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Machiko Kyō
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Machiko Kyō
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1924-03-25,Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

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Rashomon
1950-08-26

Musume no boken

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Musume no boken
1958-11-01

A Geisha on Horseback

0

A Geisha on Horseback
1954-11-15

The Face of Another

7.8

The Face of Another
1966-07-15

Street of Shame

7.7

Street of Shame
1956-03-18

The Teahouse of the August Moon

6

The Teahouse of the August Moon
1957-07-01

6.2

Odd Obsession
1959-06-23

7.1

Gate of Hell
1953-10-30

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo

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Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962-05-12

0

Kurohyō
1953-07-17

0

Aizen katsura
1954-04-21

7.5

Floating Weeds
1959-11-17

6

The Great Wall
1962-11-01

Princess Yang Kwei Fei

6.7

Princess Yang Kwei Fei
1955-05-03

6.7

Kurosawa
2000-12-24

Brother and Sister

6.6

Brother and Sister
1953-08-19

7.1

Black Lizard
1962-03-14

Hanakurabe tanuki-den

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Hanakurabe tanuki-den
1949-04-17

6

Hole in One
1957-09-15

A Bullet Hole Underground

0

A Bullet Hole Underground
1949-05-02

I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki

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I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952-03-27

The Wandering Princess

6.7

The Wandering Princess
1960-01-27

The Ladder of Success

0

The Ladder of Success
1958-04-01

Night Butterflies

6.3

Night Butterflies
1957-04-01

0

女と海賊
1959-04-01

0

女と海賊
1959-04-01

Dedication of the Great Buddha

0

Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952-03-20

The Princess Sen

5

The Princess Sen
1954-10-20

6.8

Jirocho Fuji
1959-06-03

Tora-san's Pure Love

8.5

Tora-san's Pure Love
1976-12-25

The Motherland Far Far Away

0

The Motherland Far Far Away
1950-03-05

A Rainbow at Every Turn

0

A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956-02-19

The Tale of Genji

5.4

The Tale of Genji
1951-06-11

0

浅草の夜
1954-07-14

A Certain Woman

0

A Certain Woman
1954-03-13

10

The Family
1974-01-26

0

Buddha
1961-10-31

The Makioka Sisters

8

The Makioka Sisters
1959-01-14

The Story of Shunkin

5

The Story of Shunkin
1954-06-27

6.8

Solar Eclipse
1975-09-06

The Little Runaway

1

The Little Runaway
1966-12-24

0

The Possessed
1976-10-16

New Women’s Dialogue

0

New Women’s Dialogue
1955-08-23

The Loyal 47 Ronin

6

The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958-04-01

The Woman Who Touched Legs

6

The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960-08-24

7

Bonchi
1960-04-14

The Life of a Horse Trader

7

The Life of a Horse Trader
1951-12-07

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

7

Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956-01-15

A Woman's Testament

5.8

A Woman's Testament
1960-01-14

Beauty and the Thief

0

Beauty and the Thief
1952-09-22

Thousand Cranes

9

Thousand Cranes
1969-04-19

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

6.8

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975-05-24

0

Jigoku bana
1957-06-25

Clothes of Deception

6.5

Clothes of Deception
1951-01-13

0

Chance Meeting
1958-01-15

0

Born Fighter
1970-02-21

The Last Betrayal

0

The Last Betrayal
1960-07-10

Marriageable Age

0

Marriageable Age
1961-01-14

6

Dancing Girl
1957-02-12

0

Sweet Sweat
1964-09-19

0

Goodbye, Hello
1959-01-03

0

The Bitch
1951-08-10

The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa

0

The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
1952-01-03

0

A Fool's Love
1949-10-16

0

The Daphne
1966-10-01

Tainted Flowers

0

Tainted Flowers
1958-07-13

8

The Third Will
1963-03-31

A Design for Dying

6

A Design for Dying
1961-06-28

7.976

Ugetsu
1953-03-26

Itohan Monogatari

0

Itohan Monogatari
1957-01-15

0

Make-Up
1984-05-02

Sorrow Is Only for Women

0

Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958-02-26

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

0

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955-04-23

Tsukigata Hanpeita

7

Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956-10-16

0

Nuregami botan
1961-02-08

0

Resurrection
1950-06-10

The Beloved Image

0

The Beloved Image
1960-10-08

The Man Who Laughs Last

0

The Man Who Laughs Last
1949-02-28

0

A Woman's Life
1962-11-18

0

Mother
1958-03-05

Daiei Studio is Bustling

0

Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957-01-15

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

Nukata no Ōkimi

0

Nukata no Ōkimi
1980-03-14

0

Hana no Ran
1994-04-03

Yokomizo Seishi Series

7

Yokomizo Seishi Series
1977-04-02