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Machiko Kyô – RareFilm https://rarefilm.net Rare and Selected Movies Archive – Request Rare Films Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:44:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.13 The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1960) Yasuzô Masumura, Machiko Kyô, Hajime Hana, Eiji Funakoshi https://rarefilm.net/the-woman-who-touched-the-legs-1960-yasuzo-masumura-machiko-kyo-hajime-hana-eiji-funakoshi/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:14:41 +0000 https://rarefilm.net/?p=205547

A pretty pickpocket is travelling on an express train from Osaka to her home village. She is an orphan, but wants to show off her wealth to the villagers who accused her father of being a spy. Detective Kita, who is on holiday, recognizes her and suggests to a pulp writer that he use her as a model for a story. While in a tunnel, she picks the wrong wallet from the man beside her, and subsequently loses her savings to an older woman pickpocket. At an inn, the writer replaces her money. The writer knows that the detective is falling in love with her, and the two follow her to her village. They find that the village is now part of a US air base and bombing range.

Also Known As (AKA): Ashi ni sawatta onna, La femme qui touchait les jambes, A Lady Pickpocket, The Girl Who Touched His Legs

File Name : The Woman Who Touched Legs 1960.mkv
File Size : 1.72 GB / 1759.95 MB
Resolution : 1280×720 @ 1670×720
Duration : 01:25:15
Video : AVC, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AAC, 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Comedy

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]]> Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953) Mikio Naruse https://rarefilm.net/ani-imoto-older-brother-younger-sister-1953-mikio-naruse-machiko-kyo-masayuki-mori-yoshiko-kuga-drama/ Sat, 31 May 2025 21:02:36 +0000 http://rarefilm.net/?p=32839

Ani imoto (Mikio Naruse, 1953)

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.

Also Known As (AKA): Ani imôto, Frère aîné soeur cadette, Bruder und Schwester

File Name : Older.Brother.Younger.Sister.1953.mkv
File Size : 1.52 GB / 1552.49 MB
Resolution : 720×480 @ 640×480
Duration : 01:26:12

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English, French (embedded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama

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]]> Odoriko / Dancing Girl (1957) Hiroshi Shimizu https://rarefilm.net/odoriko-dancing-girl-1957-hiroshi-shimizu-chikage-awashima-machiko-kyo-eiji-funakoshi/ Wed, 07 May 2025 16:30:14 +0000 https://rarefilm.net/?p=197610

In the heart of Asakusa, Tokyo, a struggling couple—Yamano, a violinist, and Hanae, a revue dancer—lives in poverty. Their fragile world is turned upside down when Hanae’s younger sister unexpectedly arrives, bringing chaos and mischief to their already precarious lives. As her unruly presence begins to unravel their carefully maintained routine, tensions rise, and the boundaries between love, jealousy, and survival become ever more blurred.

File Name : Odoriko 1957.mkv
File Size : 1.21 GB / 1235.02 MB
Resolution : 716×480 @ 636×480
Duration : 01:35:49

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (srt)
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama

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]]> Ukikusa / Floating Weeds (1959) Yasujirô Ozu, Ganjirô Nakamura, Machiko Kyô, Haruko Sugimura https://rarefilm.net/ukikusa-floating-weeds-1959-yasujiro-ozu-ganjiro-nakamura-machiko-kyo-haruko-sugimura-drama/ Thu, 03 Apr 2025 22:02:31 +0000 http://rarefilm.net/?p=51119

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A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Komajuro Arashi, the aging master of the troupe, goes to visit his old flame Oyoshi and their son Kiyoshi, even though Kiyoshi believes Komajuro is his uncle. The leading actress Sumiko is jealous and so, in order to humiliate the master, persuades the younger actress Kayo to seduce Kiyoshi.

Also Known As (AKA): Ervas Flutuantes, Herbes flottantes, Erbe fluttuanti, La hierba errante, Abschied in der Dämmerung

File Name : Floating.Weeds.1959.mkv
File Size : 2.64 GB / 2705.25 MB
Resolution : 790×576
Duration : 01:59:15

Quality: BRRip
Language: Japanese + commentary with Roger Ebert
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama

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]]> Tora-san 18 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô junjô shishû (1976) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Machiko Kyô https://rarefilm.net/tora-san-18-aka-otoko-wa-tsurai-yo-torajiro-junjo-shishu-1976-yoji-yamada-kiyoshi-atsumi-chieko-baisho-machiko-kyo/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:45:58 +0000 http://rarefilm.net/?p=167264

When Tora-san’s infatuation with his nephew’s school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love with the teacher’s mother, who has a terminal illness.

Also Known As (AKA): Dumb-Dumb’s Heart of Gold, Tora-san’s Heart of Gold, Tora’s Pure Love

File Name : Tora-san 18 Toras Pure Love 1976.mkv
File Size : 1.1 GB / 1123.74 MB
Resolution : 720×292
Duration : 01:43:20

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: Japan
Genres: Comedy

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]]> Gate of Hell / Jigokumon (1953) Teinosuke Kinugasa, Machiko Kyô, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata https://rarefilm.net/gate-of-hell-jigokumon-1953-teinosuke-kinugasa-machiko-kyo-kazuo-hasegawa-isao-yamagata/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:06:35 +0000 https://rarefilm.net/?p=195298

In 1159, during an attempted coup, one of the court’s ladies in waiting disguises herself as the lord’s wife, and a loyal samurai conveys her from the city. This diversion allows the royal family to escape. After the coup fails, the samurai asks his lord to let him marry the woman as his reward. The lord grants the request and then discovers she is already married to one of the ruling family’s lieges. The samurai clings to his desire, importuning her to leave her husband, then challenging the husband to release her. Although the husband stays calm and she stays faithful, the samurai remains intemperate and stubborn, with tragic consequences.

Also Known As (AKA): Das Höllentor, Portal do Inferno, La porte de l’enfer, La porta dell’inferno, Amores de Samurai, La puerta del infierno

File Name : Gate.of.Hell.1953.mkv
File Size : 2.19 GB / 2239.64 MB
Resolution : 788×576
Duration : 01:29:05

Quality: BRRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama, History

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]]> Bakurô ichidai / The Life of a Horse Trader (1951) Keigo Kimura, Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Takashi Shimura https://rarefilm.net/bakuro-ichidai-the-life-of-a-horse-trader-1951-keigo-kimura-toshiro-mifune-machiko-kyo-takashi-shimura-drama/ Sat, 15 Feb 2025 18:59:28 +0000 http://rarefilm.net/?p=52453

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This early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiba tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka “The Shark,” a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan’s rugged northernmost territory of Hokkaddo.. always ready to drink, fight, gamble and chase women he falls victim to a crooked game with loaded dice. This little-known film captures the wild ways of early Japan after the fall of the shogunate when men had only their own strengths and skills to rely on. A brilliant yet tragic tale that can now be told.

File Name : The Life of a Horse Trader.mkv
File Size : 1.65 GB / 1686.04 MB
Resolution : 716×480 @ 636×480
Duration : 01:53:11

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama

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]]> A Woman’s Life / Onna no issho (1962) Yasuzô Masumura, Machiko Kyô, Masaya Takahashi, Jirô Tamiya https://rarefilm.net/a-womans-life-onna-no-issho-1962-yasuzo-masumura-machiko-kyo-masaya-takahashi-jiro-tamiya/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:53:09 +0000 https://rarefilm.net/?p=192649

Kei, a house servant, is kicked out after an altercation and is then adopted by a nearby family.

Also Known As (AKA): Life of a Woman, La vie d’une femme, A Vida de Uma Mulher

File Name : A.Woman.s.Life.1962.1080p.mkv
File Size : 2.41 GB / 2469.92 MB
Resolution : 1920×1080
Duration : 01:33:34

Quality: WEBRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (.ass), Portuguese (embedded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama

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]]> Odd Obsession (1959) Kon Ichikawa, Machiko Kyô, Ganjirô Nakamura, Junko Kanô https://rarefilm.net/odd-obsession-1959-kon-ichikawa-machiko-kyo-ganjiro-nakamura-junko-kano/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:30:52 +0000 https://rarefilm.net/?p=187310

An ageing antique specialist in Kyoto, Japan is losing virility but finds himself excited when he deliberately makes his daughter’s boyfriend attracted to his younger beautiful wife. Things begin to spiral as his health declines and the plotted becomes the plotting.

Also Known As (AKA): Kagi, La llave, Alucinação Sensual, L’étrange obsession, La chiave, The Key

File Name : Odd.Obsession.1959.mkv
File Size : 2.04 GB / 2088.24 MB
Resolution : 1024×432
Duration : 01:47:02

Quality: WEBRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English, Japanese (embedded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Comedy, Drama

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]]> Hole in One / Ana (1957) Kon Ichikawa, Machiko Kyô, Eiji Funakoshi, Sô Yamamura https://rarefilm.net/hole-in-one-aka-ana-1957-kon-ichikawa-machiko-kyo-eiji-funakoshi-so-yamamura/ Sun, 02 Jun 2024 20:50:45 +0000 https://rarefilm.net/?p=183814

A clever reporter gets involved with a bank embezzlement case.

Also Known As (AKA): The Hole, The Pit, Le Trou

File Name : Hole.In.One.1957.mkv
File Size : 2.29 GB / 2339.96 MB
Resolution : 770×576
Duration : 01:41:25

Quality: WEBRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: Japan
Genres: Comedy, Mystery

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]]> Thousand Cranes / Senba zuru (1969) Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Machiko Kyô, Mikijirô Hira https://rarefilm.net/thousand-cranes-aka-senba-zuru-1969-yasuzo-masumura-ayako-wakao-machiko-kyo-mikijiro-hira/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:50:45 +0000 http://rarefilm.net/?p=178459

The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his father’s life. Based on the novel by Kawabata Yasunari.

Also Known As (AKA): Nuée d’oiseaux blancs

File Name : Thousand Cranes 1969.mkv
File Size : 1.41 GB / 1440.55 MB
Resolution : 720×352 @ 852×352
Duration : 01:36:11

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: None
Country: Japan
Genres: Drama, Romance

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]]> Black Lizard / Kurotokage (1962) Umetsugu Inoue, Machiko Kyô, Minoru Ôki, Junko Kanô https://rarefilm.net/kurotokage-black-lizard-1962-umetsugu-inoue-machiko-kyo-minoru-oki-junko-kano-crime-drama-musical/ Sun, 22 Jan 2023 11:36:27 +0000 http://rarefilm.net/?p=49020

Black Lizard (1962)

Kurotokage (1962, aka Black Lizard) has its origins in a 1934 detective novel – originally published as a magazine serial – by Edogawa Rampo, the pen name of writer Taro Hirai. (“Edogawa Rampo” was meant to mimic the pronunciation of “Edgar Allan Poe,” a writer Hirai greatly admired.) The novel was one of a series that Rampo wrote about the exploits of detective Akechi Kogoro; in this one, he meets his match in a master jewel thief and femme fatale named Black Lizard, with whom he engages in a cat-and-mouse story as he falls under her charms.

File Name : Kurotokage AKA Black Lizard 1962.rarefilm.net.mkv
File Size : 1.61 GB / 1643.61 MB
Resolution : 1024×436
Duration : 01:41:19

Quality: BRRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: Japan
Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical, Mystery

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]]> The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) Daniel Mann, Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyô https://rarefilm.net/the-teahouse-of-the-august-moon-1956-daniel-mann-marlon-brando-glenn-ford-machiko-kyo-comedy-drama/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:49:10 +0000 http://rarefilm.net/?p=28468

The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)

This comedy-drama is partially a gentle satire on America’s drive to change the world in the post-war years. One year after World War II, Captain Fisby is sent to the village of Tobiki in Okinawa to teach the people democracy. The first step is to build a school – but the wily Okinawans know what they really want. They tell him about their culture and traditions – and persuade him to build something they really want instead: a teahouse. Fisby has a hard time breaking this news to his superiors.

Also Known As (AKA): Casa de Chá do Luar de Agosto, La petite maison de thé, La casa da tè alla luna d’agosto, La casa de té de la luna de agosto, Das kleine Teehaus

File Name : The Teahouse of the August Moon 1956.mkv
File Size : 2067.9 MB
Resolution : 852×356
Duration : 02:02:57
Video : AVC, 2 152 kb/s, 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Audio : AC-3, 192 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Comedy, Drama

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]]> Street of Shame AKA Akasen Chitai (1956) Kenji Mizoguchi, Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao https://rarefilm.net/akasen-chitai-street-of-shame-1956-kenji-mizoguchi-machiko-kyo-aiko-mimasu-ayako-wakao-drama/ Sun, 17 May 2020 23:17:11 +0000 http://rarefilm.net/?p=22248

Akasen Chitai (1956)

Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyo’s Yoshiwara district. As the Diet considers a ban on prostitution, the women’s daily dramas play out. Each has dreams and motivations. Hanae is married, her husband unemployed; they have a young child. Yumeko, a widow, uses her earnings to raise and support her son, who’s now old enough to work and care for her. The aging Yorie has a man who wants to marry her. Yasumi saves money diligently to pay her debt and get out; she also has a suitor who wants to marry her, but she has other plans for him. Mickey seems the most devil-may-care, until her father comes from Kobe to bring her news of her family and ask her to come home.

Also Known As (AKA): A Rua da Vergonha, La rue de la honte, La strada della vergogna, La calle de la vergüenza, Die Straße der Schande, Red Light District

File Name : Akasen chitai 1955.mkv
File Size : 2453.4 MB
Resolution : 768×576
Duration : 01:25:33

Quality: BRRip
Language: Japanese + commentary (English)
Subs: English, French (embedded)
Genre: Drama

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]]> Yokihi / Empress Yank Kwei Fei (1955) Kenji Mizoguchi, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Sô Yamamura, Drama, History, Romance https://rarefilm.net/yokihi-empress-yank-kwei-fei-1955-kenji-mizoguchi-machiko-kyo-masayuki-mori-so-yamamura-drama-history-romance/ Fri, 08 Dec 2017 23:23:45 +0000 http://rarefilm.net/?p=91060

In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against all the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.

File Name : Yokihi 1955.avi
File Size : 1397.99 MB
Resolution : 640×480 @ 720×480
Duration : 01:31:31
Video : MPEG-4 Visual (XviD), 1 678 Kbps, 23.976 fps
Audio : AC-3 (AC3), 448 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Japanese
Subs: English (idx/sub files)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance

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