10.0
10.0
The Family
1974
as Aiko Takasu
Machiko Kyō
Acting
Born:March 25, 1924
Died:May 12, 2019(aged 95)
Birthplace:Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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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 (77 movies)
8.3
8.3
Thousand Cranes
1969
as Chikako Kurimoto
8.0
8.0
Ugetsu
1953
as Lady Wakasa
8.0
8.0
Rashomon
1950
as Masako
8.0
8.0
The Makioka Sisters
1959
8.0
8.0
The Third Will
1963
as Fujiyo Yajima
7.8
7.8
The Face of Another
1966
as Mrs. Okuyama
7.7
7.7
Street of Shame
1956
as Mickey
7.5
7.5
Sweet Sweat
1964
as Umeko
7.4
7.4
Floating Weeds
1959
as Sumiko
7.1
7.1
Black Lizard
1962
as Mrs. Midorikawa
7.1
7.1
Gate of Hell
1953
as Lady Kesa
7.1
7.1
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
7.0
7.0
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
as Hagino
7.0
7.0
Bonchi
1960
as Ofuku
7.0
7.0
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956
as Tomoe
6.8
6.8
Jirocho Fuji
1959
as Okatsu
6.8
6.8
The Life of a Horse Trader
1951
as Yuki
6.7
6.7
The Wandering Princess
1960
as Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
6.7
6.7
Kurosawa
2000
as Self
6.7
6.7
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
as Princess Yang Kwei-fei
6.5
6.5
Clothes of Deception
1951
as Kimicho
6.3
6.3
Night Butterflies
1957
as Mari
6.2
6.2
Brother and Sister
1953
as Mon
6.2
6.2
Odd Obsession
1959
as Ikuko Kenmochi
6.1
6.1
The Teahouse of the August Moon
1957
as Lotus Blossom
6.0
6.0
Dancing Girl
1957
as Chiyomi Hanamura
6.0
6.0
Hole in One
1957
as Nagako Kita
6.0
6.0
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
as Saya Shiozawa
6.0
6.0
Goodbye, Hello
1959
as Umeko Ichige
6.0
6.0
The Great Wall
1962
6.0
6.0
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
as Orui, Spy
6.0
6.0
A Design for Dying
1961
as Shikiko Oba
5.8
5.8
A Woman's Testament
1960
5.5
5.5
The Tale of Genji
1951
as Awaji no ue
5.0
5.0
The Princess Sen
1954
5.0
5.0
The Story of Shunkin
1954
1.0
1.0
The Little Runaway
1966
as Director of the shelter
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
The Beloved Image
1960
Resurrection
1950
as Yukiko Ohara
The Man Who Laughs Last
1949
A Geisha on Horseback
1954
as Nobukichi
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
Musume no boken
1958
Kurohyō
1953
Aizen katsura
1954
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
1949
A Bullet Hole Underground
1949
as Michiko Kaneko
Tainted Flowers
1958
The Woman and the Pirate
1959
as 綾衣
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
Asakusa at Night
1954
as Setsuko Takashima
A Certain Woman
1954
as Yoko Hayazuki
New Women’s Dialogue
1955
Operation Teahouse
1956
as Self
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950
as Mari, daughter
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
A Woman's Life
1962
as Kei Nunobiki
The Ladder of Success
1958
The Possessed
1976
現代インチキ物語 ど狸
TBA
Beauty and the Thief
1952
as Sakin
Jigoku bana
1957
Born Fighter
1970
as Sue Yoshida
Chance Meeting
1958
as Aya Koyanagi
The Last Betrayal
1960
as Chizuru
Marriageable Age
1961
The Bitch
1951
as Emmy
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
1952
as Ryûko Beni
A Fool's Love
1949
as Naomi
The Daphne
1966
as Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
Itohan Monogatari
1957
as Okatsu
Make-Up
1984
as Tsune Tsutano
Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Nuregami botan
1961
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