Acting
Meiko Kaji
- Titles
- 62movies27TV shows
- Career
Active from 1965 to 2021, busiest in 1970 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 36top three billing
- Average score
68/100
- Highest rated
Yakuza Graveyard86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Crime7.6average 3.7
- Violence7.8average 4.3
- Historical6.1average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism5.3average 3.3
- Eroticism3.7average 1.8
- Adrenaline6.7average 5.1
- Politics4.0average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.0average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.3, average 5.2
- Wholesome1.6, average 3.3
- Situational Comedy1.4, average 2.7
- Wonder2.4, average 3.4
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 6
- Cult Classic 6
- Japanese Cinema 5
- 1970s 5
- Japanese Period Drama 5
- Japanese Drama 4
- Gritty Realism 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- 1970s Japan 3
- Gang Warfare 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Coming-of-Age 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Tatsuya FujiActorStray Cat Rock: Beat '71, Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter, Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss, Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo, Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal, +5 more
Yumi TakigawaActorOnihei Crime Files: Bungoro Amabiki, Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow, Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm, Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya, Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman, +2 more
Keizo KanieActorOnihei Crime Files: Bungoro Amabiki, Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow, Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm, Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya, Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman, +2 more
Hiroshi KatsunoActorOnihei Crime Files: Bungoro Amabiki, Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow, Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm, Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya, Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman, +2 more
Kichiemon Nakamura IIActorOnihei Crime Files: Bungoro Amabiki, Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow, Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm, Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya, Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman, +2 more
Toshinori OmiActorOnihei Crime Files: Bungoro Amabiki, Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow, Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm, Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya, Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman, +2 more
Baku NumataActorOnihei Crime Files: Bungoro Amabiki, Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow, Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya, Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman, Onihei Crime Files: Sutegoro Takahagi, +1 more- KKoichi SonoiEditorOnihei Crime Files: Bungoro Amabiki, Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow, Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya, Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman, Onihei Crime Files: Sutegoro Takahagi, +1 more
Hideki TakahashiActorHanayome wa 16-sai!, Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell, Gambler's Dilemma, Blood Shed, The Rule for a Vagabond
Koichi MiuraActorKenkaku Shōbai, Onihei Crime Files: Bungoro Amabiki, Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow, Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm, Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya
Yasuharu HasebeDirectorFemale Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song, Dazzling Cops, Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter, Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss, Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal- YYoshihiro YamazakiCinematographerYouth A Go Go!, Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal, Melody of Rebellion, Mini-Skirt Lynchers, The Blue Mountains '88
Movies and TV shows
892020s
8 titles · average score 74
89
Romantics Anonymous (2025)
TV show
75
Yu Yu Hakusho (2023)
TV show · as Genkai
67
Modern Love Tokyo (2022)
TV show · as Mako
Written Down (2022)
Music
66
What Did You Eat Yesterday? (2021)
as Hisae Kakei
82
Under the Open Sky (2021)
as Shoji Atsuko
Nezunoban (2021)
as Kumiko
68
The Voice of Sin (2020)
as Mayumi Sone
2010s
7 titles · average score 75
75
What Did You Eat Yesterday? (2019)
TV show · as Hisae Kakei
犬神家の一族 (2018)
as 宮川香琴
Seven Ms. Prisoners (2017)
TV show · as Ryo Ichijo
Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013)
as Suga Sasahara
Wonderful Single Life (2012)
TV show · as Yoko Kirishima
2000s
13 titles · average score 66
The Lawyer of Shimane (2007)
as Ishizuka Yoko
66
Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace (2006)
as Narration
Nogaremono Orin (2006)
TV show · as Kosakatae
Ooku Dai-isho (2004)
TV show
There's Someone Watching (2003)
TV show · as Shimako Matsumoto
1990s
4 titles
Zeno: Unlimited Love (1999)
as Gentarou's mother (voice)
Kenkaku Shōbai (1998)
TV show
SMAP×SMAP (1996)
TV show · as Bistro Guest
Hanayome wa 16-sai! (1995)
TV show
1980s
11 titles
Onihei Hankachō (1989)
TV show · as おまさ
The Blue Mountains '88 (1988)
as Umetaro
Hanayome Ishou wa Dare ga Kiru (1986)
TV show · as Akie Fujisaki
秘められた関係 (1986)
TV show
A Star is Born (1985)
TV show
Ponytail Won't Look Back (1985)
TV show · as Akiko
Life of St. Blue Eyes (1984)
TV show · as Misa Fujita
ミステリー「万引き夫人のとんでもない誤解」 (1984)
TV show
The Man of Five Rings (1981)
TV show
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)
as Yasuko Uehara
1970s
32 titles · average score 68
86
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
as Keiko Matsunaga
62
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
as Yuki Kashima
84
Lady Snowblood (1973)
as Yuki Kashima
62
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973)
as Nami Matsushima
68
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)
as Nami Matsushima
75
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
as Nami Matsushima
70
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
as Nami Matsushima
57
Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71 (1971)
as Furiko
62
Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
as Akemi Tachibana
1960s
14 titles · average score 63
Gambler's Dilemma (1969)
as Komiyama Maki
Mini-Skirt Lynchers (1969)
as Toshie Takami
Women's Police (1969)
as Michiko Fukue
68
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)
as Keiko Asami
58
Retaliation (1968)
as Saeko
Lost Virgin (1968)
as Eiko Hase
A Warm Misty Night (1967)
as Hiromi
The Stormy Man (1966)
as Hisako Teramoto
Blood Shed (1966)
as Osakae
Youth A Go Go! (1966)
as Yuko Muraki
The Rule for a Vagabond (1965)
as Hanako
Showdown in the Red Valley (1965)
as Daughter Kimiko