Machiko Kyō
97 movies · 3 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 25, 1924
- Died
- May 12, 2019 (age 95)
- Place of birth
- Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- Machiko Kyô · ماچیکو کیو
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).
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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.
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Known for
Machiko Kyō: movies and TV shows
Acting (100)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 1994
- 1984 Make-Up
as Tsune Tsutano
- 1980
- 1977
- 1976 Tora-san's Pure Love
as 柳生绫
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974 The Family
as Aiko Takasu
- 1970 Born Fighter
as Sue Yoshida
- 1969 Thousand Cranes
as Chikako Kurimoto
- 1966 The Little Runaway
as Director of the shelter
- 1966 The Daphne
as Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
- 1966 The Face of Another
as Mrs. Okuyama
- 1964 Sweet Sweat
as Umeko
- 1963 The Third Will
as Fujiyo Yajima
- 1962 A Woman's Life
as Kei Nunobiki
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 Black Lizard
as Mrs. Midorikawa
- 1961 Buddha
as Nandabala
- 1961 A Design for Dying
as Shikiko Oba
- 1961
- 1961
- 1960 The Legendary Hell
as Oden Takahashi
- 1960
- 1960 The Woman Who Touched Legs
as Saya Shiozawa
- 1960 The Last Betrayal
as Chizuru
- 1960 Bonchi
as Ofuku
- 1960 The Wandering Princess
as Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
- 1960
- 1959 Floating Weeds
as Sumiko
- 1959 Odd Obsession
as Ikuko Kenmochi
- 1959 Jirocho Fuji
as Okatsu
- 1959 Paper Pigeon
as Ryoko Kashiwabara
- 1959 The Woman and the Pirate
as 綾衣 / お糸
- 1959
- 1959 Goodbye, Hello
as Umeko Ichige
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Ôsaka no onna
as Osen
- 1958 The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Orui, Spy
- 1958 Mother
as Takako Ômachi
- 1958
- 1958 Chance Meeting
as Aya Koyanagi
- 1957 Hole in One
as Nagako Kita
- 1957 Night Butterflies
as Mari
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Dancing Girl
as Chiyomi Hanamura
- 1957 Itohan Monogatari
as Okatsu
- 1957
- 1957 The Teahouse of the August Moon
as Lotus Blossom
- 1956 Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Hagino
- 1956 Street of Shame
as Mickey
- 1956
- 1956 Three Women Around Yoshinaka
as Tomoe
- 1955
- 1955 Tôjûrô no koi
as Okaji
- 1955 Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as Princess Yang Kwei-fei
- 1955
- 1954
- 1954 A Geisha on Horseback
as Nobukichi
- 1954
- 1954 Asakusa at Night
as Setsuko Takashima
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 A Certain Woman
as Yoko Hayazuki
- 1953 Gate of Hell
as Lady Kesa
- 1953 Brother and Sister
as Mon
- 1953
- 1953 Ugetsu
as Lady Wakasa
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Beauty and the Thief
as Sakin
- 1952 Taki no Shiraito
as Taki no Shiraito
- 1952
- 1952 The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
as Ryûko Beni
- 1951 The Life of a Horse Trader
as Yuki
- 1951 The Bitch
as Emmy
- 1951 The Tale of Genji
as Awaji no ue
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951 Clothes of Deception
as Kimicho
- 1950
- 1950 Rashomon
as Masako
- 1950 Resurrection
as Yukiko Ohara
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950 The Motherland Far Far Away
as Mari, daughter
- 1949
- 1949 A Fool's Love
as Naomi
- 1949
- 1949 A Bullet Hole Underground
as Michiko Kaneko
- 1949
- 1949
- 1944
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2000
- 1975
- 1956
- 1952