Machiko Kyō (Osaka, 25 de març de 1924 - Tòquio, 12 de maig de 2019) va ser una actriu japonesa. Va començar la seua carrera artística com a ballarina en una companyia d'Osaka abans de ser contractada per Daiei en 1949. Durant la dècada de 1950, va treballar amb alguns dels cineastes més importants de la història del cinema japonès. Va actuar en al voltant de cent pel·lícules entre 1944 i 1984.

Machiko Kyō (Japanese: 京 マチ子 Hepburn: Kyō Machiko, March 25, 1924 – May 12, 2019) was a Japanese actress whose film work occurred primarily during the 1950s. She rose to extraordinary domestic praise in Japan for her work in two of the greatest Japanese films of the 20th century, Akira Kurosawa's Rashōmon and Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu.

Machiko trained to be a dancer before entering films in 1949. The following year, she would achieve international fame as the female lead in Akira Kurosawa's classic film Rashōmon. Kyō starred in many more Japanese productions, including Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu (1953) and Street of Shame (1956), Teinosuke Kinugasa's Gate of Hell (1953), Kon Ichikawa's Odd Obsession (1959), Yasujirō Ozu's Floating Weeds (1959), and Hiroshi Teshigahara's The Face of Another (1966).

Her only role in a non-Japanese film was as Lotus Blossom, a young geisha, in The Teahouse of the August Moon, starring opposite Marlon Brando and Glenn Ford.

In her eighties, Kyō continued to perform in traditional Japanese theatrical productions put on by famed producer Fukuko Ishii. Her final role was as Matsuura Shino in the NHK television drama series Haregi Koko Ichiban in 2000. Kyō was nominated for a Golden Globe for The Teahouse of the August Moon, a great feat for an Asian actress at the time, and was awarded many prizes, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Awards of the Japanese Academy.

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1936年（昭和11年）、大阪松竹少女歌劇団（OSSK）に入団。娘役スターとして活躍[1]。1949年（昭和24年）に大映に入社、女優デビューした。後輩の若尾文子、山本富士子と共に大映の看板女優として大活躍した。160cmと当時としては大柄であり、官能的な肉体美を武器に数々の名作に出演した[1]。

溝口健二監督作品『雨月物語』（1953年)、黒澤明監督作品『羅生門』（1950年）、衣笠貞之助監督作品『地獄門』（1953年）など、海外の映画祭で主演作が次々と受賞し「グランプリ女優」と呼ばれる。1971年（昭和46年）の大映倒産以降はテレビドラマと舞台に活動の場を移し、『犬神家の一族』などで活躍の幅を広げた。80歳を過ぎても2006年頃まで舞台などで活動を続けていた。

2000年に発表された『キネマ旬報』の「20世紀の映画スター・女優編」で日本女優の3位、同号の「読者が選んだ20世紀の映画スター女優」では第7位になった。

Motoko Yano, mais conhecido como Machiko Kyo (京 マチ子Kys Machiko, 25 de março de 1924 - 12 de maio de 2019) foi uma atriz japonesa que foi ativa principalmente na década de 1950. Considerada um dos primeiros símbolos sexuais do Japão e uma de suas maiores atrizes de tela, Kyo é mais conhecida por seu trabalho aclamado pela crítica com os diretores Akira Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Kon Ichikawa, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Kozabur' Yoshimura, Shir' Toyoda e Hiroshi Teshigahara, aparecendo em filmes como Rashomon, Ugetsu, Gate Of Hell, Street Of Shame, Floating Weeds, Odd Obsession and The Face Of Another.