The Best Meiko Kaji Movies, Ranked
34 credits from 1968 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Under the Open Sky (2025) comes out on top with a score of 78. The biggest box office hit is Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace (2006) with $15.7M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Meiko Kaji Box Office Hits
Meiko Kaji's films have made $38M worldwide in total. Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace (2006) is the biggest hit at $15.7M, ahead of What Did You Eat Yesterday? (2021) ($11.3M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
The Best Meiko Kaji Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Meiko Kaji has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 11 films, and Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace (2006) is the pick of them.
The Best Meiko Kaji Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Meiko Kaji's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1970s to 2020s.
The Latest Meiko Kaji Movies
The most recent films Meiko Kaji is credited on, newest first — starting with Under the Open Sky (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Under the Open Sky 2025 · Atsuko Shoji -
What Did You Eat Yesterday? 2021 · Hisae Kakei -
Nezunoban 2021 · Kumiko -
The Voice of Sin 2020 · Mayumi Sone -
What Did You Eat Yesterday? 2019 · Hisae Kakei -
Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace 2006 · Narration -
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell 1989 · Okiku -
Tree Without Leaves 1986 · Drama -
The Wicked 1980 · Drama -
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga 1980 · Yasuko Uehara -
Double Suicide of Sonezaki 1978 · Crime -
Yakuza Graveyard 1976 · Keiko Matsunaga
The Best Meiko Kaji Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Meiko Kaji films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Meiko Kaji movie?
Under the Open Sky (2025) is the best-rated Meiko Kaji film, with a Movie Echo Score of 78. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Under the Open Sky: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Meiko Kaji movie?
Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace (2006) made the most at the box office, with $15.7M worldwide, followed by What Did You Eat Yesterday? (2021) with $11.3M. Together, Meiko Kaji's films with box office figures have made $38M.
What is the best Meiko Kaji drama movie?
Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace (2006) is the best-rated of Meiko Kaji's drama films. In other genres: Under the Open Sky (crime), Lady Snowblood (action) and The Voice of Sin (mystery).
What is the newest Meiko Kaji movie?
The newest film on Meiko Kaji's filmography is Under the Open Sky (2025), with Meiko Kaji as Atsuko Shoji.
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