Machiko Kyō
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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Fotos
Filme (102)
Kurosawa
2000 · Self
Make-Up
1984 · Tsune Tsutano
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976 · 柳生绫
The Possessed
1976
Solar Eclipse
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975 · Self
The Family
1974 · Aiko Takasu
Born Fighter
1970 · Sue Yoshida
Thousand Cranes
1969 · Chikako Kurimoto
The Little Runaway
1966 · Director of the shelter
The Daphne
1966 · Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
The Face of Another
1966 · Mrs. Okuyama
Sweet Sweat
1964 · Umeko
The Third Will
1963 · Fujiyo Yajima
A Woman's Life
1962 · Kei Nunobiki
The Great Wall
1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Black Lizard
1962 · Mrs. Midorikawa
Buddha
1961 · Nandabala
Kodachi o tsukau onna
1961
A Design for Dying
1961 · Shikiko Oba
Fantastico
1961
Marriageable Age
1961
The Legendary Hell
1960 · Oden Takahashi
The Beloved Image
1960
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960 · Saya Shiozawa
The Last Betrayal
1960 · Chizuru
Bonchi
1960 · Ofuku
The Wandering Princess
1960 · Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
A Woman's Testament
1960
Floating Weeds
1959 · Sumiko
Odd Obsession
1959 · Ikuko Kenmochi
Jirocho Fuji
1959 · Okatsu
Paper Pigeon
1959 · Ryoko Kashiwabara
The Woman and the Pirate
1959 · 綾衣, お糸
The Makioka Sisters
1959
Goodbye, Hello
1959 · Umeko Ichige
Musume no boken
1958
The Ladder of Success
1958
Tainted Flowers
1958
Ôsaka no onna
1958 · Osen
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 · Orui, Spy
Mother
1958 · Takako Ômachi
Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958
Chance Meeting
1958 · Aya Koyanagi
Hole in One
1957 · Nagako Kita
Night Butterflies
1957 · Mari
Blooms of Hell
1957
A Woman's Skin
1957
Dancing Girl
1957 · Chiyomi Hanamura
Itohan Monogatari
1957 · Okatsu
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon
1957 · Lotus Blossom
Operation Teahouse
1956 · Self
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956 · Hagino
Street of Shame
1956 · Mickey
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956 · Tomoe
New Women’s Dialogue
1955
Tôjûrô no koi
1955 · Okaji
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 · Princess Yang Kwei-fei
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Haru no uzumaki
1954
A Geisha on Horseback
1954 · Nobukichi
The Princess Sen
1954
Asakusa at Night
1954 · Setsuko Takashima
The Story of Shunkin
1954
Tree of Love
1954
A Certain Woman
1954 · Yoko Hayazuki
Gate of Hell
1953 · Lady Kesa
Brother and Sister
1953 · Mon
Kurohyō
1953
Ugetsu
1953 · Lady Wakasa
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
Beauty and the Thief
1952 · Sakin
Taki no Shiraito
1952 · Taki no Shiraito
Machiko Kyō Dancing and Nobuko Otowa Singing
1952 · Self
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
1952
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
1952 · Ryûko Beni
The Life of a Horse Trader
1951 · Yuki
The Bitch
1951 · Emmy
The Tale of Genji
1951 · Awaji no ue
Jōen no hatoba
1951
Freedom School
1951
Koi no Oranda-zaka
1951
Clothes of Deception
1951 · Kimicho
Phoenix
1950
Rashomon
1950 · Masako
Resurrection
1950 · Yukiko Ohara
The Sea of Beauty
1950
Asakusa no hada
1950
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950 · Mari, daughter
Hebi hime dōchū
1949
A Fool's Love
1949 · Naomi
Three Pearls
1949
A Bullet Hole Underground
1949 · Michiko Kaneko
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
1949
The Man Who Laughs Last
1949
Tengu daoshi
1944
現代インチキ物語 ど狸
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
