Acting
Michiyo Kogure
JA cinema · 169 credits
Born
31 January 1918
Died
13 June 1990 (aged 72)
Birthplace
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Also known as Tsuma Wada · Митиё Когурэ
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
Filmography
Sanbaba
Actor
Madcap Mixup
as Otama
Four and A Half Mats
as Taneko Tachibana
Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Suzuko
A Lonely Gamble
as Tazuko Ogaki
Female Ninja Magic
as Afuku
A House in the Quarter
as Katsue
Eleven Gangsters
as Miwa Yamanouchi
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
as Okume Tamaki
In Search of Mother
as Ohama
Her Hidden Past
as Koyoshi
Kanbi no san-tō shain
as Nobuko Furukawa
A Night in Hong Kong
as Yoshiko Matsuyama
The Red Shadow
as Hahakage
鳴門秘帖
Actor
Shinran
Actor
Stop the Old Fox
as Omiyo no kata
A Boy and Three Mothers
as Keiko, the Mother-in-Law
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Dayû Ukihashi
Freelance Samurai
as Kosuzu Hanabusa
Ujō
as Shizu Noguchi, Ujo's wife
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Yoshino (uncredited)
Street of Shame
as Hanae
Night School
as Senta's mother (uncredited)
Women in Prison
as Yasuko Chiba, prisoner
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Somehachi
Sound in the Mist
as Tsuruko
ある女の場合
1956
In Case of One Woman
as Toku Misono
Beyond The Stars
as Yachiyo
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Lady Yoshino
Taira Clan Saga
as Yasuko
The Tale of Jiro
as Oyoshi
A Geisha
as Miyoharu
Tokyo Profile
as Michiko
Reminiscence
as Mrs. Ota
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as Taeko Satake
Divorce
as Michiko Sôma
Passion Fire
as 合羽屋おらく
Okuni and Gohei
as Okuni
The Tale of Genji
as Fujitsubo
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Mie Kamiya
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Yuki Shinano
The Blue Mountains: Part I
as Umetaro
The Blue Mountains: Part II
as Umetaro
Drunken Angel
as Nanae
女の宿
1941
女の宿
as Taeko Noguchi
Wood and Stone
as Eriko Oikawa
Spring Thunder
as Eiko Tōjō