Cast

Machiko Kyô

1924 – 2019

Active years (films on this site)

1950–1959

Genres

DramaHistoryCrimeMysteryFantasy

Schools and movements

Japanese Golden AgeEarly and Pioneering CinemaSurrealism and the Avant-Garde

Directors worked with

Kenji Mizoguchi3 filmsAkira Kurosawa1 filmTeinosuke Kinugasa1 filmYasujiro Ozu1 filmKon Ichikawa1 film

Biography

Motoko Yano, better known as Machiko Kyō , was a Japanese actress who was active primarily in the 1950s. Considered one of Japan's first sex symbols and one of its greatest screen actresses, Kyō is best known for her critically acclaimed work with directors Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Kon Ichikawa, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Shirō Toyoda and Hiroshi Teshigahara, appearing in films such as Rashomon, Ugetsu, Gate of Hell, Street of Shame, Floating Weeds, Odd Obsession and The Face of Another.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Awards and honours

International

• Order of the Precious Crown, 4th Class 1994

National / local

• Medal with Purple Ribbon 1987
• Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō
• Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress

7 films on this site

1. Rashomon 1950 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 8.1 · Cast
2. Gate of Hell 1953 · Teinosuke Kinugasa · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
3. Ugetsu 1953 · Kenji Mizoguchi · IMDb 8.1 · Cast
4. Princess Yang Kwei Fei 1955 · Kenji Mizoguchi · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
5. Street of Shame 1956 · Kenji Mizoguchi · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
6. Floating Weeds 1959 · Yasujiro Ozu · IMDb 7.9 · Cast
7. The Key 1959 · Kon Ichikawa · IMDb 6.8 · Cast