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Machiko Kyō was a Japanese stage actor and film actor who was born on 25 March 1924 in the city of Osaka. She held citizenship of both Japan and the Empire of Japan over the course of her lifetime, spoke Japanese, and began her acting career in the year 1936. She died of a myocardial infarction, from natural causes, on 12 May 2019 in the city of Tokyo.
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Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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.…
Known for
- Kurosawa — Self2000
- Hana no Ran — Hino Shigeko1994
- Make-Up — Tsune Tsutano1984
- Nukata no Ōkimi1980
- Yokomizo Seishi Series1977
- Tora-san's Pure Love — Aya1976
- The Possessed1976
- Solar Eclipse1975
- Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director — Self1975
- The Family — Aiko Takasu1974
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Key facts
- Born
- Motoko Yano , ( 1924-03-25 ) March 25, 1924, Osaka , Japan
- Died
- May 12, 2019 (2019-05-12) (aged 95), Tokyo , Japan
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1936–2006
- Kanji
- 京 マチ子
- Hiragana
- きょう マチこ
- Katakana
- キョウ マチ コ
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Osaka
- Place of death
- Tokyo
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Image
- Machiko Kyō in Yang Guifei 1955.jpg
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- Commons category
- Machiko Kyō
- date of birth
- 1924-03-25
- name in kana
- きょう マチこ
- name in native language
- 京マチ子
- date of death
- 2019-05-12
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1936-00-00
- birth name
- 矢野元子
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Encyclopedic overview
Motoko Yano, better known as Machiko Kyō (京 マチ子, Kyō Machiko; March 25, 1924 – May 12, 2019), 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.
Kyō received the Lifetime Achievement Japan Academy Film Prize in 1995. For her contributions to the arts, she received the Japanese government's Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon and the Order of the Precious Crown (4th Class).
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