Machiko Kyō

Also Known As: Machiko Kyô , ماچیکو کیو

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Birthday: March 25, 1924

Deathday: May 12, 2019

Adult: No

Gender: Female

Popularity:

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Known For:

Rashomon
Musume no boken
A Geisha on Horseback
The Face of Another
Street of Shame
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Odd Obsession
Gate of Hell
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Kurohyō
Aizen katsura
Floating Weeds
The Great Wall
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
Kurosawa
Brother and Sister
Black Lizard
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
Hole in One
A Bullet Hole Underground
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
The Wandering Princess
Night Butterflies
The Ladder of Success
女と海賊
女と海賊
Dedication of the Great Buddha
The Princess Sen
Jirocho Fuji
Tora-san's Pure Love
The Motherland Far Far Away
A Rainbow at Every Turn
The Tale of Genji
Asakusa at Night
A Certain Woman
The Family
Buddha
The Makioka Sisters
The Story of Shunkin
Solar Eclipse
The Little Runaway
The Possessed
New Women’s Dialogue
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Bonchi
The Woman Who Touched Legs
The Life of a Horse Trader
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
A Woman's Testament
Beauty and the Thief
Thousand Cranes
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Jigoku bana
Clothes of Deception
Chance Meeting
Born Fighter
The Last Betrayal
Marriageable Age
Dancing Girl
Sweet Sweat
Goodbye, Hello
The Bitch
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
A Fool's Love
The Daphne
Tainted Flowers
The Third Will
A Design for Dying
Ugetsu
Itohan Monogatari
Make-Up
Sorrow Is Only for Women
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Nuregami botan
Resurrection
The Beloved Image
The Man Who Laughs Last
A Woman's Life
Mother
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Operation Teahouse