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Machiko Kyō
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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 productions, including Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu (1953) and Street of Shame (1956), Teinosuke Kinugasa's Gate of Hell (1953), Kon Ichikawa's Odd Obs…
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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 productions, including Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu (1953) and Street of Shame (1956), Teinosuke Kinugasa's Gate of Hell (1953), Kon Ichikawa's Odd Obsession (1959), Yasujirō Ozu's Floating Weeds (1959), and Hiroshi Teshigahara's The Face of Another (1966). Her only role in a non-Japanese film was as Lotus Blossom, a young geisha, in The Teahouse of the August Moon, starring opposite Marlon Brando and Glenn Ford. In her eighties, Kyō continued to perform in traditional Japanese theatrical productions put on by famed producer Fukuko Ishii. Her final role was as Matsuura Shino in the NHK television drama series Haregi Koko Ichiban in 2000. Kyō was nominated for a Golden Globe for The Teahouse of the August Moon, a great feat for an Asian actress at the time, and was awarded many prizes, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Awards of the Japanese Academy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Machiko Kyō, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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BODY OF WORK
Machiko Kyō's Filmography
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Kurosawa
as Self
Make-Up
as Tsune Tsutano
Tora-san's Pure Love
as 柳生绫
The Possessed
Solar Eclipse
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as Self
The Family
as Aiko Takasu
Born Fighter
as Sue Yoshida
Thousand Cranes
as Chikako Kurimoto
The Little Runaway
as Director of the shelter
The Daphne
as Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
The Face of Another
as Mrs. Okuyama
Sweet Sweat
as Umeko
The Third Will
as Fujiyo Yajima
A Woman's Life
as Kei Nunobiki
The Great Wall
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Black Lizard
as Mrs. Midorikawa
Buddha
as Nandabala
A Design for Dying
as Shikiko Oba
Fantastico
Marriageable Age
The Legendary Hell
as Oden Takahashi
The Beloved Image
The Woman Who Touched Legs
as Saya Shiozawa
The Last Betrayal
as Chizuru
Bonchi
as Ofuku
The Wandering Princess
as Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
A Woman's Testament
Floating Weeds
as Sumiko
Odd Obsession
as Ikuko Kenmochi
Jirocho Fuji
as Okatsu
Paper Pigeon
as Ryoko Kashiwabara
The Woman and the Pirate
as 綾衣
The Woman and the Pirate
as お糸
The Makioka Sisters
Goodbye, Hello
as Umeko Ichige
Musume no boken
The Ladder of Success
Tainted Flowers
Ôsaka no onna
as Osen
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Orui, Spy
Mother
as Takako Ômachi
Sorrow Is Only for Women
Chance Meeting
as Aya Koyanagi
Hole in One
as Nagako Kita
Night Butterflies
as Mari
Blooms of Hell
A Woman's Skin
Dancing Girl
as Chiyomi Hanamura
Itohan Monogatari
as Okatsu
Daiei Studio is Bustling
The Teahouse of the August Moon
as Lotus Blossom
Operation Teahouse
as Self
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Hagino
Street of Shame
as Mickey
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
as Tomoe
New Women’s Dialogue
Tôjûrô no koi
as Okaji
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as Princess Yang Kwei-fei
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Haru no uzumaki
A Geisha on Horseback
as Nobukichi
The Princess Sen
Asakusa at Night
as Setsuko Takashima
The Story of Shunkin
Tree of Love
A Certain Woman
as Yoko Hayazuki
Gate of Hell
as Lady Kesa
Brother and Sister
as Mon
Kurohyō
Ugetsu
as Lady Wakasa
Kanojo no tokudane
Dedication of the Great Buddha
Beauty and the Thief
as Sakin
Taki no Shiraito
as Taki no Shiraito
Machiko Kyō Dancing and Nobuko Otowa Singing
as Self
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
as Ryûko Beni
The Life of a Horse Trader
as Yuki
The Bitch
as Emmy
The Tale of Genji
as Awaji no ue
Jōen no hatoba
Freedom School
Koi no Oranda-zaka
Clothes of Deception
as Kimicho
Phoenix
Rashomon
as Masako
Resurrection
as Yukiko Ohara
The Sea of Beauty
Asakusa no hada
The Motherland Far Far Away
as Mari, daughter
Hebi hime dōchū
A Fool's Love
as Naomi
Three Pearls
A Bullet Hole Underground
as Michiko Kaneko
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
The Man Who Laughs Last
No Poster
Tengu daoshi
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
