Machiko Kyō
Acting
- Born:
- 1924-03-25
- Died:
- 2019-05-12
- Place of birth:
- 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 (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.
Known For
Filmography
Kurosawa
Hana no Ran
Make-Up
Nukata no Ōkimi
Yokomizo Seishi Series
Tora-san's Pure Love
The Possessed
Solar Eclipse
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
The Family
Born Fighter
Thousand Cranes
The Little Runaway
The Daphne
The Face of Another
Sweet Sweat
The Third Will
A Woman's Life
The Great Wall
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Black Lizard
Buddha
A Design for Dying
Fantastico
Marriageable Age
The Legendary Hell
The Beloved Image
The Woman Who Touched Legs
The Last Betrayal
Bonchi
The Wandering Princess
A Woman's Testament
Floating Weeds
Odd Obsession
Jirocho Fuji
Paper Pigeon
The Woman and the Pirate
The Makioka Sisters
Goodbye, Hello
Musume no boken
The Ladder of Success
Tainted Flowers
Ôsaka no onna
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Mother
Sorrow Is Only for Women
Chance Meeting
Hole in One
Night Butterflies
Blooms of Hell
A Woman's Skin
Dancing Girl
Itohan Monogatari
Daiei Studio is Bustling
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Operation Teahouse
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Street of Shame
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
New Women’s Dialogue
Tôjûrô no koi
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Haru no uzumaki
A Geisha on Horseback
The Princess Sen
Asakusa at Night
The Story of Shunkin
Tree of Love
A Certain Woman
Gate of Hell
Brother and Sister
Kurohyō
Ugetsu
Kanojo no tokudane
Dedication of the Great Buddha
Beauty and the Thief
Taki no Shiraito
Machiko Kyō Dancing and Nobuko Otowa Singing
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
The Life of a Horse Trader
The Bitch
The Tale of Genji
Jōen no hatoba
Freedom School
Koi no Oranda-zaka
Clothes of Deception
Phoenix
Rashomon
Resurrection
The Sea of Beauty
Asakusa no hada
The Motherland Far Far Away
Hebi hime dōchū
A Fool's Love
Three Pearls
A Bullet Hole Underground
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
The Man Who Laughs Last
Tengu daoshi
現代インチキ物語 ど狸
Zoku hebi hime dōchū