Acting
Machiko Kyō
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.
Filmography
Kurosawa
Film · 2000
Hana no Ran
Series · 1994
Make-Up
Film · 1984
Nukata no Ōkimi
Series · 1980
Yokomizo Seishi Series
Series · 1977
Tora-san's Pure Love
Film · 1976
The Possessed
Film · 1976
Solar Eclipse
Film · 1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Film · 1975
The Family
Film · 1974
Born Fighter
Film · 1970
Thousand Cranes
Film · 1969
The Face of Another
Film · 1966
The Little Runaway
Film · 1966
The Daphne
Film · 1966
Sweet Sweat
Film · 1964
The Third Will
Film · 1963
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Film · 1962
The Great Wall
Film · 1962
Black Lizard
Film · 1962
A Woman's Life
Film · 1962
Buddha
Film · 1961
Marriageable Age
Film · 1961
A Design for Dying
Film · 1961
Fantastico
Film · 1961
The Wandering Princess
Film · 1960
Bonchi
Film · 1960
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Film · 1960
A Woman's Testament
Film · 1960
The Last Betrayal
Film · 1960
The Beloved Image
Film · 1960
The Legendary Hell
Film · 1960
Odd Obsession
Film · 1959
Floating Weeds
Film · 1959
The Woman and the Pirate
Film · 1959
The Woman and the Pirate
Film · 1959
Jirocho Fuji
Film · 1959
The Makioka Sisters
Film · 1959
Goodbye, Hello
Film · 1959
Paper Pigeon
Film · 1959
Musume no boken
Film · 1958
The Ladder of Success
Film · 1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Film · 1958
Chance Meeting
Film · 1958
Tainted Flowers
Film · 1958
Sorrow Is Only for Women
Film · 1958
Mother
Film · 1958
Ôsaka no onna
Film · 1958
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Film · 1957
Hole in One
Film · 1957
Night Butterflies
Film · 1957
Blooms of Hell
Film · 1957
Dancing Girl
Film · 1957
Itohan Monogatari
Film · 1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Film · 1957
A Woman's Skin
Film · 1957
Street of Shame
Film · 1956
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Film · 1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
Film · 1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Film · 1956
Operation Teahouse
Film · 1956
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Film · 1955
New Women’s Dialogue
Film · 1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Film · 1955
Tôjûrô no koi
Film · 1955
A Geisha on Horseback
Film · 1954
Tree of Love
Film · 1954
The Princess Sen
Film · 1954
Asakusa at Night
Film · 1954
A Certain Woman
Film · 1954
The Story of Shunkin
Film · 1954
Haru no uzumaki
Film · 1954
Gate of Hell
Film · 1953
Kurohyō
Film · 1953
Brother and Sister
Film · 1953
Ugetsu
Film · 1953
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
Film · 1952
Dedication of the Great Buddha
Film · 1952
Beauty and the Thief
Film · 1952
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
Film · 1952
Taki no Shiraito
Film · 1952
Machiko Kyō Dancing and Nobuko Otowa Singing
Film · 1952
Kanojo no tokudane
Film · 1952
The Tale of Genji
Film · 1951
The Life of a Horse Trader
Film · 1951
Clothes of Deception
Film · 1951
The Bitch
Film · 1951
Koi no Oranda-zaka
Film · 1951
Freedom School
Film · 1951
Jōen no hatoba
Film · 1951
Rashomon
Film · 1950
The Motherland Far Far Away
Film · 1950
Resurrection
Film · 1950
The Sea of Beauty
Film · 1950
Phoenix
Film · 1950
Asakusa no hada
Film · 1950
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
Film · 1949
A Bullet Hole Underground
Film · 1949
A Fool's Love
Film · 1949
The Man Who Laughs Last
Film · 1949
Three Pearls
Film · 1949
Hebi hime dōchū
Film · 1949
Tengu daoshi
Film · 1944
現代インチキ物語 ど狸
Film
Zoku hebi hime dōchū
Film