
Machiko Kyō
Known for ActingBorn 1924-03-25Died 2019-05-12Osaka, 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.Read more
Movies & web series
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Make-Up
1984 · Movie
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The Daphne
1966 · Movie
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Buddha
1961 · Movie
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Chance Meeting
1958 · Movie
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Tainted Flowers
1958 · Movie
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955 · Movie
Dedication of the Great Buddha
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Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952 · Movie
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Tora-san's Pure Love
1976 · Movie
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The Family
1974 · Movie
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Born Fighter
1970 · Movie
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The Woman and the Pirate
1959 · Movie
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Jigoku bana
1957 · Movie
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Beauty and the Thief
1952 · Movie
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Resurrection
1950 · Movie
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Hanakurabe tanuki-den
1949 · Movie
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A Fool's Love
1949 · Movie
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The Makioka Sisters
1959 · Movie
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Sweet Sweat
1964 · Movie
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Thousand Cranes
1969 · Movie
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A Woman's Life
1962 · Movie
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The Beloved Image
1960 · Movie
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Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958 · Movie
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Hole in One
1957 · Movie
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Dancing Girl
1957 · Movie
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Operation Teahouse
1956 · Movie
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Tree of Love
1954 · Movie
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Rashomon
1950 · Movie
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Ugetsu
1953 · Movie
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The Bitch
1951 · Movie
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The Face of Another
1966 · Movie
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The Third Will
1963 · Movie
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Bonchi
1960 · Movie
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Street of Shame
1956 · Movie
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Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956 · Movie
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Goodbye, Hello
1959 · Movie
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Floating Weeds
1959 · Movie
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Kurosawa
2000 · Movie
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Jirocho Fuji
1959 · Movie
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975 · Movie
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Hana no Ran
1994 · Series
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Yokomizo Seishi Series
1977 · Series
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The Possessed
1976 · Movie
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Black Lizard
1962 · Movie
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The Great Wall
1962 · Movie
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Gate of Hell
1953 · Movie
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Marriageable Age
1961 · Movie
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Solar Eclipse
1975 · Movie
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The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960 · Movie