MACHIKO KYŌ
ACTING
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.
- Rashomon1950
- The Face of Another1966
- Odd Obsession1959
- Street of Shame1956
- The Teahouse of the August Moon1957
- Gate of Hell1953
- Floating Weeds1959
- Princess Yang Kwei Fei1955
- Brother and Sister1953
- Black Lizard1962
- The Wandering Princess1960
- Jirocho Fuji1959
- Tora-san's Pure Love1976
- The Motherland Far Far Away1950
- The Tale of Genji1951
- The Life of a Horse Trader1951
- The Loyal 47 Ronin1958
- Bonchi1960
- Thousand Cranes1969
- Clothes of Deception1951
- Dancing Girl1957
- Ugetsu1953
- Tsukigata Hanpeita1956
- A Geisha on Horseback1954
- A Bullet Hole Underground1949
- Hana no Ran1994