981)
GoodWatch score 75

as Shoko Matsumoto

Love Letter
Love Letter (1981)

as Tayo

Kagero-za
Kagero-za (1981)
GoodWatch score 69

as Mio

Until Evening
Until Evening (1980)

as Yuko

1970s

11 titles · average score 67
A Scream from Nowhere
A Scream from Nowhere (1977)

as Fumiko Masuda

Mount Hakkoda
Mount Hakkoda (1977)
GoodWatch score 67

as Taeko Tokushima (Captain Tokushima's wife)

Kashin
Kashin (1977)

TV show · as Okoto

Hakuchô no uta nanka kikoenai
Hakuchô no uta nanka kikoenai (1972)

as Keiko

姫君捕物控
姫君捕物控 (1972)

TV show · as Oryu / Kasumi

Hayato is Coming
Hayato is Coming (1972)

TV show

The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo! (1972)

as Kiki

Evil Spirits in the Darkness
Evil Spirits in the Darkness (1971)

as Tokuhime

Price of Life
Price of Life (1971)

as Yuri

Tabiji: ofukuro-san yori
Tabiji: ofukuro-san yori (1971)

as Aki

The Creature Called Man
The Creature Called Man (1970)

as Kaoru Akiyama

1960s

13 titles · average score 69
The Time of Reckoning
The Time of Reckoning (1968)

as Mayumi

My Destiny
My Destiny (1968)

as Miya Tsutsumi

Three Faces of Love
Three Faces of Love (1967)

as Momoko Shindo

Mr. Greenhorn
Mr. Greenhorn (1966)

as Madonna

Pleasures of the Flesh
Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
GoodWatch score 62

as Shoko

With Beauty and Sorrow
With Beauty and Sorrow (1965)
GoodWatch score 62

as Keiko Sakami

Snow Country
Snow Country (1965)

as Yoko

Pale Flower
Pale Flower (1964)
GoodWatch score 86

as Saeko

Only on Mondays
Only on Mondays (1964)
GoodWatch score 67

as Yuka

An Outlaw
An Outlaw (1964)

as Mari

A Legend or Was It?
A Legend or Was It? (1963)
GoodWatch score 73

as Yuri Shimizu

A Flame at the Pier
A Flame at the Pier (1962)
GoodWatch score 64

as Yuki