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
Musume no boken
A Geisha on Horseback
As Nobukichi
The Face of Another
As Mrs. Okuyama
Street of Shame
As Mickey
The Teahouse of the August Moon
As Lotus Blossom
Odd Obsession
As Ikuko Kenmochi
Gate of Hell
As Lady Kesa
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Kurohyō
Aizen katsura
Floating Weeds
As Sumiko
The Great Wall
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
As Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Kurosawa
As Self
Brother and Sister
As Mon
Black Lizard
As Mrs. Midorikawa
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
Hole in One
As Nagako Kita
A Bullet Hole Underground
As Michiko Kaneko
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
The Wandering Princess
As Ryûko Korinkakura (Hiroko Aishinkakura)
The Ladder of Success
Night Butterflies
As Mari
女と海賊
As 綾衣
Dedication of the Great Buddha
The Princess Sen
Jirocho Fuji
As Okatsu
Tora-san's Pure Love
As Aya
The Motherland Far Far Away
As Mari, daughter
A Rainbow at Every Turn
The Tale of Genji
As Awaji no ue
浅草の夜
As Setsuko Takashima
A Certain Woman
As Yoko Hayazuki
The Family
As Aiko Takasu
Buddha
As Nandabala
The Makioka Sisters
The Story of Shunkin
Solar Eclipse
The Little Runaway
As Director of the shelter
The Possessed
New Women’s Dialogue
The Loyal 47 Ronin
As Orui, Spy
The Woman Who Touched Legs
As Saya Shiozawa
Bonchi
As Ofuku
The Life of a Horse Trader
As Yuki
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
As Tomoe
A Woman's Testament
Beauty and the Thief
As Sakin
Thousand Cranes
As Chikako Kurimoto
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Jigoku bana
Clothes of Deception
As Kimicho
Chance Meeting
As Aya Koyanagi
Born Fighter
As Sue Yoshida
The Last Betrayal
As Chizuru
Marriageable Age
Dancing Girl
As Chiyomi Hanamura
Sweet Sweat
As Umeko
Goodbye, Hello
As Umeko Ichige
The Bitch
As Emmy
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
As Ryûko Beni
A Fool's Love
As Naomi
The Daphne
As Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
Tainted Flowers
The Third Will
As Fujiyo Yajima
A Design for Dying
As Shikiko Oba
Ugetsu
As Lady Wakasa
Itohan Monogatari
As Okatsu
Make-Up
As Tsune Tsutano
Sorrow Is Only for Women
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Tsukigata Hanpeita
As Hagino
Nuregami botan
Resurrection
As Yukiko Ohara
The Beloved Image
The Man Who Laughs Last
A Woman's Life
As Kei Nunobiki
The Ed Sullivan Show
As Self (archive footage)
Nukata no Ōkimi
Hana no Ran
As Hino Shigeko