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 4 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
- Hana no Ran (1994) as Hino Shigeko
- Ugetsu (1953) as Lady Wakasa
- The Face of Another (1966) as Mrs. Okuyama
- Nukata no Ōkimi (1980) Cast
- Street of Shame (1956) as Mickey
- Gate of Hell (1953) as Lady Kesa
- Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) as Princess Yang Kwei-fei
- Floating Weeds (1959) as Sumiko
- The Tale of Genji (1951) as Awaji no ue
- The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) as Orui, Spy
- Odd Obsession (1959) as Ikuko Kenmochi
- The Great Wall (1962) Cast
- The Family (1974) as Aiko Takasu
- Kurosawa (2000) as Self
- Buddha (1961) as Nandabala
- The Life of a Horse Trader (1951) as Yuki
- Night Butterflies (1957) as Mari
- Make-Up (1984) as Tsune Tsutano
- The Wandering Princess (1960) as Ryûko Korinkakura / Hiroko Aishinkakura
- The Man Who Laughs Last (1949) Cast
- The Daphne (1966) as Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
- Solar Eclipse (1975) Cast
- Bonchi (1960) as Ofuku
- The Bitch (1951) as Emmy
- Brother and Sister (1953) as Mon
- Goodbye, Hello (1959) as Umeko Ichige
- The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957) as Lotus Blossom
- The Little Runaway (1966) as Director of the shelter
- Black Lizard (1962) as Mrs. Midorikawa
- Clothes of Deception (1951) as Kimicho
- A Certain Woman (1954) as Yoko Hayazuki
- The Beloved Image (1960) Cast
- Tora-san's Pure Love (1976) as Aya
- A Woman's Testament (1960) Cast
- The Story of Shunkin (1954) Cast
- A Woman's Life (1962) as Kei Nunobiki
- The Motherland Far Far Away (1950) as Mari, daughter
- Three Women Around Yoshinaka (1956) as Tomoe
- Hole in One (1957) as Nagako Kita
- The Woman and the Pirate (1959) as 綾衣
- The Makioka Sisters (1959) Cast
- Sweet Sweat (1964) as Umeko
- A Bullet Hole Underground (1949) as Michiko Kaneko
- A Geisha on Horseback (1954) as Nobukichi
- The Third Will (1963) as Fujiyo Yajima
- Operation Teahouse (1956) as Self
- Jigoku bana (1957) Cast
- Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo (1962) Cast
- I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki (1952) Cast
- A Fool's Love (1949) as Naomi
- Beauty and the Thief (1952) as Sakin
- Chance Meeting (1958) as Aya Koyanagi
- The Possessed (1976) Cast
- Daiei Studio is Bustling (1957) Cast
- Itohan Monogatari (1957) as Okatsu
- Dedication of the Great Buddha (1952) Cast
- Resurrection (1950) as Yukiko Ohara
- Nuregami botan (1961) Cast
- A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love (1955) Cast
- The Princess Sen (1954) Cast
- Musume no boken (1958) Cast
- A Design for Dying (1961) as Shikiko Oba
- Mother (1958) as Takako Ômachi
- The Last Betrayal (1960) as Chizuru
- A Rainbow at Every Turn (1956) Cast
- The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960) as Saya Shiozawa
- Marriageable Age (1961) Cast
- The Ladder of Success (1958) Cast
- The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (1952) as Ryûko Beni
- Thousand Cranes (1969) as Chikako Kurimoto
- New Women’s Dialogue (1955) Cast
- Asakusa at Night (1954) as Setsuko Takashima
- Jirocho Fuji (1959) as Okatsu
- Sorrow Is Only for Women (1958) Cast
- Tsukigata Hanpeita (1956) as Hagino
- Hanakurabe tanuki-den (1949) Cast
- Kurohyō (1953) Cast
- Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975) as Self
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Most-watched Machiko Kyō films currently: Rashomon (1950), Ugetsu (1953), The Face of Another (1966), Street of Shame (1956), Gate of Hell (1953).
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Selected TV credits: Yokomizo Seishi Series (1977), Hana no Ran (1994), Nukata no Ōkimi (1980).
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