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Michiyo Kogure
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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 su…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Michiyo Kogure's Filmography
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Karate Cop 3
Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey
as Azusa
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
as 绢子
Dances of Flame
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as Self
Sanbaba
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
as Osei
The Path of the King
as Osai
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
as Otaki
Gambler's Legacy
Madcap Mixup
as Otama
Tales of the Inner Chamber
Shogun and His Mistress 2
as Otami
Gambler: Victory Without Death
Exterminate the Young Boss!
Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Suzuko
Nerves for Victory
Japan's Most Chivalrous
as Sue
Four and A Half Mats
as Taneko Tachibana
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Oko
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
A Lonely Gamble
as Tazuko Ogaki
The Black Cat
Female Ninja Magic
as Afuku
The Sharks
Orders from Hell
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
A House in the Quarter
as Katsue
A Naughty Angel
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
as Oko
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
as Okume Tamaki
Eleven Gangsters
as Miwa Yamanouchi
Marriage of the Sky and the Sea
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as Okou
Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori
Hibari the Traveling Performer
Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
A Carpenter and Children
Her Hidden Past
as Koyoshi
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
as Ayako
In Search of Mother
as Ohama
The Red Shadow
as Hahakage
Run, Genta, Run!
Sanctuary
Kanbi no san-tō shain
as Nobuko Furukawa
A Night in Hong Kong
as Yoshiko Matsuyama
Miyamoto Musashi
as Oko
Aoi kairyū
The Ako Retainers
若い涙を吹きとばせ
Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen
Way of Morning Mist
as 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
as Ohan
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
Speed Crazy
Stop the Old Fox
as Omiyo no kata
A Man Explodes
Kaze no uchi so to
No Poster
Eyes of Mother and Daughter
The 47 Masterless Samurai
No Poster
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
as Mojiwaka
The Red Bat
Souls in the Moonlight II
as Otoku
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Dayû Ukihashi
直八子供旅
A Boy and Three Mothers
as Keiko, the Mother-in-Law
The Magnificent Five
Freelance Samurai
as Kosuzu Hanabusa
Night Holds a Truth
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki
Yataro’s Travel Hat
Akebono sō no satsujin
Ujō
as Shizu Noguchi, Ujo's wife
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
Sound in the Mist
as Tsuruko
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Somehachi
Women in Prison
as Yasuko Chiba, prisoner
No Poster
In Case of One Woman
as Toku Misono
Flowery Brothers
Sisters of Gion
While the Demon Steps Out
Night School
as Senta's mother (uncredited)
Street of Shame
as Hanae
Beyond The Stars
as Yachiyo
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Yoshino (uncredited)
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
The Tale of Jiro
as Oyoshi
Taira Clan Saga
as Yasuko
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Lady Yoshino
Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
as お千代
Tomorrow's Happiness
as Keiko
No Poster
Life of Geisha
No Poster
紋三郎の秀
Itarō jishi
疾風愛憎峠
Snowy Night Duel
Zoku nangoku taiheiki: Satsunan no arashi
Mama's Diary
Nangoku Taiheiki
Hanran
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
The Sun
A Geisha
as Miyoharu
Tokyo Profile
as Michiko
The Blue Revolution
No Poster
Coming Up of Kodokan
47 Vendettas
as Riku
Reminiscence
as Mrs. Ota
Passion Fire
as 合羽屋おらく
Oka wa hanazakari
Dôkoku
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as Taeko Satake
Divorce
as Michiko Sôma
Castle of Revenge
Okuni and Gohei
as Okuni
Red Fan
Story of Lightning
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Mie Kamiya
Pure White Nights
The Tale of Genji
as Fujitsubo
Freedom School
The White Orchid
No Poster
The Actress and the Detective
Homecoming
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Yuki Shinano
No Poster
Probation
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
The Blue Mountains: Part II
as Umetaro
The Blue Mountains: Part I
as Umetaro
A Woman's Fight
Lady From Hell
Thirty-three footprints
Yūkyō no mure
The Fourth Lady
No Poster
The Fifth Witness
Platform at Night
Sanmenkyō no kyōfu
Drunken Angel
as Nanae
Hanayome senshu
Golden Devil Part 2
Golden Devil
Newlywed League Match
Four Love Stories
Yurusareta ichiya
Kaisen no Zenya
Flowers of Patriotism
A Certain Woman
Otoko no iki
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
Winter Jasmine
Dawn Chorus
No Poster
女の宿
as Taeko Noguchi
Wood and Stone
as Eriko Oikawa
Torrent of a Big City
Mother is Strong
No Poster
Surging Waves
Lovers' Duet
Spring Thunder
as Eiko Tōjō
