Machiko Kyō
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 25, 1924
- Died
- May 12, 2019 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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
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Filmography
Gendai inchiki monogatari: Dotanuki
Movie
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
Movie
Kurosawa
Movie · as Self
Hana no Ran
TV · as Hino Shigeko · 37 eps
Make-Up
Movie · as Tsune Tsutano
Nukata no Ōkimi
TV · 2 eps
Yokomizo Seishi Series
TV · 1 ep
Tora-san's Pure Love
Movie · as 柳生绫
The Possessed
Movie
Solar Eclipse
Movie
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Movie · as Self
The Family
Movie · as Aiko Takasu
Born Fighter
Movie · as Sue Yoshida
Thousand Cranes
Movie · as Chikako Kurimoto
The Face of Another
Movie · as Mrs. Okuyama
The Little Runaway
Movie · as Director of the shelter
The Daphne
Movie · as Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
Sweet Sweat
Movie · as Umeko
The Third Will
Movie · as Fujiyo Yajima
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Movie
The Great Wall
Movie
Black Lizard
Movie · as Mrs. Midorikawa
A Woman's Life
Movie · as Kei Nunobiki
Buddha
Movie · as Nandabala
Marriageable Age
Movie
A Design for Dying
Movie · as Shikiko Oba
Fantastico
Movie
Kodachi o tsukau onna
Movie
The Wandering Princess
Movie · as Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
Bonchi
Movie · as Ofuku
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Movie · as Saya Shiozawa
A Woman's Testament
Movie
The Last Betrayal
Movie · as Chizuru
The Beloved Image
Movie
The Legendary Hell
Movie · as Oden Takahashi
Odd Obsession
Movie · as Ikuko Kenmochi
Floating Weeds
Movie · as Sumiko
The Woman and the Pirate
Movie · as 綾衣, お糸
Jirocho Fuji
Movie · as Okatsu
The Makioka Sisters
Movie
Goodbye, Hello
Movie · as Umeko Ichige
Paper Pigeon
Movie · as Ryoko Kashiwabara
Musume no boken
Movie
The Ladder of Success
Movie
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Movie · as Orui, Spy
Chance Meeting
Movie · as Aya Koyanagi
Tainted Flowers
Movie
Sorrow Is Only for Women
Movie
Mother
Movie · as Takako Ômachi
Ôsaka no onna
Movie · as Osen
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Movie · as Lotus Blossom
Hole in One
Movie · as Nagako Kita
Night Butterflies
Movie · as Mari
Blooms of Hell
Movie
Dancing Girl
Movie · as Chiyomi Hanamura
Itohan Monogatari
Movie · as Okatsu
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Movie
A Woman's Skin
Movie
Street of Shame
Movie · as Mickey
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Movie
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Movie · as Tomoe
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Movie · as Hagino
Operation Teahouse
Movie · as Self
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Movie · as Princess Yang Kwei-fei
New Women’s Dialogue
Movie
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Movie
Tôjûrô no koi
Movie · as Okaji
A Geisha on Horseback
Movie · as Nobukichi
Tree of Love
Movie
The Princess Sen
Movie
Asakusa at Night
Movie · as Setsuko Takashima
A Certain Woman
Movie · as Yoko Hayazuki
The Story of Shunkin
Movie
Haru no uzumaki
Movie
Gate of Hell
Movie · as Lady Kesa
Kurohyō
Movie
Brother and Sister
Movie · as Mon
Ugetsu
Movie · as Lady Wakasa
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
Movie
Dedication of the Great Buddha
Movie
Beauty and the Thief
Movie · as Sakin
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
Movie · as Ryûko Beni
Taki no Shiraito
Movie · as Taki no Shiraito
Machiko Kyō Dancing and Nobuko Otowa Singing
Movie · as Self
Kanojo no tokudane
Movie
The Tale of Genji
Movie · as Awaji no ue
The Life of a Horse Trader
Movie · as Yuki
Clothes of Deception
Movie · as Kimicho
The Bitch
Movie · as Emmy
Koi no Oranda-zaka
Movie
Freedom School
Movie
Jōen no hatoba
Movie
Rashomon
Movie · as Masako
The Motherland Far Far Away
Movie · as Mari, daughter
Resurrection
Movie · as Yukiko Ohara
The Sea of Beauty
Movie
Phoenix
Movie
Asakusa no hada
Movie
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
Movie
A Bullet Hole Underground
Movie · as Michiko Kaneko
A Fool's Love
Movie · as Naomi
The Man Who Laughs Last
Movie
Three Pearls
Movie
Hebi hime dōchū
Movie
Tengu daoshi
Movie