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- 1980
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- 2019-05-12
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Acting · 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