About

Known credits:
84
Birthday:
1924-03-25
Place of birth:
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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Machiko Kyō

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2000 Kurosawa Actor Self 58
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1994 Hana no Ran Actor Hino Shigeko N/A
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1984 Make-Up Actor Tsune Tsutano N/A
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1980 Nukata no Ōkimi Actor N/A
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1976 Tora-san's Pure Love Actor Aya 58
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1976 The Possessed Actor N/A
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1975 Solar Eclipse Actor 58
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1975 Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director Actor 59
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1974 The Family Actor Aiko Takasu 58
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1970 Born Fighter Actor Sue Yoshida N/A
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1969 Thousand Cranes Actor Chikako Kurimoto 58
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1966 The Little Runaway Actor Director of the shelter 58
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1966 The Daphne Actor Kikuko (the eldest daughter) N/A
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1966 The Face of Another Actor Mrs. Okuyama 65
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1964 Sweet Sweat Actor Umeko 58
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1963 The Third Will Actor Fujiyo Yajima 58
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1962 A Woman's Life Actor Kei Nunobiki N/A
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1962 The Great Wall Actor 59
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1962 Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo Actor N/A
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1962 Black Lizard Actor Mrs. Midorikawa 58
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1961 Buddha Actor Nandabala N/A
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1961 A Design for Dying Actor Shikiko Oba 58
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1961 Nuregami botan Actor N/A
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1961 Marriageable Age Actor N/A
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1960 The Beloved Image Actor N/A
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1960 The Woman Who Touched Legs Actor Saya Shiozawa 59
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1960 The Last Betrayal Actor Chizuru N/A
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1960 Bonchi Actor Ofuku 59
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1960 The Wandering Princess Actor Ryûko Korinkakura (Hiroko Aishinkakura) 58
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1960 A Woman's Testament Actor 58
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1959 Floating Weeds Actor Sumiko 63
Fair
1959 Odd Obsession Actor Ikuko Kenmochi 58
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1959 Jirocho Fuji Actor Okatsu 59
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1959 The Woman and the Pirate Actor お糸 N/A
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1959 The Woman and the Pirate Actor 綾衣 N/A
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1959 The Makioka Sisters Actor 58
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1959 Goodbye, Hello Actor Umeko Ichige N/A
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1958 Musume no boken Actor N/A
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1958 The Ladder of Success Actor N/A
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1958 Tainted Flowers Actor N/A
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1958 The Loyal 47 Ronin Actor Orui, Spy 58
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1958 Mother Actor Takako Ômachi N/A
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1958 Sorrow Is Only for Women Actor N/A
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1958 Chance Meeting Actor Aya Koyanagi N/A
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1957 Hole in One Actor Nagako Kita 58
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1957 The Teahouse of the August Moon Actor Lotus Blossom 58
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1957 Jigoku bana Actor N/A
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1957 Night Butterflies Actor Mari 58
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1957 Dancing Girl Actor Chiyomi Hanamura 58
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1957 Itohan Monogatari Actor Okatsu N/A
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1957 Daiei Studio is Bustling Actor N/A
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1956 Tsukigata Hanpeita Actor Hagino 58
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1956 Street of Shame Actor Mickey 62
Fair
1956 A Rainbow at Every Turn Actor N/A
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1956 Three Women Around Yoshinaka Actor Tomoe 58
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1955 New Women’s Dialogue Actor N/A
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1955 Princess Yang Kwei-fei Actor Princess Yang Kwei-fei 59
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1955 A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love Actor N/A
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1954 A Geisha on Horseback Actor Nobukichi N/A
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1954 The Princess Sen Actor 59
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1954 Asakusa at Night Actor Setsuko Takashima N/A
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1954 The Story of Shunkin Actor 59
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1954 Aizen katsura Actor N/A
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1954 A Certain Woman Actor Yoko Hayazuki N/A
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1953 Gate of Hell Actor Lady Kesa 60
Fair
1953 Brother and Sister Actor Mon 58
Average
1953 Kurohyō Actor N/A
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1953 Ugetsu Actor Lady Wakasa 70
Good
1952 Beauty and the Thief Actor Sakin N/A
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1952 I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki Actor N/A
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1952 Dedication of the Great Buddha Actor N/A
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1952 The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa Actor Ryûko Beni N/A
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1951 The Life of a Horse Trader Actor Yuki 59
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1951 The Bitch Actor Emmy N/A
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1951 The Tale of Genji Actor Awaji no ue 58
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1951 Clothes of Deception Actor Kimicho 59
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1950 Rashomon Actor Masako 77
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1950 Resurrection Actor Yukiko Ohara N/A
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1950 The Motherland Far Far Away Actor Mari, daughter N/A
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1949 A Fool's Love Actor Naomi N/A
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1949 A Bullet Hole Underground Actor Michiko Kaneko N/A
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1949 Hanakurabe tanuki-den Actor N/A
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1949 The Man Who Laughs Last Actor N/A
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現代インチキ物語　ど狸 Actor N/A
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