Acting
Machiko Kyō
JA, EN, RU cinema · 101 credits
Born
25 March 1924
Died
12 May 2019 (aged 95)
Birthplace
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Also known as Machiko Kyô · ماچیکو کیو
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
Filmography
Kurosawa
as Self
Make-Up
as Tsune Tsutano
The Family
as Aiko Takasu
Born Fighter
as Sue Yoshida
Thousand Cranes
as Chikako Kurimoto
The Face of Another
as Mrs. Okuyama
The Little Runaway
as Director of the shelter
The Daphne
as Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
Sweet Sweat
as Umeko
The Third Will
as Fujiyo Yajima
Black Lizard
as Mrs. Midorikawa
A Woman's Life
as Kei Nunobiki
Buddha
as Nandabala
A Design for Dying
as Shikiko Oba
The Wandering Princess
as Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
Bonchi
as Ofuku
The Woman Who Touched Legs
as Saya Shiozawa
The Last Betrayal
as Chizuru
The Legendary Hell
as Oden Takahashi
Odd Obsession
as Ikuko Kenmochi
Floating Weeds
as Sumiko
The Woman and the Pirate
as 綾衣, as お糸
Jirocho Fuji
as Okatsu
Goodbye, Hello
as Umeko Ichige
Paper Pigeon
as Ryoko Kashiwabara
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Orui, Spy
Chance Meeting
as Aya Koyanagi
Mother
as Takako Ômachi
The Teahouse of the August Moon
as Lotus Blossom
Hole in One
as Nagako Kita
Dancing Girl
as Chiyomi Hanamura
Itohan Monogatari
as Okatsu
Street of Shame
as Mickey
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Hagino
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Tôjûrô no koi
as Okaji
A Geisha on Horseback
as Nobukichi
Asakusa at Night
as Setsuko Takashima
A Certain Woman
as Yoko Hayazuki
Gate of Hell
as Lady Kesa
Ugetsu
as Lady Wakasa
Beauty and the Thief
as Sakin
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
as Ryûko Beni
Taki no Shiraito
as Taki no Shiraito
The Tale of Genji
as Awaji no ue
Clothes of Deception
as Kimicho
The Bitch
as Emmy
Rashomon
as Masako
The Motherland Far Far Away
as Mari, daughter
Resurrection
as Yukiko Ohara
A Bullet Hole Underground
as Michiko Kaneko
A Fool's Love
as Naomi
