Machiko Kyō
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.
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Cocoon: From the Girls of Summer
writer
2025
Pigtails
writer
2015
Kurosawa
actor
2000
Make-Up
actor
1984
The Possessed
actor
1976
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
actor
1975
The Family
actor
1974
Born Fighter
actor
1970
Thousand Cranes
actor
1969
The Little Runaway
actor
1966
The Face of Another
actor
1966
Sweet Sweat
actor
1964
The Third Will
actor
1963
A Woman's Life
actor
1962
The Great Wall
actor
1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
actor
1962
Black Lizard
actor
1962
A Design for Dying
actor
1961
Nuregami botan
actor
1961
Marriageable Age
actor
1961
The Beloved Image
actor
1960
The Last Betrayal
actor
1960
Bonchi
actor
1960
The Wandering Princess
actor
1960
A Woman's Testament
actor
1960
Floating Weeds
actor
1959
Odd Obsession
actor
1959
Jirocho Fuji
actor
1959
The Woman and the Pirate
actor
1959
The Makioka Sisters
actor
1959
Goodbye, Hello
actor
1959
The Ladder of Success
actor
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
actor
1958
Sorrow Is Only for Women
actor
1958
Chance Meeting
actor
1958
Hole in One
actor
1957
Jigoku bana
actor
1957
Night Butterflies
actor
1957
Itohan Monogatari
actor
1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
actor
1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon
actor
1957
Street of Shame
actor
1956
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
actor
1956
New Women’s Dialogue
actor
1955
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
actor
1955
The Story of Shunkin
actor
1954
Gate of Hell
actor
1953
Brother and Sister
actor
1953
Ugetsu
actor
1953
Dedication of the Great Buddha
actor
1952
The Life of a Horse Trader
actor
1951
The Bitch
actor
1951
The Tale of Genji
actor
1951
Clothes of Deception
actor
1951
Rashomon
actor
1950
The Sea of Beauty
actor
1950
A Fool's Love
actor
1949