Meiko Kaji

Meiko Kaji (born March 24, 1947) is a Japanese actress and singer. With over 100 film and television credits since the 1960s, her most prolific period was the 1970s, when she achieved fame for her starring roles as outlaws and vengeful women in the film series Stray Cat Rock, Wandering Ginza Butterfly, Female Prisoner Scorpion and Lady Snowblood. Kaji also performed as a singer, releasing records concurrently with her film career and beyond, often performing the theme songs for the films in which she starred.