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 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.

Known For

Masako

羅生門

娘の冒険

Nobukichi

馬賊芸者

Mrs. Okuyama

他人の顔

Mickey

赤線地帯

Lotus Blossom

The Teahouse of the August Moon

Ikuko Kenmochi

鍵

Lady Kesa

地獄門

仲良し音頭・日本一だよ

黒豹

愛染かつら

Sumiko

浮草

秦・始皇帝

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

楊貴妃

Self

Kurosawa

Mon

あにいもうと

Mrs. Midorikawa

黒蜥蜴

花くらべ狸御殿

Nagako Kita

穴

Michiko Kaneko

地下街の弾痕

長崎の歌は忘れじ

Ryûko Korinkakura (Hiroko Aishinkakura)

流転の王妃

夜の素顔

Mari

夜の蝶

綾衣

女と海賊

お糸

女と海賊

大佛開眼

千姫

Okatsu

次郎長富士

Aya

男はつらいよ 寅次郎純情詩集

Mari, daughter

遙かなり母の国

虹いくたび

Awaji no ue

源氏物語

Setsuko Takashima

浅草の夜

Yoko Hayazuki

或る女

Aiko Takasu

華麗なる一族

Nandabala

釈迦

細雪

春琴物語

金環蝕

Director of the shelter

Маленький беглец

妖婆

新女性問答

Orui, Spy

忠臣蔵

Ofuku

ぼんち

Saya Shiozawa

足にさわった女

Yuki

馬喰一代

Tomoe

新平家物語　義仲をめぐる三人の女

女経

Sakin

美女と盗賊

Chikako Kurimoto

千羽鶴

ある映画監督の生涯 溝口健二の記録

地獄花

Kimicho

偽れる盛装

Aya Koyanagi

有楽町で逢いましょう

Sue Yoshida

玄海遊侠伝　破れかぶれ

Chizuru

三人の顔役

婚期

Chiyomi Hanamura

踊子

Umeko

甘い汗

Umeko Ichige

あなたと私の合言葉 さようなら、今日は

Emmy

牝犬

Ryûko Beni

浅草紅団

Naomi

痴人の愛

Kikuko (the eldest daughter)

沈丁花

赤線の灯は消えず

Fujiyo Yajima

女系家族

Shikiko Oba

女の勲章

Lady Wakasa

雨月物語

Okatsu

いとはん物語

Tsune Tsutano

化粧

悲しみは女だけに

薔薇いくたびか

Hagino

月形半平太 花の巻 嵐の巻

濡れ髪牡丹

Yukiko Ohara

復活

顔

最後に笑う男

Kei Nunobiki

女の一生

Takako Ômachi

母

スタジオはてんやわんや

Self

Operation Teahouse

現代インチキ物語　ど狸