Machiko Kyō
Acting
Born: March 25, 1924 · Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Died: May 12, 2019 (aged 95)
Highest Rated
Biography
Machiko Kyō (Japanese: 京 マチ子 Hepburn: Kyō Machiko, March 25, 1924 – May 12, 2019) was a Japanese actress whose film work occurred primarily during the 1950s. She rose to extraordinary domestic praise in Japan for her work in two of the greatest Japanese films of the 20th century, Akira Kurosawa's Rashōmon and Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu. Machiko trained to be a dancer before entering films in 1949. The following year, she would achieve international fame as the female lead in Akira Kurosawa's classic film Rashōmon. Kyō starred in many more Japanese productions, including Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu (1953) and Street of Shame (1956), Teinosuke Kinugasa's Gate of Hell (1953), Kon Ichikawa's Odd Obsession (1959), Yasujirō Ozu's Floating Weeds (1959), and Hiroshi Teshigahara's The Face of Another (1966). Her only role in a non-Japanese film was as Lotus Blossom, a young geisha, in The Teahouse of the August Moon, starring opposite Marlon Brando and Glenn Ford. In her eighties, Kyō continued to perform in traditional Japanese theatrical productions put on by famed producer Fukuko Ishii. Her final role was as Matsuura Shino in the NHK television drama series Haregi Koko Ichiban in 2000. Kyō was nominated for a Golden Globe for The Teahouse of the August Moon, a great feat for an Asian actress at the time, and was awarded many prizes, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Awards of the Japanese Academy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Machiko Kyō, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Rashomon
1950
Ugetsu
1953
The Face of Another
1966
Floating Weeds
1959
Street of Shame
1956
Gate of Hell
1953
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
The Teahouse of the August Moon
1957
Odd Obsession
1959
Photos (4)
Movies (95)
Ugetsu
Lady Wakasa
Rashomon
Masako
The Face of Another
Mrs. Okuyama
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Odd Obsession
Ikuko Kenmochi
Street of Shame
Mickey
Floating Weeds
Sumiko
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Lotus Blossom
Solar Eclipse
1975
Brother and Sister
Mon
Ôsaka no onna
Osen
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Orui, Spy
Haru no uzumaki
1954
Gate of Hell
Lady Kesa
The Legendary Hell
Oden Takahashi
Black Lizard
Mrs. Midorikawa
A Woman's Testament
1960
The Princess Sen
1954
The Great Wall
1962
Buddha
Nandabala
Sweet Sweat
Umeko
A Woman's Skin
1957
The Tale of Genji
Awaji no ue
Paper Pigeon
Ryoko Kashiwabara
The Life of a Horse Trader
Yuki
The Wandering Princess
Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
Night Butterflies
Mari
The Sea of Beauty
1950
The Family
Aiko Takasu
Itohan Monogatari
Okatsu
Tora-san's Pure Love
柳生绫
Hole in One
Nagako Kita
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
A Design for Dying
Shikiko Oba
A Certain Woman
Yoko Hayazuki
Fantastico
1961
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
1952
Clothes of Deception
Kimicho
A Fool's Love
Naomi
The Little Runaway
Director of the shelter
The Story of Shunkin
1954
Koi no Oranda-zaka
1951
Marriageable Age
1961
Mother
Takako Ômachi
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
The Bitch
Emmy
Tree of Love
1954
The Beloved Image
1960
The Ladder of Success
1958
Thousand Cranes
Chikako Kurimoto
The Motherland Far Far Away
Mari, daughter
Goodbye, Hello
Umeko Ichige
The Last Betrayal
Chizuru
Tainted Flowers
1958
Dancing Girl
Chiyomi Hanamura
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
A Woman's Life
Kei Nunobiki
A Bullet Hole Underground
Michiko Kaneko
Freedom School
1951
The Makioka Sisters
1959
Asakusa no hada
1950
The Possessed
1976
Bonchi
Ofuku
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Saya Shiozawa
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
1949
Kurohyō
1953
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Taki no Shiraito
Taki no Shiraito
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
Phoenix
1950
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Tomoe
The Woman and the Pirate
綾衣
The Woman and the Pirate
お糸
Jirocho Fuji
Okatsu
The Man Who Laughs Last
1949
Three Pearls
1949
Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958
The Third Will
Fujiyo Yajima
A Geisha on Horseback
Nobukichi
Blooms of Hell
1957
Asakusa at Night
Setsuko Takashima
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
Ryûko Beni
The Daphne
Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
Jōen no hatoba
1951
Chance Meeting
Aya Koyanagi
Make-Up
Tsune Tsutano
New Women’s Dialogue
1955
Born Fighter
Sue Yoshida
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Hagino
Hebi hime dōchū
1949
Resurrection
Yukiko Ohara
Beauty and the Thief
Sakin
Musume no boken
1958
Tôjûrô no koi
Okaji
