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Tokyo, Japan (1965 – present)

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子, Kaji Meiko, real name Ota Masako (太田 雅子), born March 24, 1947 in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese Enka singer and actress.

Meiko Kaji first began work in the film industry under the name Masako Ota at Nikkatsu studio in 1965. In 1970, with little success but extensive experience in the movie business, Meiko Kaji signed up with the Nikkatsu movie studio and was subsequently cast in more or less important roles in the Stray Cat Rock series. The films concern juvenile girl gang confrontations and, although inventive, they suffer from poor scripts throughout the series. In 1971 Nikkatsu started moving into the financially lucrative pink film business. To avoid this Kaji moved to Toei where she met director Shunya Ito and made four women in prison films in the Female Prisoner Scorpion series, which made her famous throughout Japan. The films were adapted from a well-known manga by Toru Shinohara. In the fourth installment Toei replaced director Shunya Ito with Yasuharu Hasebe, a decision that Kaji was unhappy about, and she subsequently left the series, which continued until 1998 with six new installments of markedly lesser quality.

In 1973 she took on the role of Yuki in the revenge-themed film Lady Snowblood, which later gained popularity as a cult film in the West. It was based on a manga by Kazuo Koike who also created the Crying Freeman and Lone Wolf and Cub manga series. The film was one of the inspirations for Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill films. It was followed by the sequel, Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance.
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    charming voive

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    >>I'm pretty sure that Uma Thurman does not make Enka. I'll retract my statement though if Uma Thurman does, however. - I would totally buy her stuff then

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    Her songs are so beautiful but of course The Flower Of Carnage is my favorite haha :b

    November 2011
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    7 artists (from 793) are characteristic for , last.fm groups, 梶芽衣子 (Meiko Kaji) is one of those 7, read more here: http://www.last.fm/user/enka_and_more/journal

    November 2011
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    Она офигительна! А вот ласт ее почему-то не находит, пришлось гуглом искать((

    November 2011
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    @javiikiller 梶芽衣子 = her name Meiko Kaji 全曲集(zenkyoku shuu) = music collection

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