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Machiko Kyō
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 extraordi…
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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.
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2000
Kurosawa
Movie Self
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1994
Hana no Ran
TV show Hino Shigeko
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1984
Make-Up
Movie Tsune Tsutano
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1980
Nukata no Ōkimi
TV show
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1977
Yokomizo Seishi Series
TV show
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1976
Tora-san's Pure Love
Movie 柳生绫
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1976
The Possessed
Movie
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1975
Solar Eclipse
Movie
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1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Movie Self
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1974
The Family
Movie Aiko Takasu
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1970
Born Fighter
Movie Sue Yoshida
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1969
Thousand Cranes
Movie Chikako Kurimoto
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1966
The Little Runaway
Movie Director of the shelter
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1966
The Daphne
Movie Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
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1966
The Face of Another
Movie Mrs. Okuyama
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1964
Sweet Sweat
Movie Umeko
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1963
The Third Will
Movie Fujiyo Yajima
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1962
A Woman's Life
Movie Kei Nunobiki
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1962
The Great Wall
Movie
- 1962
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1962
Black Lizard
Movie Mrs. Midorikawa
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1961
Buddha
Movie Nandabala
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1961
A Design for Dying
Movie Shikiko Oba
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1961
Nuregami botan
Movie
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1961
Marriageable Age
Movie
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1960
The Legendary Hell
Movie Oden Takahashi
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1960
The Beloved Image
Movie
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1960
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Movie Saya Shiozawa
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1960
The Last Betrayal
Movie Chizuru
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1960
Bonchi
Movie Ofuku
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1960
The Wandering Princess
Movie Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
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1960
A Woman's Testament
Movie
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1959
Floating Weeds
Movie Sumiko
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1959
Odd Obsession
Movie Ikuko Kenmochi
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1959
Jirocho Fuji
Movie Okatsu
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1959
Paper Pigeon
Movie Ryoko Kashiwabara
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1959
The Woman and the Pirate
Movie 綾衣
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1959
The Makioka Sisters
Movie
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1959
Goodbye, Hello
Movie Umeko Ichige
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1958
Musume no boken
Movie
