Machiko Kyō
Born in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan — Mar 25 1924• Died May 12 2019
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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 product…
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Yokomizo Seishi Series
Rashomon
Masako
Nukata no Ōkimi
Hana no Ran
Hino Shigeko
Ugetsu
Lady Wakasa
Dancing Girl
Chiyomi Hanamura
Street of Shame
Mickey
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
The Face of Another
Mrs. Okuyama
Buddha
Nandabala
Solar Eclipse
The Great Wall
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Orui, Spy
Gate of Hell
Lady Kesa
Goodbye, Hello
Umeko Ichige
Odd Obsession
Ikuko Kenmochi
Brother and Sister
Mon
Tora-san's Pure Love
Aya
Sweet Sweat
Umeko
The Little Runaway
Director of the shelter
Floating Weeds
Sumiko
The Makioka Sisters
The Tale of Genji
Awaji no ue
The Possessed
Marriageable Age
Make-Up
Tsune Tsutano
A Woman's Testament
A Design for Dying
Shikiko Oba
A Fool's Love
Naomi
Mother
Takako Ômachi
The Woman and the Pirate
綾衣
Night Butterflies
Mari
The Family
Aiko Takasu
The Wandering Princess
Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
Clothes of Deception
Kimicho
Itohan Monogatari
Okatsu
Dedication of the Great Buddha
Musume no boken
Daiei Studio is Bustling
The Third Will
Fujiyo Yajima
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
The Life of a Horse Trader
Yuki
Hole in One
Nagako Kita
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Bonchi
Ofuku
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Tomoe
Thousand Cranes
Chikako Kurimoto
Jirocho Fuji
Okatsu
Kurosawa
Self
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
A Woman's Life
Kei Nunobiki
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Lotus Blossom
Nuregami botan
The Story of Shunkin
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
The Daphne
Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
A Geisha on Horseback
Nobukichi
The Princess Sen
The Ladder of Success
Chance Meeting
Aya Koyanagi
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
Beauty and the Thief
Sakin
A Certain Woman
Yoko Hayazuki
Asakusa at Night
Setsuko Takashima
The Beloved Image
Born Fighter
Sue Yoshida
The Man Who Laughs Last
Black Lizard
Mrs. Midorikawa
Resurrection
Yukiko Ohara
Jigoku bana
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Hagino
The Bitch
Emmy
The Last Betrayal
Chizuru
Kurohyō
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
Ryûko Beni
The Motherland Far Far Away
Mari, daughter
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Saya Shiozawa
現代インチキ物語 ど狸
Tainted Flowers
Aizen katsura
A Bullet Hole Underground
Michiko Kaneko
New Women’s Dialogue
Operation Teahouse
Self
Sorrow Is Only for Women
滝の白糸