Machiko Kyō
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.
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Filmography of
Machiko Kyō
Self
... 2000
Tsune Tsutano
... 1984
... 1976
... 1976
... 1975
Aiko Takasu
... 1974
Sue Yoshida
... 1970
Chikako Kurimoto
... 1969
Director of the shelter
... 1966
Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
... 1966
Mrs. Okuyama
... 1966
... 1964
Fujiyo Yajima
... 1963
Kei Nunobiki
... 1962
... 1962
... 1962
Mrs. Midorikawa
... 1962
Nandabala
... 1961
Shikiko Oba
... 1961
... 1961
... 1961
... 1960
Saya Shiozawa
... 1960
Chizuru
... 1960
Ofuku
... 1960
Ryûko Korinkakura (Hiroko Aishinkakura)
... 1960
... 1960
Sumiko
... 1959
Ikuko Kenmochi
... 1959
Okatsu
... 1959
綾衣
... 1959
お糸
... 1959
... 1959
Umeko Ichige
... 1959
... 1958
... 1958
... 1958
Orui, Spy
... 1958
... 1958
Aya Koyanagi
... 1958
Nagako Kita
... 1957
Lotus Blossom
... 1957
... 1957
Mari
... 1957
Chiyomi Hanamura
... 1957
Okatsu
... 1957
Hagino
... 1956
Mickey
... 1956
... 1956
... 1956
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
... 1955
... 1955
Nobukichi
... 1954
... 1954
Setsuko Takashima
... 1954
... 1954
... 1954
Yoko Hayazuki
... 1954
Lady Kesa
... 1953
... 1953
... 1953
Lady Wakasa
... 1953
Sakin
... 1952
... 1952
... 1952
Ryûko Beni
... 1952
... 1951
Emmy
... 1951
Awaji no ue
... 1951
Kimicho
... 1951
Masako
... 1950
Yukiko Ohara
... 1950
Mari, daughter
... 1950
Naomi
... 1949
Michiko Kaneko
... 1949
... 1949
... 1949