Machiko Kyō
Age: N/A | From: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Person Details
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Aliases: Machiko Kyô
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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Movie Involvements: 46
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Hana no Ran
(1994) Hino Shigeko
Rashomon
(1950) Masako
Floating Weeds
(1959) Sumiko
The Face of Another
(1966) Mrs. Okuyama
Ugetsu
(1953) Lady Wakasa
Gate of Hell
(1953) Lady Kesa
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
(1955) Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Street of Shame
(1956) MickeyActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2000 | Self | |
| 1994 | Hino Shigeko | |
| 1984 | Tsune Tsutano | |
| 1976 | Aya | |
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| 1975 | N/A | |
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| 1974 | Aiko Takasu | |
| 1970 | Sue Yoshida | |
| 1969 | Chikako Kurimoto | |
| 1966 | Director of the shelter | |
| Kikuko (the eldest daughter) | ||
| Mrs. Okuyama | ||
| 1964 | N/A | |
| 1963 | Fujiyo Yajima | |
| 1962 | Kei Nunobiki | |
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| Mrs. Midorikawa | ||
| 1961 | Nandabala | |
| Shikiko Oba | ||
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| 1960 | N/A | |
| Saya Shiozawa | ||
| Chizuru | ||
| Ofuku | ||
| Ryûko Korinkakura (Hiroko Aishinkakura) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | Sumiko | |
| Ikuko Kenmochi | ||
| Okatsu | ||
| 綾衣 | ||
| お糸 | ||
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| Umeko Ichige | ||
| 1958 | N/A | |
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| Orui, Spy | ||
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| Aya Koyanagi | ||
| 1957 | Nagako Kita | |
| Lotus Blossom | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mari | ||
| Chiyomi Hanamura | ||
| Okatsu | ||
| 1956 | Hagino | |
| Mickey | ||
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| Tomoe | ||
| 1955 | Princess Yang Kwei-fei | |
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| 1954 | Nobukichi | |
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| Setsuko Takashima | ||
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| 1953 | Lady Kesa | |
| Mon | ||
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| Lady Wakasa | ||
| 1952 | Sakin | |
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| Ryûko Beni | ||
| 1951 | Yuki | |
| Emmy | ||
| Awaji no ue | ||
| Kimicho | ||
| 1950 | Masako | |
| Yukiko Ohara | ||
| Mari, daughter | ||
| 1949 | Naomi | |
| Michiko Kaneko | ||
| N/A | ||
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| 1948 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
