Where to watch Machiko Kyō in the UK
Find every Machiko Kyō film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
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. The following year, she would achieve international fame as the female lead in Akira Kurosawa's classic film Rashōmon. Kyō starred in many more Japanese productions, including Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu…
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- Rashomon (1950) as Masako
- Yokomizo Seishi Series (1977) Cast
- Ugetsu (1953) as Lady Wakasa
- Nukata no Ōkimi (1980) Cast
- Hana no Ran (1994) as Hino Shigeko
- Street of Shame (1956) as Mickey
- The Face of Another (1966) as Mrs. Okuyama
- Gate of Hell (1953) as Lady Kesa
- The Tale of Genji (1951) as Awaji no ue
- Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) as Princess Yang Kwei-fei
- Floating Weeds (1959) as Sumiko
- The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) as Orui, Spy
- Buddha (1961) as Nandabala
- Odd Obsession (1959) as Ikuko Kenmochi
- Kurosawa (2000) as Self
- The Family (1974) as Aiko Takasu
- Night Butterflies (1957) as Mari
- Solar Eclipse (1975) Cast
- The Third Will (1963) as Fujiyo Yajima
- Brother and Sister (1953) as Mon
- The Life of a Horse Trader (1951) as Yuki
- Bonchi (1960) as Ofuku
- Make-Up (1984) as Tsune Tsutano
- The Bitch (1951) as Emmy
- The Great Wall (1962) Cast
- Three Women Around Yoshinaka (1956) as Tomoe
- The Wandering Princess (1960) as Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
- The Motherland Far Far Away (1950) as Mari, daughter
- A Woman's Life (1962) as Kei Nunobiki
- The Makioka Sisters (1959) Cast
- The Beloved Image (1960) Cast
- The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957) as Lotus Blossom
- The Story of Shunkin (1954) Cast
- A Design for Dying (1961) as Shikiko Oba
- Clothes of Deception (1951) as Kimicho
- Goodbye, Hello (1959) as Umeko Ichige
- Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo (1962) Cast
- The Man Who Laughs Last (1949) Cast
- Sweet Sweat (1964) as Umeko
- Black Lizard (1962) as Mrs. Midorikawa
- A Woman's Testament (1960) Cast
- The Last Betrayal (1960) as Chizuru
- The Little Runaway (1966) as Director of the shelter
- Jigoku bana (1957) Cast
- Dedication of the Great Buddha (1952) Cast
- Hole in One (1957) as Nagako Kita
- Marriageable Age (1961) Cast
- A Bullet Hole Underground (1949) as Michiko Kaneko
- New Women’s Dialogue (1955) Cast
- A Certain Woman (1954) as Yoko Hayazuki
- Daiei Studio is Bustling (1957) Cast
- A Geisha on Horseback (1954) as Nobukichi
- Chance Meeting (1958) as Aya Koyanagi
- Mother (1958) as Takako Ômachi
- A Fool's Love (1949) as Naomi
- The Daphne (1966) as Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
- The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960) as Saya Shiozawa
- Itohan Monogatari (1957) as Okatsu
- A Rainbow at Every Turn (1956) Cast
- Nuregami botan (1961) Cast
- Tora-san's Pure Love (1976) as Aya
- A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love (1955) Cast
- The Ladder of Success (1958) Cast
- The Woman and the Pirate (1959) as 綾衣
- Resurrection (1950) as Yukiko Ohara
- Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975) as Self
- Beauty and the Thief (1952) as Sakin
- Born Fighter (1970) as Sue Yoshida
- I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki (1952) Cast
- The Possessed (1976) Cast
- Kurohyō (1953) Cast
- The Princess Sen (1954) Cast
- Musume no boken (1958) Cast
- Tree of Love (1954) Cast
- Jirocho Fuji (1959) as Okatsu
- Asakusa at Night (1954) as Setsuko Takashima
- The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (1952) as Ryûko Beni
- Thousand Cranes (1969) as Chikako Kurimoto
- Sorrow Is Only for Women (1958) Cast
- Tsukigata Hanpeita (1956) as Hagino
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Most-watched Machiko Kyō films currently: Rashomon (1950), Ugetsu (1953), Street of Shame (1956), The Face of Another (1966), Gate of Hell (1953).
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Selected TV credits: Yokomizo Seishi Series (1977), Nukata no Ōkimi (1980), Hana no Ran (1994).
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