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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

86

Gender

Female

Birthday

1924-03-25

Day of Death

2019-05-12 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

Machiko Kyô

ماچیکو کیو

Machiko Kyō

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.

Known For

Acting

Rashomon

1950

Rashomon

as

Masako

A Geisha on Horseback

1954

A Geisha on Horseback

as

Nobukichi

The Face of Another

1966

The Face of Another

as

Mrs. Okuyama

Street of Shame

1956

Street of Shame

as

Mickey

Odd Obsession

1959

Odd Obsession

as

Ikuko Kenmochi

Gate of Hell

1953

Gate of Hell

as

Lady Kesa

Kurohyō

1953

Kurohyō

as

Floating Weeds

1959

Floating Weeds

as

Sumiko

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

as

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Kurosawa

2000

Kurosawa

as

Self

Black Lizard

1962

Black Lizard

as

Mrs. Midorikawa

Hole in One

1957

Hole in One

as

Nagako Kita

A Bullet Hole Underground

1949

A Bullet Hole Underground

as

Michiko Kaneko

The Wandering Princess

1960

The Wandering Princess

as

Ryûko Korinkakura (Hiroko Aishinkakura)

Jirocho Fuji

1959

Jirocho Fuji

as

Okatsu

The Motherland Far Far Away

1950

The Motherland Far Far Away

as

Mari, daughter

The Tale of Genji

1951

The Tale of Genji

as

Awaji no ue

Asakusa at Night

1954

Asakusa at Night

as

Setsuko Takashima

A Certain Woman

1954

A Certain Woman

as

Yoko Hayazuki

The Family

1974

The Family

as

Aiko Takasu

Buddha

1961

Buddha

as

Nandabala

The Little Runaway

1966

The Little Runaway

as

Director of the shelter

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1958

The Loyal 47 Ronin

as

Orui, Spy

Bonchi

1960

Bonchi

as

Ofuku

The Woman Who Touched Legs

1960

The Woman Who Touched Legs

as

Saya Shiozawa

Thousand Cranes

1969

Thousand Cranes

as

Chikako Kurimoto

Chance Meeting

1958

Chance Meeting

as

Aya Koyanagi

Born Fighter

1970

Born Fighter

as

Sue Yoshida

The Last Betrayal

1960

The Last Betrayal

as

Chizuru

Dancing Girl

1957

Dancing Girl

as

Chiyomi Hanamura

Sweet Sweat

1964

Sweet Sweat

as

Umeko

Goodbye, Hello

1959

Goodbye, Hello

as

Umeko Ichige

The Bitch

1951

The Bitch

as

Emmy

A Fool's Love

1949

A Fool's Love

as

Naomi

The Daphne

1966

The Daphne

as

Kikuko (the eldest daughter)

The Third Will

1963

The Third Will

as

Fujiyo Yajima

A Design for Dying

1961

A Design for Dying

as

Shikiko Oba

Ugetsu

1953

Ugetsu

as

Lady Wakasa

Itohan Monogatari

1957

Itohan Monogatari

as

Okatsu

Make-Up

1984

Make-Up

as

Tsune Tsutano

Tsukigata Hanpeita

1956

Tsukigata Hanpeita

as

Hagino

Resurrection

1950

Resurrection

as

Yukiko Ohara

A Woman's Life

1962

A Woman's Life

as

Kei Nunobiki

Mother

1958

Mother

as

Takako Ômachi

Hana no Ran

Hana no Ran

as

Hino Shigeko

Production

Crew

Directing