Cast
Machiko Kyō
Acting
Cast
Machiko Kyō
Known for
Acting
Born
1924-03-25
From
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Died
2019-05-12
Also known as Machiko Kyô , ماچیکو کیو
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.
Rashomon
as Masako
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as Princess Yang Kwei-fei
The Face of Another
as Mrs. Okuyama
Street of Shame
as Mickey
Ugetsu
as Lady Wakasa
Odd Obsession
as Ikuko Kenmochi
Solar Eclipse
Floating Weeds
as Sumiko
Gate of Hell
as Lady Kesa
Brother and Sister
as Mon
Buddha
as Nandabala
The Teahouse of the August Moon
as Lotus Blossom
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Orui, Spy
The Beloved Image
Kurosawa
as Self
The Family
as Aiko Takasu
The Wandering Princess
as Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
Tora-san's Pure Love
as Aya
The Makioka Sisters
The Motherland Far Far Away
as Mari, daughter
The Possessed
Clothes of Deception
as Kimicho
The Tale of Genji
as Awaji no ue
The Great Wall
Itohan Monogatari
as Okatsu
Bonchi
as Ofuku
Hole in One
as Nagako Kita
Sweet Sweat
as Umeko
Dancing Girl
as Chiyomi Hanamura
A Design for Dying
as Shikiko Oba
The Princess Sen
Beauty and the Thief
as Sakin
Operation Teahouse
as Self
The Story of Shunkin
Jigoku bana
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as Self
The Daphne
as Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
Jirocho Fuji
as Okatsu
The Life of a Horse Trader
as Yuki
Black Lizard
as Mrs. Midorikawa
Born Fighter
as Sue Yoshida
Goodbye, Hello
as Umeko Ichige
Tainted Flowers
Night Butterflies
as Mari
Mother
as Takako Ômachi
Marriageable Age
The Woman Who Touched Legs
as Saya Shiozawa
A Certain Woman
as Yoko Hayazuki
A Fool's Love
as Naomi
The Third Will
as Fujiyo Yajima
A Woman's Life
as Kei Nunobiki
The Ladder of Success
The Last Betrayal
as Chizuru
The Bitch
as Emmy
Thousand Cranes
as Chikako Kurimoto
Musume no boken
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
as Tomoe
Chance Meeting
as Aya Koyanagi
The Little Runaway
as Director of the shelter
Resurrection
as Yukiko Ohara
A Woman's Testament
Tree of Love
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Hagino
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Kurohyō
Make-Up
as Tsune Tsutano
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
Nuregami botan
A Rainbow at Every Turn
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
The Woman and the Pirate
as 綾衣
The Woman and the Pirate
as お糸
Asakusa at Night
as Setsuko Takashima
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
as Ryûko Beni
The Man Who Laughs Last
Dedication of the Great Buddha
A Geisha on Horseback
as Nobukichi
New Women’s Dialogue
現代インチキ物語 ど狸
A Bullet Hole Underground
as Michiko Kaneko
Sorrow Is Only for Women
The Sea of Beauty
Tôjûrô no koi
as Okaji
Ôsaka no onna
as Osen
Taki no Shiraito
as Taki no Shiraito
The Legendary Hell
as Oden Takahashi
Paper Pigeon
as Ryoko Kashiwabara
