Mariko Kaga
Birthday: 1943-12-11
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Biography: Mariko Kaga (born December 11 , 1943) is a Japanese actress and TV presenter. Her real name is Masako Kaga. She made her film debut in 1962 with Tears in the Lion's Mane. Her leading role in the film Monday Yuka, in which she co-starred with Akira Nakao and Yoko Yamamoto , is one of her most well-known works. She went on to appear in numerous films and dramas, and became a popular actress thanks to her devilish looks and excellent acting skills. On the other hand, she was labeled as "sassy" because she was always outspoken and assertive, and became known for her sharp character image, which caused a stir with her words and actions. After returning to Japan in June 1965, she appeared in the Shiki Theatre Company 's play Ondine , which was a huge success with full houses every day. It was on this stage that she first discovered the joy of being an actress, and from then on she decided to pursue acting in earnest.
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3,000 Kilometer Trap
A young man has to deliver a Mitsubishi Galant GTO from Kagoshima (on the southern tip of the southe...
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Hana Yori Dango: Final
Four years have passed since that emotional marriage proposal at Tsukushi Makino's high-school prom,...
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Pale Flower
A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gan...
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Sky of Penta
A boy living in Wakayama Prefecture accidentally comes into possession of an Adélie penguin egg and ...
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Love Letter
Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing inc...
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Patisserie Coin De Rue
A disillusioned Natsume arrives at Coin de Rue, a popular Tokyo pastry shop, begging for work. Aimin...
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An Outlaw
Assassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a complica...
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Pleasures of the Flesh
After committing murder, businessman Atsushi is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase of embezzled mon...
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Spring Bell
Rokuheita Narumi is fascinated by oriental art and works as the director of the Saho Art Museum in N...
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In His Chart
There is a degree of realism when a professional in the field writes about his vocation and such is ...
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Soup Opera
Sakai plays Rui, a 35-year-old single woman forced to live alone after the aunt who raised her sudde...
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Silence Has No Wings
Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this al...
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Space Girl Morumo 1/10
Fuji Television film based on the manga of the same name by Hiroshi Aro....
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Muddy River
Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends...
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Only on Mondays
Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa to sleep with a foreign busine...
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Kagero-za
A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife....
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Mount Hakkoda
Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the wint...
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Mahjong Horoki
A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges a...
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Lovers Lost
A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mis...
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A Flame at the Pier
A young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the Yokohama...
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A Legend or Was It?
A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the ...
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The Rape
Yahagi Michiko is accosted and raped walking home one evening. From there she maneuvers the logistic...
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The Creature Called Man
A top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator, contends wi...
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Twinkle
Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at whic...
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With Beauty and Sorrow
When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling novel ...
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Gate of Youth 2
Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu....
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The Radish and the Carrot
One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company ...
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Gokudo of Kamagasaki
Ninth installment in the "Gokudo" series. Depicts the activities of Shimamura Seikichi and his hench...
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The Unspoiled Diamond
A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher....
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A Scream from Nowhere
In 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of mysterio...
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The Time of Reckoning
"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful busine...
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Saya: Perspective in Love
Erotic thriller about a porn photographer who has to deal with a psychopath....
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Evil Spirits in the Darkness
The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period...
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Shinjuku Boy Detectives
In the streets of ultra-modern Shinjuku, Sosuke, a young would-be detective, all of a sudden attacke...
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Fushin no Toki
Suspense TV movie adaptation of an original story by Sawako Ariyoshi, starring Yukiyo Toake....
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Snow Country
This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha ...
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Bugs
Aru Islands in resort development. Was a succession happening the abandoned corpses in there are hol...
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Sagrada Reset Part 1
In the town of Sakurada, where about half of the residents have special abilities, high schooler Kei...
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Sagrada Reset Part 2
In the town of Sakurada, where about half of the residents have special abilities, high schooler Kei...
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I Haven't Dreamed of Flying for a While
A man in hospital has a weird and sexy conversation with a woman in the next bed, whom he cannot see...
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The Temple of the Golden Pavillion
The story takes place during the end of the Pacific War and the aftermath period and it focuses on M...
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Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2
Recently released from prison for a murder sentence, a yakuza boss's wife leaves Hong Kong for a fre...
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Three Faces of Love
When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over...
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Daughter of Time
A member of the jieitai ("Self-Defense Force"; i.e. Japanese military) is on leave and finds a woman...
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Modori River
The story of Takeha, a free-spirited genius poet who lived through Taisho Romanticism, and the women...
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Love Letter
Yuko is in love with an old poet who happens to be also a married man. She waits patiently for him a...
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Until Evening
Intellectual collegue professor Sasa becomes obsessed with beautiful Sugiko, a virgin. Eventually, l...
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Paper Lantern
A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer w...
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Lover's Time
After preventing the rape of a beautiful girl at the beach and falling in love with her, a medical s...
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Hakuchô no uta nanka kikoenai
Young man and woman experience changes in their worldview and question the meaning of life after mee...
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Oración
Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given th...
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Curtain Call
Miho Nakamichi, an orphan adopted by Haruko, dreams to star in a musical. One day, Haruko promised M...
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The Lone Ume Tree
An old house stands amongst newly built buildings, as if it has been left behind. Tamako, a popular ...
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