Michiyo Kogure
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.
153 acting credits
Acting · 153
Drunken Angel
1948
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Tokugawa no Onnatachi
1980
Street of Shame
1956
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
A Geisha
1953
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
A House in the Quarter
1963
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
The Tale of Genji
1951
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
Lady From Hell
1949
Taira Clan Saga
1955
Karate Cop 3
1984
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
The Blue Mountains: Part I
1949
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
A Carpenter and Children
1962
Female Ninja Magic
1964
Eleven Gangsters
1963
Homecoming
1950
The Ako Retainers
1961
Nerves for Victory
1966
Souls in the Moonlight II
1958
Shinran, Part II
1960
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966
Okuni and Gohei
1952
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Sisters of Gion
1956
Stop the Old Fox
1959
The Black Cat
1965
Hanran
1954
Night School
1956
The White Orchid
1951
Marriage of the sky and the sea
1962
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
1961
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Spring Thunder
1939
Passion Fire
1952
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
Japan's Most Chivalrous
1966
The Sharks
1964
Shinran
1960
Four Love Stories
1947
Four and A Half Mats
1966
Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen
1961
Pure White Nights
1951
Madcap Mixup
1969
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
A Boy and Three Mothers
1958
Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
1962
The Tale of Jiro
1955
Gambler's Legacy
1969
Hibari the Traveling Performer
1962
遙かなる母の顔
1960
Official with a Tattoo
1960
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
1957
The Blue Mountains: Part II
1949
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958
直八子供旅
1958
Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey
1982
A Lonely Gamble
1965
A Man Explodes
1959
Tokyo Profile
1953
Sound in the Mist
1956
Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori
1962
Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957
疾風愛憎峠
1954
The Blue Revolution
1953
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979
Golden Devil
1948
The Path of the King
1971
Gambler: Victory Without Death
1967
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
1962
In Search of Mother
1962
Her Hidden Past
1962
The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
1960
Surging Waves
1939
Thirty-three footprints
1948
Yūkyō no mure
1948
Castle of Revenge
1952
Golden Devil Part 2
1948
Nangoku Taiheiki
1954
Story of Lightning
1951
The Fourth Lady
1948
The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
1960
Dawn Chorus
1941
Sanbaba
1974
The Magnificent Five
1958
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
1960
Lovers' Duet
1939
Eyes of Mother and Daughter
1959
Dôkoku
1952
Life of Geisha
1955
The Red Bat
1958
Otoko no iki
1942
Way of Morning Mist
1961
Orders from Hell
1964
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956
Kaisen no Zenya
1943
Zoku nangoku taiheiki: Satsunan no arashi
1954
Women in Prison
1956
Kanbi no san-tō shain
1961
Kaze no uchi so to
1959
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
1971
A Night in Hong Kong
1961
紋三郎の秀
1955
Reminiscence
1953
Divorce
1952
Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
1955
A Woman's Fight
1949
Mother is Strong
1939
Yurusareta ichiya
1946
Exterminate the Young Boss!
1967
Dances of Flame
1978
A Certain Woman
1942
The Red Shadow
1961
Flowery Brothers
1956
The Sun
1953
47 Vendettas
1953
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
Speed Crazy
1959
Winter Jasmine
1942
鳴門秘帖
1961
Freelance Samurai
1957
Women at War
1939
Tomorrow's Happiness
1955
Wood and Stone
1940
Flowers of Patriotism
1942
Torrent of a Big City
1940
若い涙を吹きとばせ
1961
Ujō
1957
Night Holds a Truth
1957
Probation
1950
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
Aoi kairyū
1961
Sanctuary
1961
A Naughty Angel
1963
Mama's Diary
1954
In Case of One Woman
1956
Beyond The Stars
1956
女の宿
1941