Machiko Kyō
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1924-03-25 (95 years old)
Deathday
2019-05-12
Place of Birth
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Also known As
Machiko Kyô
ماچیکو کیو
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 Kinu...
Acting
1950
as Masako
1958
1954
as Nobukichi
1966
as Mrs. Okuyama
1956
as Mickey
1957
as Lotus Blossom
1959
as Ikuko Kenmochi
1953
as Lady Kesa
1953
1954
1959
as Sumiko
1962
1955
as Princess Yang Kwei-fei
2000
as Self
1953
as Mon
1962
as Mrs. Midorikawa
1957
as Nagako Kita
1949
as Michiko Kaneko
1960
as Ryûko Korinkakura (Hiroko Aishinkakura)
1957
as Mari
1959
1959
1954
1959
as Okatsu
1976
as Aya
1950
as Mari, daughter
1951
as Awaji no ue
1954
as Setsuko Takashima
1954
as Yoko Hayazuki
1974
as Aiko Takasu
1961
as Nandabala
1975
1966
as Director of the shelter
1976
1958
as Orui, Spy
1960
as Ofuku
1960
as Saya Shiozawa
1951
as Yuki
1956
as Tomoe
1952
as Sakin
1969
as Chikako Kurimoto
1957
1951
as Kimicho
1958
as Aya Koyanagi
1970
as Sue Yoshida
1960
as Chizuru
1961
1957
as Chiyomi Hanamura
1964
as Umeko
1959
as Umeko Ichige
1951
as Emmy
1952
as Ryûko Beni
1949
as Naomi
1966
as Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
1958
1963
as Fujiyo Yajima
1961
as Shikiko Oba
1953
as Lady Wakasa
1957
as Okatsu
1984
as Tsune Tsutano
1956
as Hagino
1961
1950
as Yukiko Ohara
1962
as Kei Nunobiki
1958
as Takako Ômachi
1956
as Self
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