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Machiko Kyō

1924 - 2019

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Machiko Kyō is the 1,516th most popular actor (up from 1,676th in 2019), the 652nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 668th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Machiko Kyō ranks 1,516 out of 13,578. Before her are Marisa Pavan, Eleonora Giorgi, Kurtwood Smith, Charles Durning, Rupert Everett, and Niels Arestrup. After her are Robert Hardy, Roscoe Arbuckle, Richard Hatch, Carolyn Jones, Everett McGill, and Clancy Brown.

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Among people born in 1924, Machiko Kyō ranks 125. Before her are Paul Desmond, Raymond Barre, Rik Van Steenbergen, Hidemaro Watanabe, Priscilla Pointer, and Motoo Kimura. After her are Luigi Musso, Paisios of Mount Athos, Roland Petit, Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, Yehuda Amichai, and Dawda Jawara. Among people deceased in 2019, Machiko Kyō ranks 120. Before her are Jan Stráský, Billy Drago, Rafi Eitan, Guillermo Mordillo, Jonas Mekas, and Jean Starobinski. After her are Klaus Kinkel, Josef Kadraba, Georgiy Daneliya, Andrés Gimeno, Anatoly Lukyanov, and Hirokazu Kanazawa.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Machiko Kyō ranks 652 out of 6,245. Before her are Tokugawa Ietsugu (1709), Motoo Kimura (1924), Teruo Nimura (1943), Mitsuko Uchida (1948), Enomoto Takeaki (1836), and Takaaki Kajita (1959). After her are Hisao Sekiguchi (1954), Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106), Emperor Horikawa (1079), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Kiyosi Itô (1915), and Masashi Kishimoto (1974).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Machiko Kyō ranks 16. Before her are Victoria Principal (1950), Setsuko Hara (1920), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950), Tatsuya Nakadai (1932), Sessue Hayakawa (1886), and Masako Nozawa (1936). After her are Momoko Kōchi (1932), Hibari Misora (1937), Akiko Wakabayashi (1941), Shintaro Katsu (1931), Kinuyo Tanaka (1909), and Mayumi Tanaka (1955).

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