Cast & creator
Machiko Kyō
Best known for Rashomon, Yokomizo Seishi Series, Ugetsu
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.
Also known as: Machiko Kyô , ماچیکو کیو
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1944–2000 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (105)
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Rashomon
Masako
1950
Yokomizo Seishi Series
1977
Ugetsu
Lady Wakasa
1953
Hana no Ran
Hino Shigeko
1994
The Face of Another
Mrs. Okuyama
1966
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Lotus Blossom
1957
Street of Shame
Mickey
1956
The Family
Aiko Takasu
1974
Floating Weeds
Sumiko
1959
Haru no uzumaki
1954
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
1975
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
Freedom School
1951
Odd Obsession
Ikuko Kenmochi
1959
Gate of Hell
Lady Kesa
1953
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
Kurosawa
Self
2000
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Jōen no hatoba
1951
Nukata no Ōkimi
1980
Hebi hime dōchū
1949
The Woman and the Pirate
綾衣
1959The Woman and the Pirate
お糸
1959
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Saya Shiozawa
1960
Koi no Oranda-zaka
1951
Black Lizard
Mrs. Midorikawa
1962
The Princess Sen
1954
The Legendary Hell
Oden Takahashi
1960
Three Pearls
1949
Solar Eclipse
1975
Buddha
Nandabala
1961
Brother and Sister
Mon
1953
Beauty and the Thief
Sakin
1952
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Orui, Spy
1958
Thousand Cranes
Chikako Kurimoto
1969
The Motherland Far Far Away
Mari, daughter
1950
The Wandering Princess
Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
1960
The Great Wall
1962
Bonchi
Ofuku
1960
Tora-san's Pure Love
柳生绫
1976
Asakusa no hada
1950
A Woman's Skin
1957
The Tale of Genji
Awaji no ue
1951
Ôsaka no onna
Osen
1958
The Sea of Beauty
1950
The Daphne
Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
1966
A Woman's Life
Kei Nunobiki
1962
A Woman's Testament
1960
Clothes of Deception
Kimicho
1951
Night Butterflies
Mari
1957
The Possessed
1976
A Design for Dying
Shikiko Oba
1961
Born Fighter
Sue Yoshida
1970
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Tomoe
1956
Taki no Shiraito
Taki no Shiraito
1952
The Little Runaway
Director of the shelter
1966
Jirocho Fuji
Okatsu
1959
A Certain Woman
Yoko Hayazuki
1954
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Dancing Girl
Chiyomi Hanamura
1957
The Life of a Horse Trader
Yuki
1951
Asakusa at Night
Setsuko Takashima
1954
The Third Will
Fujiyo Yajima
1963
Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958
Tôjûrô no koi
Okaji
1955
Tainted Flowers
1958
Operation Teahouse
Self
1956
Make-Up
Tsune Tsutano
1984
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
A Fool's Love
Naomi
1949
Marriageable Age
1961
Hole in One
Nagako Kita
1957
The Makioka Sisters
1959
Sweet Sweat
Umeko
1964
The Story of Shunkin
1954
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
Mother
Takako Ômachi
1958
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
1952
Itohan Monogatari
Okatsu
1957
The Man Who Laughs Last
1949
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Hagino
1956
The Beloved Image
1960
A Geisha on Horseback
Nobukichi
1954
The Bitch
Emmy
1951
Blooms of Hell
1957
Kurohyō
1953
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Chance Meeting
Aya Koyanagi
1958
Paper Pigeon
Ryoko Kashiwabara
1959
A Bullet Hole Underground
Michiko Kaneko
1949
Fantastico
1961
Resurrection
Yukiko Ohara
1950
The Ladder of Success
1958
Phoenix
1950
New Women’s Dialogue
1955
Tree of Love
1954
Goodbye, Hello
Umeko Ichige
1959
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
1949
Machiko Kyō Dancing and Nobuko Otowa Singing
Self
1952
The Last Betrayal
Chizuru
1960
Musume no boken
1958
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
現代インチキ物語 ど狸
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
Ryûko Beni
1952