Machiko Kyō
Known for: Acting
Born: March 25, 1924
Died: May 12, 2019
Place of birth: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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.
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Filmography
99 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Kurosawa
2000
7.0
Hana no Ran
1994
10.0
Make-Up
1984
NR
Nukata no Ōkimi
1980
7.0
Yokomizo Seishi Series
1977
9.2
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
7.0
The Possessed
1976
6.9
Solar Eclipse
1975
7.2
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
9.0
The Family
1974
9.0
Born Fighter
1970
8.2
Thousand Cranes
1969
3.0
The Little Runaway
1966
10.0
The Daphne
1966
7.8
The Face of Another
1966
8.3
Sweet Sweat
1964
7.7
The Third Will
1963
7.5
A Woman's Life
1962
7.0
The Great Wall
1962
NR
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
7.1
Black Lizard
1962
10.0
Buddha
1961
6.5
A Design for Dying
1961
NR
Nuregami botan
1961
7.0
Marriageable Age
1961
NR
The Legendary Hell
1960
8.0
The Beloved Image
1960
7.0
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
NR
The Last Betrayal
1960
7.7
Bonchi
1960
6.5
The Wandering Princess
1960
6.4
A Woman's Testament
1960
7.5
Floating Weeds
1959
6.3
Odd Obsession
1959
7.4
Jirocho Fuji
1959
NR
Paper Pigeon
1959
9.0
The Woman and the Pirate
1959
8.5
The Makioka Sisters
1959
7.5
Goodbye, Hello
1959
NR
Musume no boken
1958
6.5
The Ladder of Success
1958
10.0
Tainted Flowers
1958
NR
Ôsaka no onna
1958
6.3
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
NR
Mother
1958
8.0
Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958
10.0
Chance Meeting
1958
8.0
Hole in One
1957
9.0
Blooms of Hell
1957
NR
A Woman's Skin
1957
6.5
Night Butterflies
1957
8.0
Dancing Girl
1957
7.0
Itohan Monogatari
1957
NR
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
6.2
The Teahouse of the August Moon
1957
6.5
Operation Teahouse
1956
7.0
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
7.7
Street of Shame
1956
NR
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
7.7
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
NR
New Women’s Dialogue
1955
NR
Tôjûrô no koi
1955
6.7
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
10.0
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
7.0
A Geisha on Horseback
1954
5.0
The Princess Sen
1954
7.0
Asakusa at Night
1954
6.3
The Story of Shunkin
1954
8.0
Tree of Love
1954
7.0
A Certain Woman
1954
7.1
Gate of Hell
1953
6.3
Brother and Sister
1953
NR
Kurohyō
1953
8.0
Ugetsu
1953
NR
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
10.0
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
9.0
Beauty and the Thief
1952
NR
Taki no Shiraito
1952
NR
Machiko Kyō Dancing and Nobuko Otowa Singing
1952
NR
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
NR
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
1952
6.8
The Life of a Horse Trader
1951
8.0
The Bitch
1951
6.0
The Tale of Genji
1951
NR
Jōen no hatoba
1951
NR
Freedom School
1951
NR
Koi no Oranda-zaka
1951
7.0
Clothes of Deception
1951
NR
Phoenix
1950
8.0
Rashomon
1950
9.0
Resurrection
1950
NR
The Sea of Beauty
1950
NR
Asakusa no hada
1950
7.0
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950
NR
Hebi hime dōchū
1949
9.0
A Fool's Love
1949
NR
Three Pearls
1949
NR
A Bullet Hole Underground
1949
9.0
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
1949
NR
The Man Who Laughs Last
1949
NR
現代インチキ物語 ど狸
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NR
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
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