Movies: Machiko Kyō

  • 1960
    The Last Betrayal

    The Last Betrayal (1960)

    The Last Betrayal

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    A crime boss gets out of prison and tries to find who from his organization betrayed him....

    The Last Betrayal
  • 1956
    Three Women Around Yoshinaka

    Three Women Around Yoshinaka (1956)

    Three Women Around Yoshinaka

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    The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari. Close in setting to Kinugasa’s famous Gate of Hell (1953)....

    Three Women Around Yoshinaka
  • 1958
    The Ladder of Success

    The Ladder of Success (1958)

    The Ladder of Success

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    A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) shoves aside her mentor (Kyo Machiko) on her way to the top....

    The Ladder of Success
  • 1957
    Dancing Girl

    Dancing Girl (1957)

    Dancing Girl

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    In Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One day Hanae’s little sister rolls into their apartment and begins to stir things up with her riotousness....

    Dancing Girl
  • 1956
    Operation Teahouse

    Operation Teahouse (1956)

    Operation Teahouse

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    This short promotional film provides a behind-the-scenes look at "The Teahouse of the August Moon" (1956)....

    Operation Teahouse
  • 1953
    Kurohyō

    Kurohyō (1953)

    Kurohyō

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    Kurohyō
  • 1951
    The Bitch

    The Bitch (1951)

    The Bitch

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    The fall of an accountant enthralled by the sexual charms of a cabaret dancer....

    The Bitch
  • 2000
    Kurosawa

    Kurosawa (2000)

    Kurosawa

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    Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa...

    Kurosawa
  • 1949
    A Fool's Love

    A Fool's Love (1949)

    A Fool's Love

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    A Fool's Love
  • 1954
    A Geisha on Horseback

    A Geisha on Horseback (1954)

    A Geisha on Horseback

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    Based on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the love of the proud geisha Nobukichi Hakata in the early Taisho era....

    A Geisha on Horseback
  • 1975
    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

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    In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the life and career of his friend and mentor Mizoguchi....

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
  • 1949
    Hanakurabe tanuki-den

    Hanakurabe tanuki-den (1949)

    Hanakurabe tanuki-den

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    Princess Oboro, the queen of the Tanuki palace and stubborn at heart, falls in love with coffeehouse worker Kurotaro at first sight....

    Hanakurabe tanuki-den
  • 1960
    The Woman Who Touched Legs

    The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960)

    The Woman Who Touched Legs

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    Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the story about her parents who killed himself and died for overwork to feel sorry about her....

    The Woman Who Touched Legs
  • 1950
    Resurrection

    Resurrection (1950)

    Resurrection

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    Resurrection
  • 1958
    Sorrow Is Only for Women

    Sorrow Is Only for Women (1958)

    Sorrow Is Only for Women

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    The beauty of the Japanese family system is portrayed through the women who greet a woman who went to America thirty years ago to visit her grave....

    Sorrow Is Only for Women
  • 1952
    The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa

    The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (1952)

    The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa

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    The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
  • 1949
    A Bullet Hole Underground

    A Bullet Hole Underground (1949)

    A Bullet Hole Underground

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    A Bullet Hole Underground
  • 1952
    I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki

    I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki (1952)

    I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki

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    A Japanese soldier who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Hawaii entrusted Henry Gray with an unfinished score and promised to complete it....

    I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
  • 1959
    Jirocho Fuji

    Jirocho Fuji (1959)

    Jirocho Fuji

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    Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa....

    Jirocho Fuji
  • 1954
    Asakusa at Night

    Asakusa at Night (1954)

    Asakusa at Night

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    A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this entertaining tale of love and action....

    Asakusa at Night