Meiko Kaji

Meiko Kaji (梶 芽衣子, Kaji Meiko^?, rođena 24. marta 1947 u Chiyodi, Tokyo, Japan) je japanska pjevačica i glumica. Najpoznatija je kao protagonistica ultra-nasilnih akcijskih filmova 1970-ih, ali i po tome što se povukla na samom vrhuncu karijere. Kroz godine je stekla kult-status, a među poklonicima je i Quentin Tarantino, koji joj je odao počast u svom filmu Kill Bill.

Izabrana filmografija

• The Blind Woman's Curse (1970) (Kaidan nobori ryu) (r. Teruo Ishii)
• Stray Cat Rock serija
  • Female Juvenile Delinquent Leader: Stray Cat Rock (1970) (Onna banchô: Nora-neko rokku) (r. Yasuharu Hasebe)
  • Stray Cat Rock : Wild Jumbo (1970) (Nora-neko rokku: Wairudo janbo) (r. Toshiya Fujita)
  • Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (1970) (Nora-neko rokku: Sekkusu hanta) (r. Yasuharu Hasebe)
  • Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal (1970) (Nora-neko rokku: Mashin animaru) (r. Yasuharu Hasebe)
  • Stray Cat Rock: Crazy Rider '71 (1971) (Nora-neko rokku: Bōsō shudan '71) (r. Toshiya Fujita)
• Sasori serija
  • Female Convict 701: Scorpion (1972) (Joshuu 701-gō: Sasori) (r. Shunya Ito)
  • Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41(1972) (Joshuu sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bō) (r. Shunya Ito)
  • Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973) (Joshuu sasori: Kemono-beya) (r. Shunya Ito)
  • Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973) (Joshuu sasori: 701-gō urami-bushi) (r. Yasuharu Hasebe)
• Lady Snowblood (1973) (Shurayukihime) (r. Toshiya Fujita)
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Hiroshima Deathmatch (1973) (Jingi naki tatakai: Hiroshima shito hen) (r. Kinji Fukasaku)
• Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974) (Shurayukihime: Urami Renga) (r. Toshiya Fujita)
• Yakuza Graveyard (1976) (Yakuza no hakaba: Kuchinashi no hana) (r. Kinji Fukasaku)
• Lullaby of the Earth (1976) (Daichi no komoriuta) (r. Yasuzo Masumura)
• Sonezaki Shinju (1978) (Sonezaki Shinju) (r. Yasuzo Masumura)

Diskografija

• 怨み節 Urami Bushi tekst: Shunya Ito, muzika: Shunsuke Kikuchi
• 女の呪文 Onna no Jumon tekst: Shunya Ito, muzika: Shunsuke Kikuchi
• 修羅の花 Shura no Hana tekst: Kazuo Koike, muzika: Masaaki Hirao
• 芽衣子の夢は夜ひらく Meiko no Yume wa Yoru Hiraku tekst: Ou Yoshida, muzika: Koumei Sone

Literatura

• Rikke Schubart: Super Bitches and Action Babes: The Female Hero in Popular Cinema, 1970-2006 (McFarland & Company, USA 2007) ISBN 978-0-7864-2924-0: Contains a chapter on Meiko Kaji.

Eksterni linkovi

• Meiko Kaji na sajtu IMDb
• Review of her Zenkyokushu album Arhivirano 2007-07-17 na Wayback Machine-u
• Meiko Kaji at the Japanese Movie Database (ja)
• Meiko Kaji LiveJournal community
• Schubart, Rikke. „Meiko Kaji: “Woman walking at the brink of life and death””. mediavidenskab. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2007-07-02. Pristupljeno 06. 07. 2007. 
• Yahoo Japan Profile (ja)
• Jrawk review Arhivirano 2009-02-27 na Wayback Machine-u of "Songs Of Tears," her second album