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. 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). Her only role in a non-Japanese film was as Lotus Blossom, a young geisha, in The Teahouse of the August Moon, starring opposite Marlon Brando and Glenn Ford. In her eighties, Kyō continued to perform in traditional Japanese theatrical productions put on by famed producer Fukuko Ishii. Her final role was as Matsuura Shino in the NHK television drama series Haregi Koko Ichiban in 2000. Kyō was nominated for a Golden Globe for The Teahouse of the August Moon, a great feat for an Asian actress at the time, and was awarded many prizes, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Awards of the Japanese Academy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Machiko Kyō, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Ugetsu
as Lady WakasaIn 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of...
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Rashomon
as MasakoBrimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the...
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The Face of Another
as Mrs. OkuyamaA businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask...
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Street of Shame
as MickeyThe lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the...
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Gate of Hell
as Lady KesaJapan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a...
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The Teahouse of the August Moon
as Lotus BlossomIn post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals...
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Floating Weeds
as SumikoWhen a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of...
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The Tale of Genji
as Awaji no ueGenji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em...
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Princess Yang Kwei Fei
as Princess Yang Kwei-feiIn eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family...
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The Third Will
as Fujiyo YajimaA story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives,...
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Odd Obsession
as Ikuko KenmochiA middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he...
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Bonchi
as OfukuKikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal....
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The Wandering Princess
as Ryûko Korinkakura (Hiroko Aishinkakura)Pu Zhe , the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, Pu Wen, marries Ryuko the daughter of...
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
as HaginoDuring the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing...
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Buddha
as NandabalaAn Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six...
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Brother and Sister
as MonThe eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Orui, SpyJapan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for...
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as uncreditedIn 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed...
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The Great Wall
as uncreditedIn 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his...
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Black Lizard
as Mrs. MidorikawaThe cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel...
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The Possessed
as uncreditedOshima, a rich girl married Shinzo, and her cousin girl Sawa has been jealous of Oshima deeply....
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
as uncreditedA Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
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A Woman's Testament
as uncreditedThe first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for...
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Clothes of Deception
as KimichoThe story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist...
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Solar Eclipse
as uncreditedWhen bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion,...
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A Woman's Life
as Kei NunobikiOne of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle...
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The Makioka Sisters
as uncredited1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.
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Chance Meeting
as Aya KoyanagiAya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo...
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Hole in One
as Nagako KitaA female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from...
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The Bitch
as EmmyThe fall of an accountant enthralled by the sexual charms of a cabaret dancer.
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A Design for Dying
as Shikiko ObaShikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils...
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Dancing Girl
as Chiyomi HanamuraIn Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One...
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Jigoku bana
as uncreditedPeriod drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.
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Night Butterflies
as MariA traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
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Tora-san's Pure Love
as AyaWhen Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on...
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The Daphne
as Kikuko (the eldest daughter)Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two...
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Thousand Cranes
as Chikako KurimotoThe entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his...
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The Princess Sen
as uncreditedDuring the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with...
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Jirocho Fuji
as OkatsuLegendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire...
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Sorrow Is Only for Women
as uncreditedThe beauty of the Japanese family system is portrayed through the women who greet a woman who...
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The Little Runaway
as Director of the shelterDuring a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin....
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The Life of a Horse Trader
as YukiThis early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiro tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The...
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A Rainbow at Every Turn
as uncreditedMomoko and Asako are half sisters, daughters of the famous architect Tsuneo Mizuhara, who also...
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Beauty and the Thief
as SakinThe picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and...
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The Last Betrayal
as ChizuruA crime boss gets out of prison and tries to find who from his organization betrayed him.
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Born Fighter
as Sue YoshidaStory about a big boss who built the foundation of an industrial city.
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A Geisha on Horseback
as NobukichiBased on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the...
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Hanakurabe tanuki-den
as uncreditedPrincess Oboro, the queen of the Tanuki palace and stubborn at heart, falls in love with...
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女と海賊
as 綾衣In the early Edo period, among the pirate ships that roamed the seas near Ryukyu and Korea,...
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女と海賊
as お糸In the early Edo period, among the pirate ships that roamed the seas near Ryukyu and Korea,...
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The Ladder of Success
as uncreditedA biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao...
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Itohan Monogatari
as OkatsuBased on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and...
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浅草の夜
as Setsuko TakashimaA young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a...
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Three Women Around Yoshinaka
as TomoeThe story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike...
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The Man Who Laughs Last
as uncreditedThe East Asian Acrobatic circus enjoys popularity after welcoming the Asuka brothers, two...
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The Story of Shunkin
as uncreditedBased on the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Story of the beautiful blind daughter of a wealthy...
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The Woman Who Touched Legs
as Saya ShiozawaDetective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she...
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The Beloved Image
as uncreditedKo Tanomura, who was ordered to study abroad in the United States for two years as a youth...
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I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
as uncreditedA Japanese soldier who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Hawaii entrusted Henry Gray...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self (archive footage)The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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Hana no Ran
as Hino ShigekoThe story takes place during the Muromachi period of Ancient Japan, in the midst of the Ōnin...
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