Michiyo Kogure
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1918-01-31
Day of Death
1990-06-13 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Michiyo Kogure
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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.
Known For
Acting
(1984)
(1979)
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
as Kuniko
(1978)
(1975)
(1974)
(1972)
(1971)
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
as Otaki
(1971)
The Path of the King
as Osai
(1969)
(1969)
Madcap Mixup
as Otama
(1968)
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
Shogun and His Mistress 2
as Otami
(1966)
Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Suzuko
(1966)
Four and A Half Mats
as Taneko Tachibana
(1966)
Japan's Most Chivalrous
as Sue
(1966)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
A Lonely Gamble
as Tazuko Ogaki
(1965)
(1964)
(1964)
Female Ninja Magic
as Afuku
(1964)
(1964)
(1963)
(1963)
A House in the Quarter
as Katsue
(1963)
Eleven Gangsters
as Miwa Yamanouchi
(1963)
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
as Okume Tamaki
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
Her Hidden Past
as Koyoshi
(1962)
(1962)
In Search of Mother
as Ohama
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
Miyamoto Musashi
as Oko
(1961)
Kanbi no san-tō shain
as Nobuko Furukawa
(1961)
A Night in Hong Kong
as Yoshiko Matsuyama
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Way of Morning Mist
as Ogin
(1961)
(1961)
The Red Shadow
as Hahakage
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
Official with a Tattoo
as Ohan
(1960)
(1960)
(1959)
Stop the Old Fox
as Omiyo no kata
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1958)
Souls in the Moonlight II
as Otoku
(1958)
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Dayû Ukihashi
(1958)
(1958)
A Boy and Three Mothers
as Keiko, The Mother-in-Law
(1958)
(1958)
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
as Mojiwaka
(1958)
(1957)
(1957)
Freelance Samurai
as Kosuzu Hanabusa
(1957)
(1957)
(1956)
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Yoshino (uncredited)
(1956)
Street of Shame
as Hanae
(1956)
Night School
as Senta's mother (uncredited)
(1956)
(1956)
Women in Prison
as Yasuko Chiba, prisoner
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
Sound in the Mist
as Tsuruko
(1956)
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Somehachi
(1955)
Taira Clan Saga
as Yasuko
(1955)
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Lady Yoshino
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
The Tale of Jiro
as Oyoshi
(1955)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1953)
A Geisha
as Miyoharu
(1953)
Tokyo Profile
as Michiko
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
47 Vendettas
as Riku
(1953)
Reminiscence
as Mrs. Ota
(1952)
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as Taeko Satake
(1952)
Okuni and Gohei
as Okuni
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
Divorce
as Michiko Sôma
(1952)
Passion Fire
as 合羽屋おらく
(1951)
The Tale of Genji
as Fujitsubo
(1951)
(1951)
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Mie Kamiya
(1951)
(1951)
(1950)
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Yuki Shinano
(1950)
(1950)
(1949)
The Blue Mountains: Part I
as Umetaro
(1949)
The Blue Mountains: Part II
as Umetaro
(1949)
(1949)
(1948)
Drunken Angel
as Nanae
(1948)
(1948)
(1948)
(1948)
(1948)
(1947)
(1946)
(1943)
(1942)
(1942)
(1942)
(1942)
(1942)
(1941)
(1940)
(1940)
Wood and Stone
as Eriko Oikawa
(1939)
(1939)
(1939)
(1939)
Spring Thunder
as Eiko Tōjō
(1939)