Machiko Kyō
Acting
Born March 25, 1924 · 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. 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…
Known For · 40 titles
Rashomon
Hana no Ran
Yokomizo Seishi Series
Asakusa no hada
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Beauty and the Thief
Ugetsu
The Motherland Far Far Away
The Face of Another
Tainted Flowers
Born Fighter
Three Pearls
Floating Weeds
Hebi hime dōchū
The Sea of Beauty
Nukata no Ōkimi
Street of Shame
Gate of Hell
Kurosawa
Dancing Girl
Odd Obsession
Solar Eclipse
The Legendary Hell
Night Butterflies
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Jirocho Fuji
Thousand Cranes
Paper Pigeon
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Phoenix
The Princess Sen
Buddha
The Wandering Princess
Bonchi
The Daphne
Black Lizard
Brother and Sister
The Life of a Horse Trader
A Woman's Skin