Acting
Machiko Kyō
1924 · Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
30 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
Rashomon
Masako
Ugetsu
Lady Wakasa
A Geisha on Horseback
Nobukichi
The Wandering Princess
Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
The Face of Another
Mrs. Okuyama
Brother and Sister
Mon
Bonchi
Ofuku
Haru no uzumaki
Night Butterflies
Mari
Kanojo no tokudane
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Lotus Blossom
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self