# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/machiko-kyo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:23:10.483Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/machiko-kyo"
name: "Machiko Kyō"
slug: "machiko-kyo"
description: "Motoko Yano, better known as Machiko Kyō , 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."
tagline: "Japanese actress (1924-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Machiko_Ky%C5%8D%2C_1954.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1924-03-25"
deathDate: "2019-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.33
  momentum:             1.184431628569801
  historical:           21.49392
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0477553/"
    handle:    "nm0477553"
sources:
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    title: "Мачико Кјо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Маціко Кё"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Матико Кё"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Machiko Kyō"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump