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Michiyo Kogure

Acting Born Jan 31, 1918 Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan 24 credits

Biography

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Michiyo Kogure (木暮実千代, Kogure Michiyo) (31 January 1918 – 13 June 1990) was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in nearly 200 films in a career which spanned 45 years, starring in works by Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and others. Film historian Donald Richie once called her "one of Japan's most versatile actresses, and perhaps the most intellectual of all in her approach to acting."

Michiyo Kogure was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, and graduated from Nihon University in 1940. While still a student, she joined the Shochiku film studios and gave her screen debut in 1939. She worked for directors such as Hiroshi Shimizu, Heinosuke Gosho and Kōzaburō Yoshimura, before following her husband to Manchuria in 1944. Upon her return two years later, she starred again in films by Shochiku, but also Toho, Daiei and other studios, and repeatedly appeared in films by Mizoguchi and Shimizu. She received the 1949 Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Aoi sanmyaku.

In addition to her appearances in films and commercials, Kogure volunteered in charity work. In 1976, she was awarded the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon.

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Known for

Film

A House in the Quarter

as Katsue
Film

Drunken Angel

as Nanae

The Glittering Prizes

as Lady Yoshino

Full filmography

  • A House in the Quarter (1963) as Katsue
  • A Geisha (1953) as Miyoharu
  • Street of Shame (1956) as Hanae
  • Drunken Angel (1948) as Nanae
  • Tokugawa no Onnatachi (1980)
  • Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) as Yoshino (uncredited)
  • The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) as Taeko Satake
  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) as Lady Yoshino
  • Cold Rice, Osan, Chan (1965)
  • Female Ninja Magic (1964) as Afuku
  • Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965) as Oko
  • Taira Clan Saga (1955) as Yasuko
  • Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950) as Yuki Shinano
  • Souls in the Moonlight II (1958) as Otoku
  • Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963) as Oko
  • Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962) as Okou
  • Miyamoto Musashi (1961) as Oko
  • The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang (1972) as Osei
  • Karate Cop 3 (1984)
  • The Tale of Genji (1951) as Fujitsubo
  • The Blue Mountains: Part I (1949) as Umetaro
  • Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple (1964)
  • The 47 Masterless Samurai (1959)
  • The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) as Dayû Ukihashi