Sayonara, the Passing of Int’l Actress Kyo Machiko at 95
(Kyo Machiko in Floating Weeds directed by Ozu Yasujiro)
Machiko Kyo, internationally acclaimed Japanese actress, dies at 95
Kyō continued to act through her 80’s. Her final role was as “Matsuura Shino” in the NHK television drama series Haregi Koko Ichiban in 2000. In 2017 she was presented with an award of merit at the 40th Japanese Academy Awards.[1] After retiring from film, she moved back to Osaka, where she resided until her death.
Kyō never married, although her romantic relationship with Daiei’s president Masaichi Nagata was well-publicized in her native country.
Kyō died from heart failure on May 12, 2019. She was 95
(Kyo Machiko with Marlon and Glenn Ford from the Tea House of the August Moon)
Her sole role in a non-Japanese film was as the young geisha Lotus Blossom from The Teahouse of the August Moon opposite Marlon Brando and Glenn Ford, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination.
Ugetsu (Kenji Mizoguchi, cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa)
(Rashomon – Kurosawa, cinematography by Miyagawa)
(The Face of Another, Kyo Machiko directed by Teshigahara)
Street of 
Shame
Kenji Mizoguchi and actresses on the set of his film “Street of Shame (Akasen Chitai)