{"id":33664,"date":"2026-02-26T13:31:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=33664"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:14:03","slug":"japan-society-announces-meiko-kaji-a-retrospective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=33664","title":{"rendered":"Japan Society Announces Meiko Kaji: A Retrospective"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a9<\/b>Courtesy of Japan Society<\/p>\n

Japan Society is pleased to announce the film series\u00a0Meiko Kaji: A Retrospective<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, a focus on the cult actress featuring her first public New York appearance in over 40 years\u2014running\u00a0March 27<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0April 4<\/strong>. Best known in the West as the mythic katana-wielding Lady Snowblood of the eponymous 1973 Toho picture\u2014a violent cult work steeped in fountains of spurting blood\u2014actress and singer Meiko Kaji remains inseparable from the image of a rebellious outlaw heroine, a cataclysmic force of seventies Japanese cinema whose characteristic steely-eyed gaze cemented her as something akin to Clint Eastwood\u2019s Man with No Name.<\/p>\n

Recruited at the coda of Japan\u2019s studio era, Meiko Kaji debuted in 1965 under her real name Masako Ota as a contract player for Nikkatsu, Japan\u2019s oldest studio. Deemed \u201cdifficult\u201d for not fitting into the studio\u2019s prescribed mold of modest, pure-hearted female ing\u00e9nues (in the vein of Nikkatsu star\u00a0Ruriko Asaoka<\/strong>), Kaji was soon sidelined to supporting roles until her outspoken nature proved well-suited for outsider roles, embodying the image of an outlaw figure as she moved into genre cinema with noteworthy delinquent series\u00a0Stray Cat Rock,\u00a0<\/em>an early launching pad as well for co-star\u00a0Tatsuya Fuji\u00a0<\/strong>(In the Realm of the Senses<\/strong><\/em>) and Kaji\u2019s mentor\u00a0Yasuharu Hasebe<\/strong>. As Nikkatsu opted to shift away from mainstream film and into softcore productions to combat declining attendance, Kaji\u2014who had assumed the stage name \u201cMeiko Kaji\u201d under the suggestion of\u00a0chambara<\/em>\u00a0director\u00a0Masahiro Makino\u00a0<\/strong>(Singing Lovebirds<\/em>)\u2014left the studio of her own accord at the age of 23.<\/p>\n

Soon sought by Toei as an ideal successor to retiring\u00a0ninkyo eiga\u00a0<\/em>(chivalry film)\u00a0Junko Fuji,\u00a0<\/strong>Kaji would then rise to recognition as the vengeful prisoner\u00a0Sasori\u00a0<\/em>(Scorpion) in the popular\u00a0Female Prisoner Scorpion\u00a0<\/em>series (1972-1973) and then, during a hiatus, took on the role of Yuki in\u00a0Toshiya Fujita<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0Lady Snowblood<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(1973). Kaji willfully defied being pigeonholed by her successes\u2014seeking instead to further her craft and artistry with filmmakers such as\u00a0Kinji Fukasaku<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Yasuzo Masumura<\/strong>, eventually going freelance by her mid-twenties. Moving from\u00a0ninkyo eiga<\/em>\u00a0and pinky violence to yakuza pictures, arthouse productions and television, Kaji\u2014whose piercing gaze came to define an era of Japanese cinema\u2014transcended the confines of genre cinema; her depth and versatility extend far beyond the cult mythos that surrounds her.<\/p>\n

Over 60 years since her film debut, Japan Society will host Kaji for her first public appearance in New York City in more than 40 years. Kicking off on March 27th with a screening of\u00a0Lady Snowblood,\u00a0<\/em>series highlights include Kaji\u2019s personal favorite work: Daiei master Yasuzo Masumura\u2019s rarely-seen\u00a0The Love Suicides at Sonezaki\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/a>(to be shown on a rare 35mm import); seldom-screened 35mm prints of\u00a0Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter<\/strong><\/em><\/a>; and the world premiere of a new 2K restoration of\u00a0Wandering Ginza Butterfly<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0Kaji will participate in introductions and Q&As during the series\u2019 opening weekend (March 27-29).<\/p>\n<\/ins>\n\n\n\n
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FILM DESCRIPTIONS<\/strong>
\nAll films are listed alphabetically.<\/em><\/p>\n

Blind Woman\u2019s Curse<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\n\u300e\u602a\u8ac7\u6607\u308a\u7adc\u300f(Kaidan Nobori Ryu)<\/strong>
\nFriday, April 3 at 9:15 PM<\/strong>
\nDir. Teruo Ishii, 1970, 84 min., DCP, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. With Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Sako.<\/em>
\nAlthough she began her acting career at Nikkatsu under her real name, Masako Ota became Meiko Kaji on the advice of her mentor Masahiro Makino, and this phantasmagoric female swordplay saga\u2014the best period film Kaji made at Nikkatsu\u2014was her first starring role under her new, tougher name. The third and final entry in the\u00a0Rising Dragon<\/em>\u00a0series of female gambler films that starred Hiroko Ogi,\u00a0Blind Woman\u2019s Curse<\/em>\u00a0dispenses not only with the original character but also Ogi herself, instead casting Kaji as the benevolent, tattooed leader of a band of yakuza. Kaji and her gang become targets of supernatural vengeance after she blinds another swordswoman in a duel, and genre master Teruo Ishii adds his signature erotic-grotesque elements to the story, which may be the best female swordplay-cum-ghost cat horror film Japan ever produced.<\/p>\n

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\n\u300e\u5973\u56da701\u53f7\/\u3055\u305d\u308a\u300f(Joshu Nana-maru-ichi Go \/ Sasori)<\/strong>
\nSaturday, March 28 at 3:00 PM<\/strong>
\nDir. Shunya Ito, 1972, 87 min., DCP, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. With Meiko Kaji, Isao Natsuyagi, Fumio Watanabe.<\/em>
\nThe state is perverted, violent and predatory in Shunya Ito\u2019s claustrophobic debut, a reworked adaptation of Toru Shinohara\u2019s manga\u00a0Sasori<\/em>. Confined within a women\u2019s prison populated by sadistic, leering guards and volatile inmates, Meiko Kaji\u2019s Nami radiates a simmering, unspoken rage in what would become her defining role at Toei\u2014spawning three sequels over the next year. Ito fixes his gaze on the unrepentant viciousness of society, its structural oppressions refracted through the cellblock\u2019s own microcosm. With bursts of expressionist set pieces, gratuitous violence, and Kaji\u2019s dagger-eyed silent avenger,\u00a0Female Prisoner #701 Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0stands out as a cornerstone of 70s exploitation cinema.<\/p>\n

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\n\u300e\u5973\u56da\u3055\u305d\u308a\u3000\u3051\u3082\u306e\u90e8\u5c4b\u300f(Josh\u016b Sasori – Kemonobeya)<\/strong>
\nFriday, April 4 at 8:30 PM<\/strong>
\nDir. Shunya Ito, 1973, 87 min., DCP, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. With Meiko Kaji, Mikio Narita, Koji Nanbara.<\/em>
\nPerhaps Meiko Kaji\u2019s most iconic role, Nami “Scorpion” Matsushima was created by Toru Shinohara for an adult manga, and has been the subject of many remakes, but Kaji will always remain the original and the best. The third film in the series, and last by original director Shunya Ito,\u00a0Beast Stable<\/em>\u00a0is the most horror-tinged entry, and arguably the most violent. Nami, having escaped from prison in\u00a0Jailhouse 41<\/em>, befriends a lonely sex worker and incurs the wrath of a yakuza gang led by a former nemesis, the sadistic and power-mad Katsu\u2014a grand guignol creation clad in black feathers who has sworn vengeance on Scorpion.<\/p>\n

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\n\u300e\u5973\u56da\u3055\u305d\u308a\/\u7b2c41\u96d1\u5c45\u623f\u300f(Joshu Sasori Dai 41 Zakkyobou)<\/strong>
\nSaturday, March 28 at 5:00 PM<\/strong>
\nDir. Shunya Ito, 1972, 90 min., 35mm, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. With Meiko Kaji, Fumio Watanabe, Kayoko Shiraishi.<\/em>
\nArchival 35mm Presentation; Introduction and Q&A with Meiko Kaji.<\/strong>\u00a0After a year in solitary confinement in a vicious women\u2019s prison, Sasori has taken on a mythic stature among the prisoners. Escaping with an uncouth band of inmates, she leads the group while the prison\u2019s sadistic guards follow in hot pursuit. The second film in Toei\u2019s\u00a0Female Prisoner Scorpion<\/em>\u00a0series, Shunya Ito\u2019s fever dream sequel is recognized as the series\u2019 best entry, bolstered by avant-garde tinged visuals, delirious violence, a fuzzy guitar score and, of course, Meiko Kaji\u2019s fierce, steely-eyed performance of rage and vengeance.<\/p>\n

Lady Snowblood<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\n\u300e\u4fee\u7f85\u96ea\u59eb\u300f(Shurayuki-hime)<\/strong>
\nFriday, March 27 at 7:00 PM<\/strong>
\nDir. Toshiya Fujita, 1973, 96 min., DCP, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. With Meiko Kaji, Ko Nishimura.<\/em>
\nIntroduction and Q&A with Meiko Kaji.<\/strong>\u00a0Produced by Toho during a hiatus from Toei,\u00a0Lady Snowblood<\/em>\u00a0reunites Kaji with two-time\u00a0Stray Cat<\/em>\u00a0director Toshiya Fujita, better known at the time for his realist youth pictures\u2014a stark contrast from the extravagantly stylised and violent nature of\u00a0Snowblood<\/em>. The representative work of Kaji\u2019s career in action cinema,\u00a0Lady Snowblood<\/em>\u00a0adapts Kazuo Kamimura\u2019s manga into a bloodsoaked treatise on retribution. Born a creature of vengeance, an\u00a0asura<\/em>\u00a0to enact her dead mother\u2019s wrath, Yuki (Kaji) leaves behind a trail of bloodshed in her wake.<\/p>\n

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss\u2019s Head<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\n\u300c\u65b0\u4ec1\u7fa9\u306a\u304d\u6226\u3044 \u7d44\u9577\u306e\u9996\u300d(Shin Jingi Naki Tatakai: Kumicho no Kubi)<\/strong>
\nFriday, April 4 at 6:00 PM<\/strong>
\nDir. Kinji Fukasaku, 1975, 94 min., DCP, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. With Meiko Kaji, Bunta Sugawara, Tsutomu Yamazaki<\/em>
\nKinji Fukasaku\u2018s follow-up trilogy to his successful\u00a0Battles Without Honor and Humanity<\/em>\u00a0series tells three unrelated stories about yakuza intrigue and betrayal, and this middle film co-stars Meiko Kaji as the dutiful wife of a heroin-addicted hitman (Tsutomu Yamazaki) who befriends, then betrays, series star Bunta Sugawara. An essential link within Fukasaku\u2019s cinematic world,\u00a0The Boss\u2019s Head<\/em>\u00a0found him expanding his action vocabulary to include car stunts, as well as creating not one, but two strong female roles (the other played by Yuriko Hishimi). Composer Toshiaki Tsushima contributes another memorable score, and the ensemble casting is among the best of the entire series.<\/p>\n

The Love Suicides at Sonezaki<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\n\u300e\u66fe\u6839\u5d0e\u5fc3\u4e2d\u300f(Sonezaki Shinju)<\/strong>
\nSunday, March 29 at 6:30 PM<\/strong>
\nDir. Yasuzo Masumura, 1978, 112 min., 35mm, color, in Japanese with live English subtitles. With Meiko Kaji, Ryudo Uzaki, Sachiko Hidari.<\/em>
\nImported 35mm Print; Introduction and Q&A with Meiko Kaji.<\/strong>\u00a0Yasuzo Masumura\u2019s devastating ATG adaptation of the classic Chikamatsu drama casts Kaji and rock singer Ryudo Uzaki as the forbidden lovers. Ohatsu, an indentured courtesan, and Tokubei, an assistant to a respected Osaka soy merchant, find their dreams of a life together eroded by precipitating misfortune. Kaji\u2019s wildly expressive passion, anguish and love\u2014expressed with such conviction\u2014marks a fascinating collaboration with Daiei master Masumura, one worthy of being the actress\u2019s favorite role. With its inherent theatrical quality,\u00a0Sonezaki\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0tragedian precision steadily points to a foregone conclusion: a violent, funereal act of passion at daybreak.<\/p>\n

Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\n\u300e\u91ce\u826f\u732b\u30ed\u30c3\u30af \u30bb\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\u30cf\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u300f(Nora-neko rokku: sekkusu hantaa)<\/strong>
\nSunday, March 29 at 4:00 PM<\/strong>
\nDir. Yasuharu Hasebe, 1970, 93 min., 35mm, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. With Meiko Kaji, Rikiya Yasuoka, Tatsuya Fuji.<\/em>
\nArchival 35mm Presentation.<\/strong>\u00a0Meiko Kaji headlined her first ongoing series with this group of five girl-gang biker films, made during Nikkatsu Studio\u2019s heyday of “New Action” films, which amped up the sex and violence while addressing contemporary social issues from a distinctly left-wing point of view.\u00a0Sex Hunter<\/em>, the third entry in the series, stars Kaji as the leader of the Alleycats and girlfriend to the morose, possibly impotent Baron (Tatsuya Fuji), who leads a biker gang of his own in attacks on mixed-race kids around the US military base in Yokosuka. Co-starring burly, half-Italian actor Rikiya Yasuoka (Tampopo<\/em>) as tough outsider Azuma, his not-quite-consummated romance with Kaji burns up the screen as their increasingly violent brawls with Baron\u2019s gang, as well as the local yakuza, pile up the casualties on both sides.<\/p>\n

Wandering Ginza Butterfly<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\n\u300e\u9280\u8776\u6e21\u308a\u9ce5\u300f(Gincho Wataridori)<\/strong>
\nFriday, April 3 at 7:00 PM<\/strong>
\nDir. Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, 1972, 86 min., DCP, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. With Meiko Kaji, Tsunehiko Watase, Flower Meg.<\/em>
\nWorld Premiere of 2K Restoration.<\/strong>\u00a0Planned as Kaji\u2019s first Toei appearance following her Nikkatsu exit,\u00a0Wandering Ginza Butterfly<\/em>\u00a0would situate Kaji as the successor to recently retired star Junko Fuji, the reigning queen of\u00a0ninkyo eiga<\/em>\u00a0(chivalry films). Substituting a period setting for the neon-lit clubs of 70s Ginza,\u00a0Wandering Ginza Butterfly<\/em>\u00a0offers an updated spin on the genre\u2019s honorable, romanticized outlaws, focusing on ex-con Nami \u201cthe Red Cherry Blossom\u201d Higuchi\u2019s return to civilian life after a three year stint at Tochigi Prison. With the intent to go straight, she takes on work as a hostess but soon finds herself at odds with the far-from-legitimate dealings of ruthless yakuza front Owada Enterprises. With vibrant street photography and a colorful cast of side players (including 70s icon Flower Meg in a bit part),\u00a0Wandering Ginza Butterfly<\/em>\u00a0finds Kaji\u2019s stoic Nami going on a noble crusade, taking cues from Paul Newman\u2019s\u00a0The Hustler<\/em>\u00a0as it culminates in a high-stakes billiards match.<\/p>\n

New Restoration courtesy of Toei \/ Arrow Films.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yakuza Graveyard<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\n\u300e\u3084\u304f\u3056\u306e\u5893\u5834 \u304f\u3061\u306a\u3057\u306e\u82b1\u300f(Yakuza no Hakaba: Kuchinashi no Hana)<\/strong>
\nSaturday, March 28 at 7:30 PM<\/strong>
\nDir. Kinji Fukasaku, 1976, 92 min, DCP, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. With Tetsuya Watari, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya.<\/em>
\nIntroduction by Meiko Kaji.<\/strong>\u00a0Made in the aftermath of his defining\u00a0Battles Without Honor or Humanity<\/em>\u00a0and subsequent\u00a0New Battles<\/em>\u00a0series, Kinji Fukasaku\u2019s propulsive crime film paints postwar Japan as crime-riddled and rotten to its core, with a thin line separating cops from robbers in the decrepit streets of \u201970s Osaka. Hard-headed detective Kuroiwa (Tokyo Drifter\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0Tetsuya Watari), a recalcitrant transfer, aims to dismantle a system of kickbacks, false fronts and schemes\u2014a corruption that has seeped into the upper ranks of the police force itself (a notable member of top brass is played by Nagisa Oshima). Through canted angles and freeze frames,\u00a0Yakuza Graveyard<\/em>\u00a0finds Kuroiwa forming an unlikely alliance with Meiko Kaji\u2019s\u00a0zainichi<\/em>\u00a0yakuza mistress while fomenting a gang war as an agent provocateur.<\/p>\n

SCREENING DATES<\/strong><\/p>\n

FRIDAY, MARCH 27<\/strong><\/p>\n

7:00 PM \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lady Snowblood*<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

SATURDAY, MARCH 28<\/strong><\/p>\n

3:00 PM \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

5:00 PM \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41*<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

7:30 PM \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Yakuza Graveyard*<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

SUNDAY, MARCH 29<\/strong><\/p>\n

4:00 PM \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

6:30 PM \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Love Suicides at Sonezaki*<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

FRIDAY, APRIL 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

7:00 PM \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wandering Ginza Butterfly<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

9:15 PM \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Blind Woman\u2019s Curse<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

SATURDAY, APRIL 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

6:00 PM \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss\u2019s Head<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

8:30 PM \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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