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