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Machiko Kyō
Born · March 25, 1924
Died · May 12, 2019 (95 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Bio
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.
Kurosawa
Self
6.7
2000
Hana no Ran
Hino Shigeko · (37 episodes)
0.0
1994
Make-Up
Tsune Tsutano
0.0
1984
Nukata no Ōkimi
(2 episodes)
0.0
1980
Yokomizo Seishi Series
(1 episode)
7.0
1977
Tora-san's Pure Love
Aya
8.5
1976
The Possessed
0.0
1976
Solar Eclipse
6.8
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
6.8
1975
The Family
Aiko Takasu
10.0
1974
Born Fighter
Sue Yoshida
0.0
1970
Thousand Cranes
Chikako Kurimoto
9.0
1969
The Little Runaway
Director of the shelter
1.0
1966
The Daphne
Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
0.0
1966
The Face of Another
Mrs. Okuyama
7.8
1966
Sweet Sweat
Umeko
0.0
1964
The Third Will
Fujiyo Yajima
8.0
1963
A Woman's Life
Kei Nunobiki
0.0
1962
The Great Wall
6.0
1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
0.0
1962
Black Lizard
Mrs. Midorikawa
7.1
1962
Buddha
Nandabala
0.0
1961
A Design for Dying
Shikiko Oba
6.0
1961
Nuregami botan
0.0
1961
Marriageable Age
0.0
1961
The Beloved Image
0.0
1960
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Saya Shiozawa
6.0
1960
The Last Betrayal
Chizuru
0.0
1960
Bonchi
Ofuku
7.0
1960
The Wandering Princess
Ryûko Korinkakura (Hiroko Aishinkakura)
6.7
1960
A Woman's Testament
5.8
1960
Floating Weeds
Sumiko
7.5
1959
Odd Obsession
Ikuko Kenmochi
6.3
1959
Jirocho Fuji
Okatsu
6.8
1959
女と海賊
綾衣
0.0
1959
女と海賊
お糸
0.0
1959
The Makioka Sisters
8.0
1959
Goodbye, Hello
Umeko Ichige
6.0
1959
Musume no boken
0.0
1958
The Ladder of Success
0.0
1958
Tainted Flowers
0.0
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Orui, Spy
6.0
1958
Mother
Takako Ômachi
0.0
1958
Sorrow Is Only for Women
0.0
1958
Chance Meeting
Aya Koyanagi
0.0
1958
Hole in One
Nagako Kita
6.0
1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Lotus Blossom
6.0
1957
Jigoku bana
0.0
1957
Night Butterflies
Mari
6.3
1957
Dancing Girl
Chiyomi Hanamura
6.0
1957
Itohan Monogatari
Okatsu
0.0
1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
0.0
1957
Operation Teahouse
Self
0.0
1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Hagino
7.0
1956
Street of Shame
Mickey
7.7
1956
A Rainbow at Every Turn
0.0
1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Tomoe
7.0
1956
New Women’s Dialogue
0.0
1955
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
6.7
1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
0.0
1955
A Geisha on Horseback
Nobukichi
0.0
1954
The Princess Sen
5.0
1954
Asakusa at Night
Setsuko Takashima
0.0
1954
The Story of Shunkin
5.0
1954
Aizen katsura
0.0
1954
A Certain Woman
Yoko Hayazuki
0.0
1954
Gate of Hell
Lady Kesa
7.1
1953
Brother and Sister
Mon
6.6
1953
Kurohyō
0.0
1953
Ugetsu
Lady Wakasa
8.0
1953
Beauty and the Thief
Sakin
0.0
1952
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
0.0
1952
Dedication of the Great Buddha
0.0
1952
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
Ryûko Beni
0.0
1952
The Life of a Horse Trader
Yuki
7.0
1951
The Bitch
Emmy
0.0
1951
The Tale of Genji
Awaji no ue
5.5
1951
Clothes of Deception
Kimicho
6.5
1951
Rashomon
Masako
8.1
1950
Resurrection
Yukiko Ohara
0.0
1950
The Motherland Far Far Away
Mari, daughter
0.0
1950
A Fool's Love
Naomi
0.0
1949
A Bullet Hole Underground
Michiko Kaneko
0.0
1949
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
0.0
1949
The Man Who Laughs Last
0.0
1949
現代インチキ物語 ど狸
0.0