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Machiko Kyō

Actor
Born March 25, 1924Died May 12, 2019 (95 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Rashomon
  • Ugetsu
  • Floating Weeds
  • Street of Shame
  • Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Known For
  • Rashomon
  • Ugetsu
  • Street of Shame
  • Floating Weeds
  • The Face of Another
  • Gate of Hell
  • Princess Yang Kwei-fei
  • Odd Obsession
  • The Teahouse of the August Moon
  • Older Brother, Younger Sister
  • Black Lizard
  • The Wandering Princess
  • The Hole
  • A Woman's Testament
  • A Woman's Life
  • The Loyal 47 Ronin
  • Onna no kunshô

Filmography

1977
Seishi Yokomizo (TV Series) · as Cast
1976
1975
1975
1974
The Family · as Aiko Takasu
1969
Thousand Cranes · as Chikako Kurimoto
1966
Chiisai tôbôsha · as Director Of The Shelter
1966
The Face of Another · as Mrs. Okuyama
1963
The Third Will · as Fujiyo Yajima
1962
A Woman's Life · as Kei Nunobiki
1962
1962
Black Lizard · as Mrs. Midorikawa
1961
Buddha · as Nandabala
1961
Onna no kunshô · as Shikiko Oba
1960
Bonchi · as Ofuku
1960
The Wandering Princess · as Ryûko Korinkakura (hiroko Aishinkakura)
1960
1959
1959
Odd Obsession · as Ikuko Kenmochi
1959
Jirôchô Fuji · as Okatsu
1959
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin · as Orui, Spy
1957
The Hole · as Nagako Kita
1956
1956
1955
Princess Yang Kwei-fei · as Princess Yang Kwei-Fei
1953
Gate of Hell · as Lady Kesa
1953
1953
Ugetsu · as Lady Wakasa
1951
1951
Genji monogatari · as Awaji No Ue
1951
Clothes of Deception · as Kimicho
1950
Rashomon · as Masako

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