Machiko Kyō
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
Rashomon
Masako
1950
Film
Ugetsu
Lady Wakasa
1953
Series
Yokomizo Seishi Series
1977
Series
Hana no Ran
Hino Shigeko
1994
Film
The Face of Another
Mrs. Okuyama
1966
Film
Floating Weeds
Sumiko
1959
Film
Street of Shame
Mickey
1956
Film
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Film
The Motherland Far Far Away
Mari, daughter
1950
Film
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Lotus Blossom
1957
Film
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
1975
Film
Koi no Oranda-zaka
1951
Film
Beauty and the Thief
Sakin
1952
Film
Kurosawa
Self
2000
Film
Gate of Hell
Lady Kesa
1953
Film
Tainted Flowers
1958
Film
Born Fighter
Sue Yoshida
1970
Film
Odd Obsession
Ikuko Kenmochi
1959
Film
Solar Eclipse
1975
Film
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
Film
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Saya Shiozawa
1960
Series
Nukata no Ōkimi
1980
Film
Buddha
Nandabala
1961
Film
Bonchi
Ofuku
1960
Film
The Princess Sen
1954
Film
The Sea of Beauty
1950
Film
Hebi hime dōchū
1949
Film
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Orui, Spy
1958
Film
Jirocho Fuji
Okatsu
1959
Film
Asakusa no hada
1950
Film
The Third Will
Fujiyo Yajima
1963
Film
Three Pearls
1949
Film
Sweet Sweat
Umeko
1964
Film
The Family
Aiko Takasu
1974
Film
The Great Wall
1962
Film
Freedom School
1951
Film
Thousand Cranes
Chikako Kurimoto
1969
Film
The Wandering Princess
Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
1960
Film
A Woman's Testament
1960
Film
Make-Up
Tsune Tsutano
1984
Film
Black Lizard
Mrs. Midorikawa
1962
Film
Tora-san's Pure Love
Aya
1976
Film
Brother and Sister
Mon
1953
Film
Jōen no hatoba
1951
Film
Dancing Girl
Chiyomi Hanamura
1957
Film
The Daphne
Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
1966
Film
The Makioka Sisters
1959
Film
Marriageable Age
1961
Film
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
Film
The Little Runaway
Director of the shelter
1966
Film
Night Butterflies
Mari
1957
Film
The Beloved Image
1960
Film
The Legendary Hell
Oden Takahashi
1960
Film
Blooms of Hell
1957
Film
A Certain Woman
Yoko Hayazuki
1954
Film
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Tomoe
1956
Film
A Woman's Life
Kei Nunobiki
1962
Film
The Ladder of Success
1958
Film
Tôjûrô no koi
Okaji
1955
Film
Resurrection
Yukiko Ohara
1950
Film
The Tale of Genji
Awaji no ue
1951
Film
Taki no Shiraito
Taki no Shiraito
1952
Film
Goodbye, Hello
Umeko Ichige
1959
Film
Itohan Monogatari
Okatsu
1957
Film
A Woman's Skin
1957
Film
New Women’s Dialogue
1955
Film
Paper Pigeon
Ryoko Kashiwabara
1959
Film
The Story of Shunkin
1954
Film
Mother
Takako Ômachi
1958
Film
A Design for Dying
Shikiko Oba
1961
Film
現代インチキ物語 ど狸
Film
The Life of a Horse Trader
Yuki
1951
Film
A Fool's Love
Naomi
1949
Film
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Film
The Possessed
1976
Film
The Woman and the Pirate
綾衣
1959
Film
The Woman and the Pirate
お糸
1959
Film
The Last Betrayal
Chizuru
1960
Film
Kurohyō
1953
Film
Nuregami botan
1961
Film
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Film
Hole in One
Nagako Kita
1957
Film
Asakusa at Night
Setsuko Takashima
1954
Film
Clothes of Deception
Kimicho
1951
Film
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Hagino
1956
Film
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Film
Tree of Love
1954
Film
Chance Meeting
Aya Koyanagi
1958
Film
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
Film
Phoenix
1950
Film
The Bitch
Emmy
1951
Film
Musume no boken
1958
Film
A Geisha on Horseback
Nobukichi
1954
Film
A Bullet Hole Underground
Michiko Kaneko
1949
Film
Operation Teahouse
Self
1956
Film
Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958
Film
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
Film
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
Ryûko Beni
1952
Film
Ôsaka no onna
Osen
1958
Film
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
1949
Film
The Man Who Laughs Last
1949
Film
Machiko Kyō Dancing and Nobuko Otowa Singing
Self
1952
Film
Kanojo no tokudane
1952