
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
Credits
- 1977 · Yokomizo Seishi Series as
- 1974 · The Family as Aiko Takasu
- 1969 · Thousand Cranes as Chikako Kurimoto
- 1966 · The Little Runaway as Director of the shelter
- 1966 · The Face of Another as Mrs. Okuyama
- 1964 · Sweet Sweat as Umeko
- 1962 · A Woman's Life as Kei Nunobiki
- 1962 · The Great Wall as
- 1962 · Black Lizard as Mrs. Midorikawa
- 1961 · A Design for Dying as Shikiko Oba
- 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
- 1959 · Floating Weeds as Sumiko
- 1959 · Odd Obsession as Ikuko Kenmochi
- 1958 · Musume no boken as
- 1958 · The Ladder of Success as
- 1958 · The Loyal 47 Ronin as Orui, Spy
- 1958 · Sorrow Is Only for Women as
- 1958 · Chance Meeting as Aya Koyanagi
- 1957 · The Teahouse of the August Moon as Lotus Blossom
- 1957 · Jigoku bana as
- 1956 · Street of Shame as Mickey
- 1956 · Three Women Around Yoshinaka as Tomoe
- 1955 · Princess Yang Kwei-fei as Princess Yang Kwei-fei
- 1955 · A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love as
- 1954 · The Princess Sen as
- 1954 · Asakusa at Night as Setsuko Takashima
- 1953 · Gate of Hell as Lady Kesa
- 1953 · Brother and Sister as Mon
- 1953 · Ugetsu as Lady Wakasa
- 1952 · Beauty and the Thief as Sakin
- 1952 · I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki as
- 1952 · Dedication of the Great Buddha as
- 1952 · The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa as Ryûko Beni
- 1951 · The Life of a Horse Trader as Yuki
- 1951 · Clothes of Deception as Kimicho
- 1950 · Rashomon as Masako
- 1950 · The Motherland Far Far Away as Mari, daughter
- 1949 · A Bullet Hole Underground as Michiko Kaneko
- 1949 · Hanakurabe tanuki-den as
- Future · 現代インチキ物語 ど狸 as
- 2000 · Kurosawa as Self
- 1994 · Hana no Ran as Hino Shigeko
- 1984 · Make-Up as Tsune Tsutano
- 1980 · Nukata no Ōkimi as
- 1976 · Tora-san's Pure Love as Aya
- 1976 · The Possessed as
- 1975 · Solar Eclipse as
- 1975 · Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director as
- 1970 · Born Fighter as Sue Yoshida
- 1966 · The Daphne as Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
- 1963 · The Third Will as Fujiyo Yajima
- 1962 · Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo as
- 1961 · Buddha as Nandabala
- 1961 · Nuregami botan as
- 1961 · Marriageable Age as
- 1960 · The Beloved Image as
- 1960 · A Woman's Testament as
- 1959 · Jirocho Fuji as Okatsu
- 1959 · The Woman and the Pirate as 綾衣
- 1959 · The Woman and the Pirate as お糸
- 1959 · The Makioka Sisters as
- 1959 · Goodbye, Hello as Umeko Ichige
- 1958 · Tainted Flowers as
- 1958 · Mother as Takako Ômachi
- 1957 · Hole in One as Nagako Kita
- 1957 · Night Butterflies as Mari
- 1957 · Dancing Girl as Chiyomi Hanamura
- 1957 · Daiei Studio is Bustling as
- 1957 · Itohan Monogatari as Okatsu
- 1956 · Operation Teahouse as Self
- 1956 · Tsukigata Hanpeita as Hagino
- 1956 · A Rainbow at Every Turn as
- 1955 · New Women’s Dialogue as
- 1954 · A Geisha on Horseback as Nobukichi
- 1954 · The Story of Shunkin as
- 1954 · Aizen katsura as
- 1954 · A Certain Woman as Yoko Hayazuki
- 1953 · Kurohyō as
- 1951 · The Bitch as Emmy
- 1951 · The Tale of Genji as Awaji no ue
- 1950 · Resurrection as Yukiko Ohara
- 1949 · A Fool's Love as Naomi
- 1949 · The Man Who Laughs Last as