Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
3/25/1924
Place of Birth
Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
Machiko Kyô ماچیکو کیو
Machiko Kyō
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
Rashomon
as Masako
A Woman's Testament
Unknown Role
The Teahouse of the August Moon
as Lotus Blossom
Kurosawa
as Self
Ugetsu
as Lady Wakasa
Odd Obsession
as Ikuko Kenmochi
The Face of Another
as Mrs. Okuyama
Floating Weeds
as Sumiko
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as Princess Yang Kwei-fei
The Story of Shunkin
Unknown Role
Itohan Monogatari
as Okatsu
Dancing Girl
as Chiyomi Hanamura
Sorrow Is Only for Women
Unknown Role
A Design for Dying
as Shikiko Oba
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Orui, Spy
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Unknown Role
The Wandering Princess
as Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
The Woman Who Touched Legs
as Saya Shiozawa
The Little Runaway
as Director of the shelter
Make-Up
as Tsune Tsutano