Personal Info
Known Credits
82
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1924-03-25 (101 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Also Known For
Machiko Kyô
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2000 --
Kurosawa
| Self
1984 --
Make-Up
| Tsune Tsutano
1976 --
Tora-san's Pure Love
| Aya
1976 --
The Possessed
|
1975 --
Solar Eclipse
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1975 --
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
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1974 --
The Family
| Aiko Takasu
1970 --
Born Fighter
| Sue Yoshida
1969 --
Thousand Cranes
| Chikako Kurimoto
1966 --
The Little Runaway
| Director of the shelter
1966 --
The Daphne
| Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
1966 --
The Face of Another
| Mrs. Okuyama
1964 --
Sweet Sweat
| Umeko
1963 --
The Third Will
| Fujiyo Yajima
1962 --
A Woman's Life
| Kei Nunobiki
1962 --
The Great Wall
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1962 --
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
|
1962 --
Black Lizard
| Mrs. Midorikawa
1961 --
Buddha
| Nandabala
1961 --
A Design for Dying
| Shikiko Oba
1961 --
Nuregami botan
|
1961 --
Marriageable Age
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1960 --
The Beloved Image
|
1960 --
The Woman Who Touched Legs
| Saya Shiozawa
1960 --
The Last Betrayal
| Chizuru
1960 --
Bonchi
| Ofuku
1960 --
The Wandering Princess
| Ryûko Korinkakura (Hiroko Aishinkakura)
1960 --
A Woman's Testament
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1959 --
Floating Weeds
| Sumiko
1959 --
Odd Obsession
| Ikuko Kenmochi
1959 --
Jirocho Fuji
| Okatsu
1959 --
女と海賊
| お糸
1959 --
女と海賊
| 綾衣
1959 --
The Makioka Sisters
|
1959 --
Goodbye, Hello
| Umeko Ichige
1958 --
Musume no boken
|
1958 --
Tainted Flowers
|
1958 --
The Loyal 47 Ronin
| Orui, Spy
1958 --
The Ladder of Success
|
1958 --
Mother
| Takako Ômachi
1958 --
Sorrow Is Only for Women
|
1958 --
Chance Meeting
| Aya Koyanagi
1957 --
Hole in One
| Nagako Kita
1957 --
The Teahouse of the August Moon
| Lotus Blossom
1957 --
Jigoku bana
|
1957 --
Night Butterflies
| Mari
1957 --
Dancing Girl
| Chiyomi Hanamura
1957 --
Daiei Studio is Bustling
|
1957 --
Itohan Monogatari
| Okatsu
1956 --
Operation Teahouse
| Self
1956 --
Tsukigata Hanpeita
| Hagino
1956 --
Street of Shame
| Mickey
1956 --
A Rainbow at Every Turn
|
1956 --
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
| Tomoe
1955 --
New Women’s Dialogue
|
1955 --
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
| Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 --
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
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1954 --
A Geisha on Horseback
| Nobukichi
1954 --
The Princess Sen
|
1954 --
浅草の夜
| Setsuko Takashima
1954 --
The Story of Shunkin
|
1954 --
Aizen katsura
|
1954 --
A Certain Woman
| Yoko Hayazuki
1953 --
Gate of Hell
| Lady Kesa
1953 --
Brother and Sister
| Mon
1953 --
Kurohyō
|
1953 --
Ugetsu
| Lady Wakasa
1952 --
Beauty and the Thief
| Sakin
1952 --
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
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1952 --
Dedication of the Great Buddha
|
1952 --
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
| Ryûko Beni
1951 --
The Life of a Horse Trader
| Yuki
1951 --
The Bitch
| Emmy
1951 --
The Tale of Genji
| Awaji no ue
1951 --
Clothes of Deception
| Kimicho
1950 --
Rashomon
| Masako
1950 --
Resurrection
| Yukiko Ohara
1950 --
The Motherland Far Far Away
| Mari, daughter
1949 --
A Fool's Love
| Naomi
1949 --
A Bullet Hole Underground
| Michiko Kaneko
1949 --
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
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1949 --
The Man Who Laughs Last
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