Machiko Kyō Movies

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

The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and...

A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.

The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and...

During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the...

Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as...

This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to...

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.

A studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.

1954 Japanese movie

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

Story about a big boss who built the foundation of an industrial city.

Comedy drama by Kon Ichikawa

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