Machiko Kyō

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.

Casted

Rashomon

Played Masako

Average Rating

8.0

2412 votes

Release Date

Aug 26, 1950

76 years ago
Ugetsu

Played Lady Wakasa

Average Rating

8.0

622 votes

Release Date

Mar 26, 1953

74 years ago
The Face of Another

Played Mrs. Okuyama

Average Rating

7.8

272 votes

Release Date

Jul 15, 1966

60 years ago
Floating Weeds

Played Sumiko

Average Rating

7.5

197 votes

Release Date

Nov 17, 1959

67 years ago
Street of Shame

Played Mickey

Average Rating

7.7

143 votes

Release Date

Mar 18, 1956

71 years ago
Gate of Hell

Played Lady Kesa

Average Rating

7.1

91 votes

Release Date

Oct 30, 1953

73 years ago
Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Played Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Average Rating

6.7

64 votes

Release Date

May 03, 1955

71 years ago
The Teahouse of the August Moon

Played Lotus Blossom

Average Rating

6.2

43 votes

Release Date

Jul 01, 1957

69 years ago
Odd Obsession

Played Ikuko Kenmochi

Average Rating

6.2

32 votes

Release Date

Jun 23, 1959

67 years ago
Brother and Sister

Played Mon

Average Rating

6.2

18 votes

Release Date

Aug 19, 1953

73 years ago
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

Average Rating

7.1

13 votes

Release Date

May 24, 1975

51 years ago
Black Lizard

Played Mrs. Midorikawa

Average Rating

7.1

11 votes

Release Date

Mar 14, 1962

65 years ago
The Loyal 47 Ronin

Played Orui, Spy

Average Rating

6.0

9 votes

Release Date

Apr 01, 1958

69 years ago
The Wandering Princess

Played Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura

Average Rating

6.7

7 votes

Release Date

Jan 27, 1960

67 years ago
The Tale of Genji

Played Awaji no ue

Average Rating

5.5

6 votes

Release Date

Jun 11, 1951

75 years ago
Solar Eclipse

Average Rating

6.8

6 votes

Release Date

Sep 06, 1975

51 years ago
A Woman's Testament

Average Rating

5.8

6 votes

Release Date

Jan 14, 1960

67 years ago
Jirocho Fuji

Played Okatsu

Average Rating

6.8

4 votes

Release Date

Jun 03, 1959

67 years ago
The Life of a Horse Trader

Played Yuki

Average Rating

6.8

4 votes

Release Date

Dec 07, 1951

75 years ago
Clothes of Deception

Played Kimicho

Average Rating

6.5

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 13, 1951

76 years ago
Kurosawa

Played Self

Average Rating

6.7

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 24, 2000

25 years ago
Night Butterflies

Played Mari

Average Rating

6.3

3 votes

Release Date

Apr 01, 1957

70 years ago
Thousand Cranes

Played Chikako Kurimoto

Average Rating

8.3

3 votes

Release Date

Apr 19, 1969

57 years ago
The Great Wall

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1962

64 years ago
Tora-san's Pure Love

Played Aya

Average Rating

8.5

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 1976

50 years ago
The Story of Shunkin

Average Rating

5.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jun 27, 1954

72 years ago
The Little Runaway

Played Director of the shelter

Average Rating

1.0

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 24, 1966

60 years ago
Bonchi

Played Ofuku

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

Apr 14, 1960

66 years ago
Sweet Sweat

Played Umeko

Average Rating

7.5

2 votes

Release Date

Sep 19, 1964

62 years ago
The Third Will

Played Fujiyo Yajima

Average Rating

8.0

2 votes

Release Date

Mar 31, 1963

63 years ago
Hole in One

Played Nagako Kita

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Sep 15, 1957

69 years ago
The Princess Sen

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 20, 1954

72 years ago
The Family

Played Aiko Takasu

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 26, 1974

52 years ago
The Makioka Sisters

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 14, 1959

68 years ago
The Woman Who Touched Legs

Played Saya Shiozawa

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Aug 24, 1960

66 years ago
Three Women Around Yoshinaka

Played Tomoe

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 15, 1956

71 years ago
Dancing Girl

Played Chiyomi Hanamura

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Feb 12, 1957

70 years ago
Goodbye, Hello

Played Umeko Ichige

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 03, 1959

68 years ago
A Design for Dying

Played Shikiko Oba

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jun 28, 1961

65 years ago
Tsukigata Hanpeita

Played Hagino

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 16, 1956

70 years ago
Musume no boken

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1958

68 years ago
A Geisha on Horseback

Played Nobukichi

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 15, 1954

72 years ago
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 12, 1962

64 years ago
Kurohyō

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 17, 1953

73 years ago
Aizen katsura

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 21, 1954

73 years ago
Hanakurabe tanuki-den

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 17, 1949

78 years ago
A Bullet Hole Underground

Played Michiko Kaneko

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 02, 1949

78 years ago
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 27, 1952

75 years ago
The Ladder of Success

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 15, 1958

68 years ago
The Woman and the Pirate

Played 綾衣

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 01, 1959

67 years ago
The Woman and the Pirate

Played お糸

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 01, 1959

67 years ago
Dedication of the Great Buddha

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 20, 1952

75 years ago
The Motherland Far Far Away

Played Mari, daughter

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 05, 1950

77 years ago
A Rainbow at Every Turn

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 19, 1956

71 years ago
Asakusa at Night

Played Setsuko Takashima

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 14, 1954

72 years ago
A Certain Woman

Played Yoko Hayazuki

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 13, 1954

73 years ago
Buddha

Played Nandabala

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 31, 1961

65 years ago
The Possessed

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 16, 1976

50 years ago
New Women’s Dialogue

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Aug 23, 1955

71 years ago
Beauty and the Thief

Played Sakin

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 22, 1952

74 years ago
Jigoku bana

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jun 25, 1957

69 years ago
Chance Meeting

Played Aya Koyanagi

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 15, 1958

69 years ago
Born Fighter

Played Sue Yoshida

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 21, 1970

56 years ago
The Last Betrayal

Played Chizuru

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 10, 1960

66 years ago
Marriageable Age

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 14, 1961

66 years ago
The Bitch

Played Emmy

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Aug 10, 1951

75 years ago
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa

Played Ryûko Beni

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 03, 1952

75 years ago
A Fool's Love

Played Naomi

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 16, 1949

77 years ago
The Daphne

Played Kikuko (the eldest daughter)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1966

60 years ago
Tainted Flowers

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 13, 1958

68 years ago
Itohan Monogatari

Played Okatsu

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 15, 1957

70 years ago
Make-Up

Played Tsune Tsutano

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 02, 1984

42 years ago
Sorrow Is Only for Women

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 26, 1958

69 years ago
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Apr 23, 1955

71 years ago
Nuregami botan

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 08, 1961

66 years ago
Resurrection

Played Yukiko Ohara

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jun 10, 1950

76 years ago
The Beloved Image

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 08, 1960

66 years ago
The Man Who Laughs Last

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 28, 1949

78 years ago
A Woman's Life

Played Kei Nunobiki

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 18, 1962

64 years ago
Mother

Played Takako Ômachi

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 05, 1958

69 years ago
Daiei Studio is Bustling

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 15, 1957

70 years ago
Operation Teahouse

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 29, 1956

70 years ago
現代インチキ物語　ど狸

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

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