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.
Rashomon
(Masako)
Musume no boken
A Geisha on Horseback
(Nobukichi)
The Face of Another
(Mrs. Okuyama)
Street of Shame
(Mickey)
The Teahouse of the August Moon
(Lotus Blossom)
Odd Obsession
(Ikuko Kenmochi)
Gate of Hell
(Lady Kesa)
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Kurohyō
Aizen katsura
Floating Weeds
(Sumiko)
The Great Wall
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
(Princess Yang Kwei-fei)
Kurosawa
(Self)
Brother and Sister
(Mon)
Black Lizard
(Mrs. Midorikawa)
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
Hole in One
(Nagako Kita)
A Bullet Hole Underground
(Michiko Kaneko)
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
The Wandering Princess
(Ryûko Korinkakura (Hiroko Aishinkakura))
The Ladder of Success
Night Butterflies
(Mari)
女と海賊
(綾衣)
女と海賊
(お糸)
Dedication of the Great Buddha
The Princess Sen
Jirocho Fuji
(Okatsu)
Tora-san's Pure Love
(Aya)
The Motherland Far Far Away
(Mari, daughter)
A Rainbow at Every Turn
The Tale of Genji
(Awaji no ue)
浅草の夜
(Setsuko Takashima)
A Certain Woman
(Yoko Hayazuki)
The Family
(Aiko Takasu)
Buddha
(Nandabala)
The Makioka Sisters
The Story of Shunkin
Solar Eclipse
The Little Runaway
(Director of the shelter)
The Possessed
New Women’s Dialogue
The Loyal 47 Ronin
(Orui, Spy)
The Woman Who Touched Legs
(Saya Shiozawa)
Bonchi
(Ofuku)
The Life of a Horse Trader
(Yuki)
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
(Tomoe)
A Woman's Testament
Beauty and the Thief
(Sakin)
Thousand Cranes
(Chikako Kurimoto)
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Jigoku bana
Clothes of Deception
(Kimicho)
Chance Meeting
(Aya Koyanagi)
Born Fighter
(Sue Yoshida)
The Last Betrayal
(Chizuru)
Marriageable Age
Dancing Girl
(Chiyomi Hanamura)
Sweet Sweat
(Umeko)
Goodbye, Hello
(Umeko Ichige)
The Bitch
(Emmy)
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
(Ryûko Beni)
A Fool's Love
(Naomi)
The Daphne
(Kikuko (the eldest daughter))
Tainted Flowers
The Third Will
(Fujiyo Yajima)
A Design for Dying
(Shikiko Oba)
Ugetsu
(Lady Wakasa)
Itohan Monogatari
(Okatsu)
Make-Up
(Tsune Tsutano)
Sorrow Is Only for Women
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Tsukigata Hanpeita
(Hagino)
Nuregami botan
Resurrection
(Yukiko Ohara)
The Beloved Image
The Man Who Laughs Last
A Woman's Life
(Kei Nunobiki)
Mother
(Takako Ômachi)
Daiei Studio is Bustling
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self (archive footage))
Nukata no Ōkimi
Hana no Ran
(Hino Shigeko)
Yokomizo Seishi Series