Machiko Kyō

Machiko Kyō

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
Birthday: 1924-03-25
Place of Birth: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As: Machiko Kyô

Movies List of Machiko Kyō

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Rashomon

1950 Movie
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Musume no boken

1958 Movie
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A Geisha on Horseback

1954 Movie
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The Face of Another

1966 Movie
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Street of Shame

1956 Movie
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Odd Obsession

1959 Movie
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Gate of Hell

1953 Movie
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Kurohyō

1953 Movie
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Aizen katsura

1954 Movie
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Floating Weeds

1959 Movie
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The Great Wall

1962 Movie
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Kurosawa

2000 Movie
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Brother and Sister

1953 Movie
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Black Lizard

1962 Movie
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Hanakurabe tanuki-den

1949 Movie
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Hole in One

1957 Movie
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The Ladder of Success

1958 Movie
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Night Butterflies

1957 Movie
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女と海賊

1959 Movie
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女と海賊

1959 Movie
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The Princess Sen

1954 Movie
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Jirocho Fuji

1959 Movie
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Tora-san's Pure Love

1976 Movie
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The Tale of Genji

1951 Movie
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浅草の夜

1954 Movie
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A Certain Woman

1954 Movie
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The Family

1974 Movie
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Buddha

1961 Movie
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The Makioka Sisters

1959 Movie
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The Story of Shunkin

1954 Movie
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Solar Eclipse

1975 Movie
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The Little Runaway

1966 Movie
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The Possessed

1976 Movie
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The Loyal 47 Ronin

1958 Movie
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Bonchi

1960 Movie
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A Woman's Testament

1960 Movie
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Beauty and the Thief

1952 Movie
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Thousand Cranes

1969 Movie
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Jigoku bana

1957 Movie
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Clothes of Deception

1951 Movie
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Chance Meeting

1958 Movie
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Born Fighter

1970 Movie
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The Last Betrayal

1960 Movie
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Marriageable Age

1961 Movie
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Dancing Girl

1957 Movie
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Sweet Sweat

1964 Movie
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Goodbye, Hello

1959 Movie
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The Bitch

1951 Movie
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A Fool's Love

1949 Movie
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The Daphne

1966 Movie
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Tainted Flowers

1958 Movie
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The Third Will

1963 Movie
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A Design for Dying

1961 Movie
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Ugetsu

1953 Movie
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Itohan Monogatari

1957 Movie
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Make-Up

1984 Movie
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Tsukigata Hanpeita

1956 Movie
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Nuregami botan

1961 Movie
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Resurrection

1950 Movie
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The Beloved Image

1960 Movie
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A Woman's Life

1962 Movie
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Mother

1958 Movie