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Machiko Kyô

Actress

Trivia:

Was a dancer at the OSSK (Shouchiku, Shoujo Kageki of Osaka) before joining the DAIEI film company in 1949.

Born:

Yano Motoko
in Osaka, Japan
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1984 Make-up
Tsune Tsutano
 
1981 Haha taru koto wa jigoku no gotoku (TV movie)
Miki Sawada
 
1977 Yokomizo Seishi Series (TV mini-series)
– The Inugamis (1977)
– The Inugamis (1977)
– The Inugamis (1977)
– The Inugamis (1977)
– The Inugamis (1977)
 
1976 Tora's Pure Love
Aya Yagyû
 
1976 The Possessed
Oshima
 
1975 Kinkanshoku
Prime Minister's wife
 
1974 The Family
Aiko Takasu
 
1970 Genkai yûkyôden: Yabure kabure
Sue Yoshida
 
1969 Senba zuru
Chikako Kurimoto
 
1966 Malenkiy beglets
Yayoi Yamamura
 
1966 The Daphne
Kikuko, Ueno, 1st Daughter
 
1966 The Face of Another
Mrs. Okuyama
 
1964 Sweet Sweat
Umeko
 
1964 Gendai inchiki monogatari: Dotanuki
 
1963 Nyokei kazoku
Fujiyo Yajima
 
1962 Onna no issho
Kei
 
1962 Shin shikôtei
 
1962 Kurotokage
Mrs. Midorikawa
 
1961 Buddha
Nandabala
 
1961 Kodachi o tsukau onna
Ritsu Ikeda
 
1961 Onna no kunshô
Shikiko Ohba
 
1961 The Age of Marriage
Shizu, Takuo's wife
 
1960 The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Saya Shiozawa
 
1960 Bonchi
Ofuku
 
1960 The Wandering Princess
Ryûko Korinkakura (Hiroko Aishinkakura)
 
1960 A Woman's Testament
Omitsu
 
1959 Floating Weeds
Sumiko
 
1959 Kagi
Ikuko Kenmochi
 
1959 Jirocho Fuji
Okatsu
 
1959 Yoru no togyo
Ryoko Kashiwabara
 
1959 Onna to kaizoku
Ayaginu/Oito
 
1959 Sasameyuki
Sachiko
 
1959 Anata to watashi no aikotoba: Sayônara, konnichiwa
Umeko Ichige
 
1958 Yoru no sugao
Akemi
 
1958 Akasen no hi wa kiezu
Nobuko Araki
 
1958 Osaka no onna
Osen
 
1958 Chûshingura
Orui
 
1958 Kanashimi wa onna dakeni
Michiko
 
1958 Yûrakuchô de aimashô
Aya Koyanagi
 
1958 Musume no boken
 
1957 The Hole
Nagako Kita
 
1957 Yoru no chô
Mari
 
1957 Jigoku bana
Sute
 
1957 Dancing Girl
Chiyomi Hanamura
 
1957 Itohan monogatari
Okatsu
 
1956 The Teahouse of the August Moon
Lotus Blossom (as Machiko Kyo)
 
1956 Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki
Hagino
 
1956 Street of Shame
Mickey
 
1956 Shin, Heike monogatari: Yoshinaka o meguru sannin no onna
Tomoe
 
1955 Tôjûrô no koi
Okaji
 
1955 Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
 
1955 Bara ikutabika
Sachiko Nonomiya
 
1954 Bazoku geisha
Nobukichi
 
1954 Sen-hime
Sen-hime
 
1954 Asakusa no yoru
Setsuko Takashima
 
1954 Shunkin monogatari
Shunkin
 
1954 Aru onna
Yoko Hayazuki
 
1953 Gate of Hell
Lady Kesa
 
1953 Older Brother, Younger Sister
Mon
 
1953 Ugetsu
Lady Wakasa
 
1952 Bijo to touzoku
Sakin
 
1952 Nagasaki No Uta Wa Wasureji
Okumura, Ayako
 
1952 Daibutsu kaigen
Mayame
 
1952 Asakusa kurenaidan
Ryûko Beni
 
1951 Bakurô ichidai
Yuki
 
1951 Genji monogatari
Awaji no ue
 
1951 Mesu inu
Emmy
 
1951/II Jiyû gakkô
Yuri
 
1951 Koi no Oranda-zaka
Chigusa
 
1951 Clothes of Deception
Kimicho
 
1950 Hi no tori
 
1950 Rashomon
Masako Kanazawa
 
1950 Fukkatsu
Yukiko Ohara
 
1950 The Motherland Far Far Away
Mari, daughter
 
1949 Chijin no ai
Naomi
 
1949 Hana kurabe tanuki-goten
Aiai, witch
 
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2000 Great Performances (TV series)
Herself
– Kurosawa (2000) … Herself
 
1975 Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (documentary)
Herself
 
1960 Reflets de Cannes (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 9 May 1960 (1960) … Herself
 
1960 The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1956 Operation Teahouse (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1995 Empire of the Censors (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1956 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

Machiko Kyo

Height:

5' 2½" (1.59 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[ On Marlon Brando, her co-star in The Teahouse of the August Moon ]: (Glenn) Ford and Brando are most different, Ford is quiet, very yawarakai (tender), Brando is like a small boy, but once he gets on the set he is all they say he is. He radiates, always joking. I watched him very closely throughout the picture and he has a delicate touch. See more »

Trivia:

Was a dancer at the OSSK (Shouchiku, Shoujo Kageki of Osaka) before joining the DAIEI film company in 1949. See more »

Star Sign:

Aries