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Machiko Kyō‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1924-03-25

Popularity

star6.9

Machiko Kyō

Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Machiko Kyō

Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1924-03-25

Popularity

star6.9

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.

Movie Credits

Rashomon

Rashomon‌
star8.1
calendar 1950

Musume no boken

Musume no boken‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

A Geisha on Horseback

A Geisha on Horseback‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

The Face of Another

The Face of Another‌
star7.8
calendar 1966

Street of Shame

Street of Shame‌
star7.7
calendar 1956

The Teahouse of the August Moon

The Teahouse of the August Moon‌
star6.0
calendar 1957

Odd Obsession

Odd Obsession‌
star6.3
calendar 1959

Gate of Hell

Gate of Hell‌
star7.1
calendar 1953

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Kurohyō

Kurohyō‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

Aizen katsura

Aizen katsura‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds‌
star7.5
calendar 1959

The Great Wall

The Great Wall‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

Princess Yang Kwei Fei

Princess Yang Kwei Fei‌
star6.7
calendar 1955

Kurosawa

Kurosawa‌
star6.7
calendar 2000

Brother and Sister

Brother and Sister‌
star6.6
calendar 1953

Black Lizard

Black Lizard‌
star7.1
calendar 1962

Hanakurabe tanuki-den

Hanakurabe tanuki-den‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Hole in One

Hole in One‌
star6.0
calendar 1957

A Bullet Hole Underground

A Bullet Hole Underground‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki

I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

The Wandering Princess

The Wandering Princess‌
star6.7
calendar 1960

The Ladder of Success

The Ladder of Success‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Night Butterflies

Night Butterflies‌
star6.3
calendar 1957

女と海賊

女と海賊‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

女と海賊

女と海賊‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Dedication of the Great Buddha

Dedication of the Great Buddha‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

The Princess Sen

The Princess Sen‌
star5.0
calendar 1954

Jirocho Fuji

Jirocho Fuji‌
star6.8
calendar 1959

Tora-san's Pure Love

Tora-san's Pure Love‌
star8.5
calendar 1976

The Motherland Far Far Away

The Motherland Far Far Away‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

A Rainbow at Every Turn

A Rainbow at Every Turn‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

The Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji‌
star5.4
calendar 1951

浅草の夜

浅草の夜‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

A Certain Woman

A Certain Woman‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

The Family

The Family‌
star10.0
calendar 1974

Buddha

Buddha‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

The Makioka Sisters

The Makioka Sisters‌
star8.0
calendar 1959

The Story of Shunkin

The Story of Shunkin‌
star5.0
calendar 1954

Solar Eclipse

Solar Eclipse‌
star6.8
calendar 1975

The Little Runaway

The Little Runaway‌
star1.0
calendar 1966

The Possessed

The Possessed‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

New Women’s Dialogue

New Women’s Dialogue‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

The Loyal 47 Ronin

The Loyal 47 Ronin‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

The Woman Who Touched Legs

The Woman Who Touched Legs‌
star6.0
calendar 1960

Bonchi

Bonchi‌
star7.0
calendar 1960

The Life of a Horse Trader

The Life of a Horse Trader‌
star7.0
calendar 1951

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

Three Women Around Yoshinaka‌
star7.0
calendar 1956

A Woman's Testament

A Woman's Testament‌
star5.8
calendar 1960

Beauty and the Thief

Beauty and the Thief‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Thousand Cranes

Thousand Cranes‌
star9.0
calendar 1969

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director‌
star6.8
calendar 1975

Jigoku bana

Jigoku bana‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

Clothes of Deception

Clothes of Deception‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Chance Meeting

Chance Meeting‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Born Fighter

Born Fighter‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

The Last Betrayal

The Last Betrayal‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

Marriageable Age

Marriageable Age‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

Dancing Girl

Dancing Girl‌
star6.0
calendar 1957

Sweet Sweat

Sweet Sweat‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

Goodbye, Hello

Goodbye, Hello‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

The Bitch

The Bitch‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa

The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

A Fool's Love

A Fool's Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

The Daphne

The Daphne‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Tainted Flowers

Tainted Flowers‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

The Third Will

The Third Will‌
star8.0
calendar 1963

A Design for Dying

A Design for Dying‌
star6.0
calendar 1961

Ugetsu

Ugetsu‌
star8.0
calendar 1953

Itohan Monogatari

Itohan Monogatari‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

Make-Up

Make-Up‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Sorrow Is Only for Women

Sorrow Is Only for Women‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

Tsukigata Hanpeita

Tsukigata Hanpeita‌
star7.0
calendar 1956

Nuregami botan

Nuregami botan‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

Resurrection

Resurrection‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

The Beloved Image

The Beloved Image‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

The Man Who Laughs Last

The Man Who Laughs Last‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

A Woman's Life

A Woman's Life‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Mother

Mother‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Daiei Studio is Bustling

Daiei Studio is Bustling‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

Operation Teahouse

Operation Teahouse‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

Tv Credits

Nukata no Ōkimi

Nukata no Ōkimi‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Hana no Ran

Hana no Ran‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

Yokomizo Seishi Series

Yokomizo Seishi Series‌
star7.0
calendar 1977