Trivia

In 2017 received a lifetime achievement award at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.

Was a dancer at the OSSK (Shouchiku, Shoujo Kageki of Osaka) before joining the DAIEI film company in 1949.

She was the last surviving cast member of 'Rashomon'.

Adopted Machiko Kyo as her stage name when she entered the Osaka Shochiku Kagekidan in 1936 at age 12.

She was a drinking buddy of Masaichi Nagata.