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Machiko Kyō

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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. ...

Filmography83 TITLES
Rashomon
8.0
Rashomon1950
Ugetsu
8.0
Ugetsu1953
The Face of Another
7.8
The Face of Another1966
Floating Weeds
7.5
Floating Weeds1959
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
6.7
Princess Yang Kwei-fei1955
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The Tale of Genji
5.5
The Tale of Genji1951
Odd Obsession
6.2
Odd Obsession1959
Street of Shame
7.7
Street of Shame1956
Gate of Hell
7.1
Gate of Hell1953
Solar Eclipse
6.8
Solar Eclipse1975
The Little Runaway
1.0
The Little Runaway1966
The Loyal 47 Ronin
5.8
The Loyal 47 Ronin1958
The Bitch
The Bitch1951
The Great Wall
6.0
The Great Wall1962
Night Butterflies
6.3
Night Butterflies1957
Thousand Cranes
8.3
Thousand Cranes1969
The Family
10.0
The Family1974
A Design for Dying
6.0
A Design for Dying1961
Buddha
Buddha1961
Sweet Sweat
7.5
Sweet Sweat1964
The Teahouse of the August Moon
6.2
The Teahouse of the August Moon1957
Brother and Sister
6.2
Brother and Sister1953
Tora-san's Pure Love
8.5
Tora-san's Pure Love1976
Mother
Mother1958
Black Lizard
7.1
Black Lizard1962
Make-Up
Make-Up1984
Marriageable Age
Marriageable Age1961
A Woman's Life
A Woman's Life1962
A Woman's Testament
5.8
A Woman's Testament1960
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Daiei Studio is Bustling1957
Clothes of Deception
6.5
Clothes of Deception1951
The Woman and the Pirate
The Woman and the Pirate1959
Hole in One
6.0
Hole in One1957
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
7.1
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director1975
The Possessed
The Possessed1976
Bonchi
7.0
Bonchi1960
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo1962
The Makioka Sisters
8.0
The Makioka Sisters1959
Musume no boken
Musume no boken1958
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love1955
The Third Will
8.0
The Third Will1963
The Wandering Princess
6.8
The Wandering Princess1960
A Geisha on Horseback
A Geisha on Horseback1954
Chance Meeting
Chance Meeting1958
Goodbye, Hello
6.0
Goodbye, Hello1959
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
8.0
Three Women Around Yoshinaka1956
The Life of a Horse Trader
6.8
The Life of a Horse Trader1951
A Fool's Love
A Fool's Love1949
Nuregami botan
Nuregami botan1961
The Ladder of Success
The Ladder of Success1958
The Beloved Image
The Beloved Image1960
Jigoku bana
Jigoku bana1957
A Certain Woman
A Certain Woman1954
Dedication of the Great Buddha
Dedication of the Great Buddha1952
The Daphne
The Daphne1966
Kurosawa
6.7
Kurosawa2000
A Rainbow at Every Turn
A Rainbow at Every Turn1956
The Story of Shunkin
5.0
The Story of Shunkin1954
Asakusa at Night
Asakusa at Night1954
Kurohyō
Kurohyō1953
The Last Betrayal
The Last Betrayal1960
The Man Who Laughs Last
The Man Who Laughs Last1949
Itohan Monogatari
Itohan Monogatari1957
Tsukigata Hanpeita
7.0
Tsukigata Hanpeita1956
Beauty and the Thief
Beauty and the Thief1952
The Princess Sen
5.0
The Princess Sen1954
The Motherland Far Far Away
The Motherland Far Far Away1950
Born Fighter
Born Fighter1970
Sorrow Is Only for Women
Sorrow Is Only for Women1958
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
Hanakurabe tanuki-den1949
Aizen katsura
Aizen katsura1954
Resurrection
Resurrection1950
New Women’s Dialogue
New Women’s Dialogue1955
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki1952
A Bullet Hole Underground
A Bullet Hole Underground1949
現代インチキ物語　ど狸
現代インチキ物語　ど狸
The Woman Who Touched Legs
6.0
The Woman Who Touched Legs1960
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa1952
Jirocho Fuji
6.8
Jirocho Fuji1959
Operation Teahouse
Operation Teahouse1956
Dancing Girl
6.0
Dancing Girl1957
Tainted Flowers
Tainted Flowers1958
滝の白糸
滝の白糸1952