
Michiyo Kogure
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 31, 1918
- Died
- June 13, 1990 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
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

Drunken Angel

Street of Shame

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

A Geisha

Taira Clan Saga

Portrait of Madame Yuki

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style

Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Filmography

Karate Cop 3
Movie

Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey
Movie · as Azusa
Tokugawa no Onnatachi
TV · 1 ep

Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Movie · as 绢子

Dances of Flame
Movie

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Movie · as Self

Sanbaba
Movie

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Movie · as Osei

The Path of the King
Movie · as Osai

Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
Movie · as Otaki

Gambler's Legacy
Movie

Madcap Mixup
Movie · as Otama

Tales of the Inner Chamber
Movie

Shogun and His Mistress 2
Movie · as Otami

Gamblers: Victory Without Death
Movie

Exterminate the Young Boss!
Movie

Four and A Half Mats
Movie · as Taneko Tachibana

Koto—The Lake of Tears
Movie · as Suzuko

Nerves for Victory
Movie

Japan's Most Chivalrous
Movie · as Sue

A Lonely Gamble
Movie · as Tazuko Ogaki

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Movie

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Movie · as Oko

The Black Cat
Movie

Orders from Hell
Movie

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Movie

Female Ninja Magic
Movie · as Afuku

The Sharks
Movie

A House in the Quarter
Movie · as Katsue

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Movie · as Oko

Eleven Gangsters
Movie · as Miwa Yamanouchi

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Movie · as Okume Tamaki

A Naughty Angel
Movie

Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
Movie

In Search of Mother
Movie · as Ohama

Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori
Movie

Marriage of the Sky and the Sea
Movie

A Carpenter and Children
Movie

Hibari the Traveling Performer
Movie

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
Movie · as Ayako

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Movie · as Okou

Her Hidden Past
Movie · as Koyoshi

Way of Morning Mist
Movie · as Ogin

Run, Genta, Run!
Movie

Kanbi no san-tō shain
Movie · as Nobuko Furukawa

A Night in Hong Kong
Movie · as Yoshiko Matsuyama

Miyamoto Musashi
Movie · as Oko

The Ako Retainers
Movie

The Red Shadow
Movie · as Hahakage

The Shogun and the Fishmonger
Movie

鳴門秘帖
Movie

Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen
Movie

若い涙を吹きとばせ
Movie

Sanctuary
Movie

Aoi kairyū
Movie

Shinran
Movie

Shinran, Part II
Movie

Official with a Tattoo
Movie · as Ohan

The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
Movie

The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
Movie

Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
Movie

Harukanaru haha no kao
Movie

12 Ounces to Glory
Movie

A Man Explodes
Movie

Kaze no uchi so to
Movie

The 47 Masterless Samurai
Movie
Eyes of Mother and Daughter
Movie

Stop the Old Fox
Movie · as Omiyo no kata

Speed Crazy
Movie

A Boy and Three Mothers
Movie · as Keiko, the Mother-in-Law

直八子供旅
Movie
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Movie · as Mojiwaka

The Loyal 47 Ronin
Movie · as Dayû Ukihashi

Souls in the Moonlight II
Movie · as Otoku

The Magnificent Five
Movie

The Red Bat
Movie

Freelance Samurai
Movie · as Kosuzu Hanabusa

Yataro’s Travel Hat
Movie

Daiei Studio is Bustling
Movie

Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
Movie

Night Holds a Truth
Movie

Ujō
Movie · as Shizu Noguchi, Ujo's wife

Akebono sō no satsujin
Movie

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onna kitsune yashiki
Movie

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Movie · as Yoshino (uncredited)

Street of Shame
Movie · as Hanae

Sisters of Gion
Movie

Flowery Brothers
Movie

Night School
Movie · as Senta's mother (uncredited)

Women in Prison
Movie · as Yasuko Chiba, prisoner

Tsukigata Hanpeita
Movie · as Somehachi

Sound in the Mist
Movie · as Tsuruko

Migratory Birds of the Flowers
Movie
In Case of One Woman
Movie · as Toku Misono

Beyond The Stars
Movie · as Yachiyo

While the Demon Steps Out
Movie

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Movie · as Lady Yoshino

Taira Clan Saga
Movie · as Yasuko

Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
Movie · as お千代
紋三郎の秀
Movie
Life of Geisha
Movie

The Tale of Jiro
Movie · as Oyoshi

Tomorrow's Happiness
Movie · as Keiko

Itarō jishi
Movie

Hanran
Movie

Zoku nangoku taiheiki: Satsunan no arashi
Movie

Nangoku Taiheiki
Movie

疾風愛憎峠
Movie

Mama's Diary
Movie

Snowy Night Duel
Movie

A Geisha
Movie · as Miyoharu

The Sun
Movie

Tokyo Profile
Movie · as Michiko

47 Vendettas
Movie · as Riku

Reminiscence
Movie · as Mrs. Ota

The Blue Revolution
Movie
Coming Up of Kodokan
Movie

Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
Movie

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Movie · as Taeko Satake

Divorce
Movie · as Michiko Sôma

Passion Fire
Movie · as 合羽屋おらく

Okuni and Gohei
Movie · as Okuni

Dôkoku
Movie

Castle of Revenge
Movie

Oka wa hanazakari
Movie

Red Fan
Movie

The Tale of Genji
Movie · as Fujitsubo

Fireworks Over the Sea
Movie · as Mie Kamiya

Pure White Nights
Movie

The White Orchid
Movie

Story of Lightning
Movie

Freedom School
Movie

Portrait of Madame Yuki
Movie · as Yuki Shinano
Probation
Movie

Homecoming
Movie
The Actress and the Detective
Movie
Dōtei
Movie

The Blue Mountains: Part I
Movie · as Umetaro

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
Movie

The Blue Mountains: Part II
Movie · as Umetaro

Lady From Hell
Movie

A Woman's Fight
Movie

The Fourth Lady
Movie

Drunken Angel
Movie · as Nanae

Thirty-three footprints
Movie

Golden Devil
Movie

Golden Devil Part 2
Movie

Yūkyō no mure
Movie

Hanayome senshu
Movie

Sanmenkyō no kyōfu
Movie

Platform at Night
Movie
The Fifth Witness
Movie

Four Love Stories
Movie

Newlywed League Match
Movie

Yurusareta ichiya
Movie

Kaisen no Zenya
Movie

A Certain Woman
Movie

Otoko no iki
Movie

Winter Jasmine
Movie

The Spy Has Not Died Yet
Movie

Flowers of Patriotism
Movie

Dawn Chorus
Movie
女の宿
Movie · as Taeko Noguchi

Torrent of a Big City
Movie

Wood and Stone
Movie · as Eriko Oikawa
Surging Waves
Movie

Mother is Strong
Movie

Women at War
Movie

Lovers' Duet
Movie

Spring Thunder
Movie · as Eiko Tōjō