Michiyo Kogure
- Acting
- January 31, 1918 · Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
- June 13, 1990
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
Filmography
- Karate Cop 3
- Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey · Azusa
- Tokugawa no Onnatachi
- Tora-san, the Matchmaker · 绢子
- Dances of Flame
- Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director · Self
- Sanbaba
- The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang · Osei
- The Path of the King · Osai
- Okoma, the Orphan Gambler · Otaki
- Gambler's Legacy
- Madcap Mixup · Otama
- Tales of the Inner Chamber
- Shogun and His Mistress 2 · Otami
- Gambler: Victory Without Death
- Exterminate the Young Boss!
- Koto—The Lake of Tears · Suzuko
- Nerves for Victory
- Japan's Most Chivalrous · Sue
- Four and A Half Mats · Taneko Tachibana
- Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro · Oko
- Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
- A Lonely Gamble · Tazuko Ogaki
- The Black Cat
- Female Ninja Magic · Afuku
- The Sharks
- Orders from Hell
- Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
- A House in the Quarter · Katsue
- A Naughty Angel
- Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style · Oko
- Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai · Okume Tamaki
- Eleven Gangsters · Miwa Yamanouchi
- Marriage of the Sky and the Sea
- Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights · Okou
- Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori
- Hibari the Traveling Performer
- Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
- A Carpenter and Children
- Her Hidden Past · Koyoshi
- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka · Ayako
- In Search of Mother · Ohama
- The Red Shadow · Hahakage
- Run, Genta, Run!
- Sanctuary
- Kanbi no san-tō shain · Nobuko Furukawa
- A Night in Hong Kong · Yoshiko Matsuyama
- Miyamoto Musashi · Oko
- Aoi kairyū
- The Ako Retainers
- 若い涙を吹きとばせ
- Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen
- Way of Morning Mist · Ogin
- 鳴門秘帖
- The Shogun and the Fishmonger
- Harukanaru haha no kao
- Shinran, Part II
- 12 Ounces to Glory
- The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
- The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
- Shinran
- Official with a Tattoo · Ohan
- Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
- Speed Crazy
- Stop the Old Fox · Omiyo no kata
- A Man Explodes
- Kaze no uchi so to
- Eyes of Mother and Daughter
- The 47 Masterless Samurai
- The Spell of the Hidden Gold · Mojiwaka
- The Red Bat
- Souls in the Moonlight II · Otoku
- The Loyal 47 Ronin · Dayû Ukihashi
- 直八子供旅
- A Boy and Three Mothers · Keiko, the Mother-in-Law
- The Magnificent Five
- Freelance Samurai · Kosuzu Hanabusa
- Night Holds a Truth
- Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki
- Yataro’s Travel Hat