Mariko Kaga

is a Japanese actress.

Career Scouted in Shibuya, Kaga starred in the television drama Yonjū hassai no teikō in 1962. She became known for playing femme fatale characters in films such as Pale Flower and Getsuyōbi no Yuka. She was given the Kinuyo Tanaka Award at the Mainichi Film Awards in 2014 for her career in film.

Selected filmography

Film A Flame at the Pier (1962) A Legend or Was It? (1963) Pale Flower (1964) Getsuyōbi no Yuka (1964) With Beauty and Sorrow (1965) Silence Has No Wings (1966) Yūgure made (1980) Muddy River (1981) Love Letter (1981) Dotonbori River (1982) The Gate of Youth: Part 2 (1982) Haru no Kane (1985) Chōchin (1987) Oracion (1988) Tobu yume o shibaraku minai (1990) Love Letter (1995), Yasuyo Fujii Hana Yori Dango Final (2008) Patisserie Coin de rue (2011) In His Chart (2011) The Lone Ume Tree (2021)

Television Yonjū hassai no teikō (1962) Asunaro Hakusho (1993) Toshiie and Matsu (2002), Tatsu Hana Yori Dango (2005) Hana Yori Dango Returns (2007) Gō (2011), Lady Ōba From Five to Nine (2015) Superstar Minami Is My Boyfriend!? (2024), Yuriko Shiawase wa Tabete Nete Mate (2025), Suzu Miyama Blossom (2026–27), old Tama Hano