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Machiko Kyō

Acting
Born: March 25, 1924 in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

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. ...

All Credits89 Titles

Film

86 Titles
Rashomon
8.0
FILM
Rashomon1950
Ugetsu
8.0
FILM
Ugetsu1953
The Face of Another
7.8
FILM
The Face of Another1966
Floating Weeds
7.5
FILM
Floating Weeds1959
Odd Obsession
6.2
FILM
Odd Obsession1959
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
6.7
FILM
Princess Yang Kwei-fei1955
Gate of Hell
7.1
FILM
Gate of Hell1953
Street of Shame
7.7
FILM
Street of Shame1956
The Loyal 47 Ronin
6.2
FILM
The Loyal 47 Ronin1958
Solar Eclipse
6.9
FILM
Solar Eclipse1975
The Family
9.0
FILM
The Family1974
Black Lizard
7.1
FILM
Black Lizard1962
The Tale of Genji
6.0
FILM
The Tale of Genji1951
Buddha
10.0
FILM
Buddha1961
The Little Runaway
3.0
FILM
The Little Runaway1966
The Possessed
7.0
FILM
The Possessed1976

Series

3 Titles
Yokomizo Seishi Series
7.0
SERIES
Yokomizo Seishi Series1977–
Nukata no Ōkimi
SERIES
Nukata no Ōkimi1980–
Hana no Ran
7.0
SERIES
Hana no Ran1994–
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