Machiko Kyō

Actor

Born: March 25, 1924
Died: May 12, 2019 (age 95)
From: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

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.…

Filmography (90)

Kurosawa (2000)
Self
Make-Up (1984)
Tsune Tsutano
Tora-san's Pure Love (1976)
Aya
The Possessed (1976)
Solar Eclipse (1975)
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)
Self
The Family (1974)
Aiko Takasu
Born Fighter (1970)
Sue Yoshida
Thousand Cranes (1969)
Chikako Kurimoto
The Little Runaway (1966)
Director of the shelter
The Daphne (1966)
Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
The Face of Another (1966)
Mrs. Okuyama
Sweet Sweat (1964)
Umeko
The Third Will (1963)
Fujiyo Yajima
A Woman's Life (1962)
Kei Nunobiki
The Great Wall (1962)
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo (1962)
Black Lizard (1962)
Mrs. Midorikawa
Buddha (1961)
Nandabala
A Design for Dying (1961)
Shikiko Oba
Nuregami botan (1961)
Marriageable Age (1961)
The Legendary Hell (1960)
Oden Takahashi
The Beloved Image (1960)
The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960)
Saya Shiozawa
The Last Betrayal (1960)
Chizuru
Bonchi (1960)
Ofuku
The Wandering Princess (1960)
Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
A Woman's Testament (1960)
Floating Weeds (1959)
Sumiko