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

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

Rashomon

as Masako

1954

1966

The Face of Another

as Mrs. Okuyama

1956

1959

Odd Obsession

as Ikuko Kenmochi

1953

Gate of Hell

as Lady Kesa

1959

1955

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

as Princess Yang Kwei-fei

2000

Kurosawa

as Self

1962

Black Lizard

as Mrs. Midorikawa

1957

Hole in One

as Nagako Kita

1949

A Bullet Hole Underground

as Michiko Kaneko

1960

The Wandering Princess

as Ryûko Korinkakura (Hiroko Aishinkakura)

1959

Jirocho Fuji

as Okatsu

1950

1951

The Tale of Genji

as Awaji no ue

1954

Asakusa at Night

as Setsuko Takashima

1954

A Certain Woman

as Yoko Hayazuki

1974

The Family

as Aiko Takasu

1961

Buddha

as Nandabala

1966

The Little Runaway

as Director of the shelter

1958

The Loyal 47 Ronin

as Orui, Spy

1960

1960

Bonchi

as Ofuku

1969

Thousand Cranes

as Chikako Kurimoto

1951

1958

Chance Meeting

as Aya Koyanagi

1970

Born Fighter

as Sue Yoshida

1960

1957

Dancing Girl

as Chiyomi Hanamura

1964

Sweet Sweat

as Umeko

1959

Goodbye, Hello

as Umeko Ichige

1951

The Bitch

as Emmy

1952

1949

1966

The Daphne

as Kikuko (the eldest daughter)

1963

The Third Will

as Fujiyo Yajima

1961

A Design for Dying

as Shikiko Oba

1953

Ugetsu

as Lady Wakasa

1957

1984

Make-Up

as Tsune Tsutano

1956

1950

Resurrection

as Yukiko Ohara

1962

A Woman's Life

as Kei Nunobiki

1958

Mother

as Takako Ômachi

© All Rights Reserved 2025