Originating from the Kanda area of Tokyo, she graduated from Yakumo Academy high school before entering Nikkatsu studio in 1965 under her birth name, Masako Ōta. Early supporting work led to a starring role in Teruo Ishii’s Blind Woman’s Curse (1970) and appearances in the five-film Stray Cat Rock series, after which she shifted to Toei to avoid the studio’s turn toward pink cinema. There she embo…
