Mariko Kaga
Born: 1943-12-11 in Tokyo, Japan
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Happiness Comes from Eating, Sleeping and Waiting as Miyama Suzu
2024
- Minami-kun is my lover!? as Horikiri Yuriko
2021
- The Lone Ume Tree
- 世界サブカルチャー史 欲望の系譜 as Self
2017
- Sagrada Reset Part 2 as Witch
- Sagrada Reset Part 1 as Witch
- Yasuragi no Sato
2014
- Platonic as Masako Yui
2013
- Tokyo Bandwagon as Sachi Hotta
2011
- Patisserie Coin De Rue as Yoshikawa
- In His Chart as Kyoko Azumi
- Princess Go
2010
- Soup Opera as Toba-chan
2009
2008
- Hana Yori Dango: Final as Kaede Dōmyōji
- Around 40 as Haruko Yoshinaga
2002
- Toshiie and Matsu as Tatsu
2000
- 臨床心理士 as Shiho Katsuragi
1999
1998
- Shinjuku Boy Detectives as Saeko Yumeno
1997
- Your Hands are Whispering as Nobe Masae
- Bugs as Kitamura
- Lost Paradise as Matsubara Masami
1996
- SMAP×SMAP as Bistro Guest
- Emperor of Kita Dark Court Legend
1995
- Love Letter as Male Itsuki's Mother
1992
- Twinkle as Chiaki Koyama
1991
1990
1988
- Oración
- The Blue Mountains '88 as Kyoko Hayashi
1987
- Space Girl Morumo 1/10
- Lover's Time as Akiko Nishie
- Paper Lantern
- 熱くなるまで待って! as Katsuragi Chieko
1986
- Saya: Perspective in Love as Kanzaki's mother
1985
- Spring Bell as Sanae Ishiwata
- Miotsukushi as Rui Furukawa
1984
- Curtain Call as Yoshiko Oomori
- Fushin no Toki
- Mahjong Horoki as Mama
1983
1982
- The Unspoiled Diamond as Kazuko Makimura
- Lovers Lost as Yuki
- Gate of Youth 2 as Oei
- The Rape as Owner of Patel
- ひねくれた殺人
- Kemono Michi
1981
- Kagero-za as Mio
- Love Letter as Tayo
- Muddy River as Shoko Matsumoto
1980
- Until Evening as Yuko
- Daughter of Time as Ai Suwa
1977
- Mount Hakkoda as Taeko Tokushima (Captain Tokushima's wife)
- A Scream from Nowhere as Fumiko Masuda
- Kashin as Okoto
1972
- Hakuchô no uta nanka kikoenai as Keiko
- Shōwa Gokudōshi
- Hikage-Mono
- First Love
- Hayato is Coming
- 姫君捕物控 as Oryu / Kasumi
1971
- Tabiji: ofukuro-san yori as Aki
- 3,000 Kilometer Trap
- Price of Life as Yuri
- Evil Spirits in the Darkness as Tokuhime
1970
- The Creature Called Man as Kaoru Akiyama
1968
- My Destiny as Miya Tsutsumi
- The Time of Reckoning
1967
- Wet Encounter
- Scorpion
- Three Faces of Love as Momoko Shindo
1966
- Mr. Greenhorn as Madonna
- Silence Has No Wings
1965
- Snow Country as Yoko
- Pleasures of the Flesh as Shoko
- King of the Highway
- With Beauty and Sorrow as Keiko Sakami
- The Radish and the Carrot
1964
- Pale Flower as Saeko
- Only on Mondays as Yuka
- Nippon Paradise
- An Outlaw as Mari
1963
- A Legend or Was It? as Yuri Shimizu
- Dokuritsu bijin-tai as Akiko
1962
- A Flame at the Pier as Yuki