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Machiko Kyō

Machiko Kyō

Acting
Born: Mar 25, 1924 — Died: May 12, 2019
From: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Credits: 30 titles

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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Kurosawa Self 2000 7.0
Tora-san's Pure Love Aya 1976 9.0
The Face of Another Mrs. Okuyama 1966 7.763
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo 1962
The Great Wall 1962 7.0
Black Lizard Mrs. Midorikawa 1962 7.083
The Wandering Princess Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura 1960 6.778
Odd Obsession Ikuko Kenmochi 1959 6.235
Floating Weeds Sumiko 1959 7.495
The Woman and the Pirate 綾衣 1959 9.0
The Woman and the Pirate お糸 1959 9.0
Jirocho Fuji Okatsu 1959 7.4
Musume no boken 1958
The Ladder of Success 1958 7.0
The Teahouse of the August Moon Lotus Blossom 1957 6.178
Hole in One Nagako Kita 1957 8.0
Night Butterflies Mari 1957 6.5
Street of Shame Mickey 1956 7.701
Princess Yang Kwei-fei Princess Yang Kwei-fei 1955 6.716
A Geisha on Horseback Nobukichi 1954 7.0
Tree of Love 1954 8.0
The Princess Sen 1954 5.0
Gate of Hell Lady Kesa 1953 7.083
Kurohyō 1953
Brother and Sister Mon 1953 6.316
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki 1952
Dedication of the Great Buddha 1952 10.0
Rashomon Masako 1950 8.042
Hanakurabe tanuki-den 1949 9.0
A Bullet Hole Underground Michiko Kaneko 1949
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1924
FromOsaka, Osaka Prefecture, …