Michiyo Kogure

Acting

Born Jan 31, 1918

From Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

Died Jun 13, 1990

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.

Michiyo Kogure

Known For

Dôkoku

Portrait of Madame Yuki

Street of Shame

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Drunken Angel

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Taira Clan Saga

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

A House in the Quarter

Filmography — Acting

Dôkoku

Portrait of Madame Yuki

Street of Shame

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Drunken Angel

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Taira Clan Saga

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

A House in the Quarter

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

Daiei Studio is Bustling

The Tale of Genji

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

A Geisha

The Blue Mountains: Part I

Okuni and Gohei

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

Stop the Old Fox

Passion Fire

Eleven Gangsters

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

Homecoming

Miyamoto Musashi

Night School

直八子供旅

The White Orchid

Story of Lightning

The Sharks

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

A Carpenter and Children

Lady From Hell

Spring Thunder

Nerves for Victory

Hanran

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style

Female Ninja Magic

Koto—The Lake of Tears

Yūkyō no mure

Shinran, Part II

Four Love Stories

Kaze no uchi so to

Kaisen no Zenya

The Ako Retainers

The 47 Masterless Samurai

Fireworks Over the Sea

Run, Genta, Run!

Tora-san, the Matchmaker

Sanbaba

Life of Geisha

Shogun and His Mistress 2

Sound in the Mist

Tsukigata Hanpeita

The Shogun and the Fishmonger

Gambler: Victory Without Death

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai

遙かなる母の顔

The Blue Mountains: Part II

Karate Cop 3

Yataro’s Travel Hat

Okoma, the Orphan Gambler

Madcap Mixup

The Black Cat

The Fourth Lady

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi

Souls in the Moonlight II