Meiko Kaji studied hard to smolder on screen

A breakout star of hyperviolent action movies in the early 1970s, Meiko Kaji is best known for Toei’s “Sasori” (“Scorpion”) series, playing the eponymous laser-eyed female convict out for revenge against the men who betray, abuse and torture her. Even though she has largely been absent from the big screen for decade…

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