Machiko Kyō

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 internationa...

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Rashomon

As Masako

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Musume no boken

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A Geisha on Horseback

As Nobukichi

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The Face of Another

As Mrs. Okuyama

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Street of Shame

As Mickey

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The Teahouse of the August Moon

As Lotus Blossom

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Odd Obsession

As Ikuko Kenmochi

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Gate of Hell

As Lady Kesa

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Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo

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Kurohyō

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Aizen katsura

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Floating Weeds

As Sumiko

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The Great Wall

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Princess Yang Kwei Fei

As Princess Yang Kwei-fei

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Kurosawa

As Self

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Brother and Sister

As Mon

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Black Lizard

As Mrs. Midorikawa

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Hanakurabe tanuki-den

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Hole in One

As Nagako Kita

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A Bullet Hole Underground

As Michiko Kaneko

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I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki

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The Wandering Princess

As Ryûko Korinkakura (Hiroko Aishinkakura)

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The Ladder of Success

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Night Butterflies

As Mari

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女と海賊

As 綾衣

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Dedication of the Great Buddha

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The Princess Sen

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Jirocho Fuji

As Okatsu

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Tora-san's Pure Love

As Aya

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The Motherland Far Far Away

As Mari, daughter

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A Rainbow at Every Turn

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The Tale of Genji

As Awaji no ue

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浅草の夜

As Setsuko Takashima

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A Certain Woman

As Yoko Hayazuki

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The Family

As Aiko Takasu

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Buddha

As Nandabala

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The Makioka Sisters

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The Story of Shunkin

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Solar Eclipse

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The Little Runaway

As Director of the shelter

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The Possessed

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New Women’s Dialogue

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The Loyal 47 Ronin

As Orui, Spy

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Bonchi

As Ofuku

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The Woman Who Touched Legs

As Saya Shiozawa

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The Life of a Horse Trader

As Yuki

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Three Women Around Yoshinaka

As Tomoe

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A Woman's Testament

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Beauty and the Thief

As Sakin

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Thousand Cranes

As Chikako Kurimoto

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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

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Jigoku bana

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Clothes of Deception

As Kimicho

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Chance Meeting

As Aya Koyanagi

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Born Fighter

As Sue Yoshida

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The Last Betrayal

As Chizuru

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Marriageable Age

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Dancing Girl

As Chiyomi Hanamura

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Sweet Sweat

As Umeko

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Goodbye, Hello

As Umeko Ichige

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The Bitch

As Emmy

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The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa

As Ryûko Beni

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A Fool's Love

As Naomi

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The Daphne

As Kikuko (the eldest daughter)

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Tainted Flowers

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The Third Will

As Fujiyo Yajima

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A Design for Dying

As Shikiko Oba

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Ugetsu

As Lady Wakasa

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Itohan Monogatari

As Okatsu

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Make-Up

As Tsune Tsutano

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Sorrow Is Only for Women

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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

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Tsukigata Hanpeita

As Hagino

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Nuregami botan

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Resurrection

As Yukiko Ohara

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The Beloved Image

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The Man Who Laughs Last

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A Woman's Life

As Kei Nunobiki

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Mother

As Takako Ômachi

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Daiei Studio is Bustling

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The Ed Sullivan Show

As Self (archive footage)

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Nukata no Ōkimi

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Hana no Ran

As Hino Shigeko

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Yokomizo Seishi Series