Kurosawa
2000 · 7.0/10
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Machiko Kyō
Actor · born 25 March 1924 · 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. 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).
Where to start: Ugetsu (1953).
As actor 68
Make-Up
1984 · 10.0/10
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Tora-san's Pure Love
1976 · 9.2/10
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The Possessed
1976 · 7.0/10
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Solar Eclipse
1975 · 6.9/10
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975 · 7.2/10
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The Family
1974 · 9.2/10
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Born Fighter
1970 · 9.0/10
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Thousand Cranes
1969 · 8.2/10
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The Little Runaway
1966 · 3.0/10
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The Daphne
1966 · 10.0/10
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The Face of Another
1966 · 7.8/10
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Sweet Sweat
1964 · 8.3/10
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The Third Will
1963 · 7.7/10
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A Woman's Life
1962 · 7.5/10
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The Great Wall
1962 · 7.5/10
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Black Lizard
1962 · 7.1/10
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Buddha
1961 · 10.0/10
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A Design for Dying
1961 · 6.5/10
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Marriageable Age
1961 · 7.0/10
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The Beloved Image
1960 · 8.0/10
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The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960 · 7.0/10
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Bonchi
1960 · 7.7/10
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The Wandering Princess
1960 · 7.3/10
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A Woman's Testament
1960 · 6.4/10
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Floating Weeds
1959 · 7.5/10
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Odd Obsession
1959 · 6.2/10
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Jirocho Fuji
1959 · 7.4/10
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The Woman and the Pirate
1959 · 9.0/10
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The Makioka Sisters
1959 · 8.5/10
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Goodbye, Hello
1959 · 7.5/10
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The Ladder of Success
1958 · 6.5/10
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Tainted Flowers
1958 · 10.0/10
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 · 6.2/10
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Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958 · 8.0/10
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Chance Meeting
1958 · 10.0/10
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Hole in One
1957 · 8.0/10
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Night Butterflies
1957 · 6.5/10
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Blooms of Hell
1957 · 9.0/10
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Dancing Girl
1957 · 8.0/10
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Itohan Monogatari
1957 · 7.0/10
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The Teahouse of the August Moon
1957 · 6.2/10
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Operation Teahouse
1956 · 6.5/10
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956 · 7.0/10
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Street of Shame
1956 · 7.7/10
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Three Women Around Yoshinaka
1956 · 7.7/10
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Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 · 6.7/10
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955 · 10.0/10
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A Geisha on Horseback
1954 · 7.0/10
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The Princess Sen
1954 · 5.0/10
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Asakusa at Night
1954 · 7.0/10
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The Story of Shunkin
1954 · 6.3/10
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Tree of Love
1954 · 8.0/10
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A Certain Woman
1954 · 7.0/10
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Gate of Hell
1953 · 7.1/10
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Brother and Sister
1953 · 6.3/10
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Ugetsu
1953 · 8.0/10
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Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952 · 10.0/10
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Beauty and the Thief
1952 · 9.0/10
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The Life of a Horse Trader
1951 · 6.8/10
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best Machiko Kyō movie?
By viewer score, Ugetsu (1953) at 8.0/10.
What are Machiko Kyō’s most popular movies?
Rashomon, Ugetsu, The Face of Another.
How many movies has Machiko Kyō made?
68 films on TMDB, 68 as actor.