Machiko Kyō
Acting
1924-03-25 · Osaka, 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.
Filmography
Kurosawa
2000 · Movie
Hana no Ran
1994 · Series
Make-Up
1984 · Movie
Nukata no Ōkimi
1980 · Series
Yokomizo Seishi Series
1977 · Series
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976 · Movie
The Possessed
1976 · Movie
Solar Eclipse
1975 · Movie
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975 · Movie
The Family
1974 · Movie
Born Fighter
1970 · Movie
Thousand Cranes
1969 · Movie
The Little Runaway
1966 · Movie
The Daphne
1966 · Movie
The Face of Another
1966 · Movie
Sweet Sweat
1964 · Movie
The Third Will
1963 · Movie
A Woman's Life
1962 · Movie
The Great Wall
1962 · Movie
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962 · Movie
Black Lizard
1962 · Movie
Buddha
1961 · Movie
A Design for Dying
1961 · Movie
Nuregami botan
1961 · Movie
Marriageable Age
1961 · Movie
The Legendary Hell
1960 · Movie
The Beloved Image
1960 · Movie
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960 · Movie
The Last Betrayal
1960 · Movie
Bonchi
1960 · Movie
The Wandering Princess
1960 · Movie
A Woman's Testament
1960 · Movie
Floating Weeds
1959 · Movie
Odd Obsession
1959 · Movie
Jirocho Fuji
1959 · Movie
Paper Pigeon
1959 · Movie
The Woman and the Pirate
1959 · Movie
The Makioka Sisters
1959 · Movie
Goodbye, Hello
1959 · Movie
Musume no boken
1958 · Movie
The Ladder of Success
1958 · Movie
Tainted Flowers
1958 · Movie
Ôsaka no onna
1958 · Movie
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 · Movie
Mother
1958 · Movie
Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958 · Movie
Chance Meeting
1958 · Movie
Hole in One
1957 · Movie
Blooms of Hell
1957 · Movie
A Woman's Skin
1957 · Movie
Night Butterflies
1957 · Movie
Dancing Girl
1957 · Movie
Itohan Monogatari
1957 · Movie
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957 · Movie
The Teahouse of the August Moon
1957 · Movie
Operation Teahouse
1956 · Movie
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956 · Movie
Street of Shame
1956 · Movie
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956 · Movie
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956 · Movie
New Women’s Dialogue
1955 · Movie
Tôjûrô no koi
1955 · Movie
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 · Movie
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955 · Movie
A Geisha on Horseback
1954 · Movie
The Princess Sen
1954 · Movie
Asakusa at Night
1954 · Movie
The Story of Shunkin
1954 · Movie
Tree of Love
1954 · Movie
A Certain Woman
1954 · Movie
Gate of Hell
1953 · Movie
Brother and Sister
1953 · Movie
Kurohyō
1953 · Movie
Ugetsu
1953 · Movie
Kanojo no tokudane
1952 · Movie
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952 · Movie
Beauty and the Thief
1952 · Movie
Taki no Shiraito
1952 · Movie
Machiko Kyō Dancing and Nobuko Otowa Singing
1952 · Movie
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952 · Movie
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
1952 · Movie
The Life of a Horse Trader
1951 · Movie
The Bitch
1951 · Movie
The Tale of Genji
1951 · Movie
Jōen no hatoba
1951 · Movie
Freedom School
1951 · Movie
Koi no Oranda-zaka
1951 · Movie
Clothes of Deception
1951 · Movie
Phoenix
1950 · Movie
Rashomon
1950 · Movie
Resurrection
1950 · Movie
The Sea of Beauty
1950 · Movie
Asakusa no hada
1950 · Movie
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950 · Movie
Hebi hime dōchū
1949 · Movie
A Fool's Love
1949 · Movie
Three Pearls
1949 · Movie
A Bullet Hole Underground
1949 · Movie
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
1949 · Movie
The Man Who Laughs Last
1949 · Movie
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
Movie
現代インチキ物語 ど狸
Movie