Machiko Kyō
Acting
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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tvHana no Ran
1994
Hino Shigeko
movieMake-Up
1984
Tsune Tsutano
movieThe Family
1974
Aiko Takasu
movieBorn Fighter
1970
Sue Yoshida
movieThousand Cranes
1969
Chikako Kurimoto
movieThe Little Runaway
1966
Director of the shelter
movieThe Daphne
1966
Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
movieThe Face of Another
1966
Mrs. Okuyama
movieSweet Sweat
1964
Umeko
movieThe Third Will
1963
Fujiyo Yajima
movieA Woman's Life
1962
Kei Nunobiki
movieBlack Lizard
1962
Mrs. Midorikawa
movieBuddha
1961
Nandabala
movieA Design for Dying
1961
Shikiko Oba
movieThe Legendary Hell
1960
Oden Takahashi
movieThe Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
Saya Shiozawa
movieThe Last Betrayal
1960
Chizuru
movieBonchi
1960
Ofuku
movieThe Wandering Princess
1960
Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
movieFloating Weeds
1959
Sumiko
movieOdd Obsession
1959
Ikuko Kenmochi
movieJirocho Fuji
1959
Okatsu
moviePaper Pigeon
1959
Ryoko Kashiwabara
movieGoodbye, Hello
1959
Umeko Ichige
movieThe Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
Orui, Spy
movieMother
1958
Takako Ômachi
movieChance Meeting
1958
Aya Koyanagi
movieHole in One
1957
Nagako Kita
movieDancing Girl
1957
Chiyomi Hanamura
movieThe Teahouse of the August Moon
1957
Lotus Blossom
movieStreet of Shame
1956
Mickey
moviePrincess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
movieA Geisha on Horseback
1954
Nobukichi
movieAsakusa at Night
1954
Setsuko Takashima
movieA Certain Woman
1954
Yoko Hayazuki
movieGate of Hell
1953
Lady Kesa
movieUgetsu
1953
Lady Wakasa
movieTaki no Shiraito
1952
Taki no Shiraito
movieThe Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
1952
Ryûko Beni
movieThe Tale of Genji
1951
Awaji no ue
movieRashomon
1950
Masako
movieResurrection
1950
Yukiko Ohara
movieThe Motherland Far Far Away
1950
Mari, daughter
movieA Bullet Hole Underground
1949
Michiko Kaneko
