Machiko Kyō
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 clas…
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Filmography
Acting (103)
Movies (100)
Kurosawa
2000as Self
Make-Up
1984as Tsune Tsutano
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976as Aya
The Possessed
1976
Solar Eclipse
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975as Self
The Family
1974as Aiko Takasu
Born Fighter
1970as Sue Yoshida
Thousand Cranes
1969as Chikako Kurimoto
The Face of Another
1966as Mrs. Okuyama
The Little Runaway
1966as Director of the shelter
The Daphne
1966as Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
Sweet Sweat
1964as Umeko
The Third Will
1963as Fujiyo Yajima
Black Lizard
1962as Mrs. Midorikawa
The Great Wall
1962
A Woman's Life
1962as Kei Nunobiki
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Buddha
1961as Nandabala
Marriageable Age
1961
Fantastico
1961
A Design for Dying
1961as Shikiko Oba
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960as Saya Shiozawa
The Wandering Princess
1960as Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
The Legendary Hell
1960as Oden Takahashi
The Last Betrayal
1960as Chizuru
Bonchi
1960as Ofuku
A Woman's Testament
1960
The Beloved Image
1960
Floating Weeds
1959as Sumiko
Odd Obsession
1959as Ikuko Kenmochi
Goodbye, Hello
1959as Umeko Ichige
The Makioka Sisters
1959
The Woman and the Pirate
1959as 綾衣
Jirocho Fuji
1959as Okatsu
Paper Pigeon
1959as Ryoko Kashiwabara
The Ladder of Success
1958
Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958as Orui, Spy
Mother
1958as Takako Ômachi
Musume no boken
1958
Chance Meeting
1958as Aya Koyanagi
Ôsaka no onna
1958as Osen
Tainted Flowers
1958
Night Butterflies
1957as Mari
Hole in One
1957as Nagako Kita
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Itohan Monogatari
1957as Okatsu
Blooms of Hell
1957
Dancing Girl
1957as Chiyomi Hanamura
The Teahouse of the August Moon
1957as Lotus Blossom
A Woman's Skin
1957
Street of Shame
1956as Mickey
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956as Tomoe
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956as Hagino
Operation Teahouse
1956as Self
New Women’s Dialogue
1955
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955as Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Tôjûrô no koi
1955as Okaji
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
The Princess Sen
1954
Asakusa at Night
1954as Setsuko Takashima
Tree of Love
1954
A Geisha on Horseback
1954as Nobukichi
The Story of Shunkin
1954
A Certain Woman
1954as Yoko Hayazuki
Haru no uzumaki
1954
Ugetsu
1953as Lady Wakasa
Gate of Hell
1953as Lady Kesa
Brother and Sister
1953as Mon
Kurohyō
1953
Beauty and the Thief
1952as Sakin
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
Taki no Shiraito
1952
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
1952
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
1952as Ryûko Beni
Machiko Kyō Dancing and Nobuko Otowa Singing
1952as Self
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
Clothes of Deception
1951as Kimicho
The Life of a Horse Trader
1951as Yuki
The Tale of Genji
1951as Awaji no ue
The Bitch
1951as Emmy
Koi no Oranda-zaka
1951
Freedom School
1951
Jōen no hatoba
1951
Rashomon
1950as Masako
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950as Mari, daughter
Resurrection
1950as Yukiko Ohara
Phoenix
1950
Asakusa no hada
1950
A Fool's Love
1949as Naomi
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
1949
The Man Who Laughs Last
1949
A Bullet Hole Underground
1949as Michiko Kaneko
Three Pearls
1949
Hebi hime dōchū
1949
Tengu daoshi
1944
現代インチキ物語 ど狸
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
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