Michiyo Kogure
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
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Drunken Angel
Street of Shame
A House in the Quarter
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Female Ninja Magic
All Movies (152)
- Karate Cop 31984
- Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey1982 · as Azusa
- Tora-san, the Matchmaker1979 · as Kuniko
- Dances of Flame1978
- Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director1975 · as Self
- Sanbaba1974
- The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang1972 · as Osei
- The Path of the King1971 · as Osai
- Okoma, the Orphan Gambler1971 · as Otaki
- Gambler's Legacy1969
- Madcap Mixup1969 · as Otama
- Tales of the Inner Chamber1968
- Shogun and His Mistress 21967 · as Otami
- Gambler: Victory Without Death1967
- Exterminate the Young Boss!1967
- Koto—The Lake of Tears1966 · as Suzuko
- Nerves for Victory1966
- Japan's Most Chivalrous1966 · as Sue
- Four and A Half Mats1966 · as Taneko Tachibana
- Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro1965 · as Oko
- Cold Rice, Osan, Chan1965
- A Lonely Gamble1965 · as Tazuko Ogaki
- The Black Cat1965
- Female Ninja Magic1964 · as Afuku
- The Sharks1964
- Orders from Hell1964
- Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple1964
- A House in the Quarter1963 · as Katsue
- A Naughty Angel1963
- Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style1963 · as Oko
- Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai1963 · as Okume Tamaki
- Eleven Gangsters1963 · as Miwa Yamanouchi
- Marriage of the Sky and the Sea1962
- Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights1962 · as Okou
- Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori1962
- Hibari the Traveling Performer1962
- Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha1962
- A Carpenter and Children1962
- Her Hidden Past1962 · as Koyoshi
- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka1962 · as Ayako
- In Search of Mother1962 · as Ohama
- The Red Shadow1961 · as Hahakage
- Run, Genta, Run!1961
- Sanctuary1961
- Kanbi no san-tō shain1961 · as Nobuko Furukawa
- A Night in Hong Kong1961 · as Yoshiko Matsuyama
- Miyamoto Musashi1961 · as Oko
- Aoi kairyū1961
- The Ako Retainers1961
- 若い涙を吹きとばせ1961
- Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen1961
- Way of Morning Mist1961 · as Ogin
- 鳴門秘帖1961
- The Shogun and the Fishmonger1961
- 遙かなる母の顔1960
- Shinran, Part II1960
- The Swordsman In The Golden Valley1960
- The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor1960
- Shinran1960
- Official with a Tattoo1960 · as Ohan
- Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return1960
- Speed Crazy1959
- Stop the Old Fox1959 · as Omiyo no kata
- A Man Explodes1959
- Kaze no uchi so to1959
- Eyes of Mother and Daughter1959
- The 47 Masterless Samurai1959
- The Spell of the Hidden Gold1958 · as Mojiwaka
- The Red Bat1958
- Souls in the Moonlight II1958 · as Otoku
- The Loyal 47 Ronin1958 · as Dayû Ukihashi
- 直八子供旅1958
- A Boy and Three Mothers1958 · as Keiko, The Mother-in-Law
- The Magnificent Five1958
- Freelance Samurai1957 · as Kosuzu Hanabusa
- Night Holds a Truth1957
- Yataro’s Travel Hat1957
- Ujō1957 · as Shizu Noguchi, Ujo's wife
- Daiei Studio is Bustling1957
- Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi1957
- Sound in the Mist1956 · as Tsuruko
- Tsukigata Hanpeita1956 · as Somehachi
- Women in Prison1956 · as Yasuko Chiba, prisoner
- In Case of One Woman1956 · as Toku Misono
- Flowery Brothers1956
- Sisters of Gion1956
- Night School1956 · as Senta's mother (uncredited)
- Street of Shame1956 · as Hanae
- Beyond The Stars1956 · as Yachiyo
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island1956 · as Yoshino (uncredited)
- Migratory Birds of the Flowers1956
- The Tale of Jiro1955 · as Oyoshi
- Taira Clan Saga1955 · as Yasuko
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955 · as Lady Yoshino
- Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider1955 · as お千代
- Tomorrow's Happiness1955 · as Keiko
- Life of Geisha1955
- 紋三郎の秀1955
- 疾風愛憎峠1954
- Zoku nangoku taiheiki: Satsunan no arashi1954
- Mama's Diary1954
- Nangoku Taiheiki1954
- Hanran1954
- The Sun1953
- A Geisha1953 · as Miyoharu
- Tokyo Profile1953 · as Michiko
- The Blue Revolution1953
- 47 Vendettas1953 · as Riku
- Reminiscence1953 · as Mrs. Ota
- Passion Fire1952 · as 合羽屋おらく
- Oka wa hanazakari1952
- Dôkoku1952
- The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice1952 · as Taeko Satake
- Divorce1952 · as Michiko Sôma
- Castle of Revenge1952
- Okuni and Gohei1952 · as Okuni
- Story of Lightning1951
- Fireworks Over the Sea1951 · as Mie Kamiya
- Pure White Nights1951
- The Tale of Genji1951 · as Fujitsubo
- The White Orchid1951
- Homecoming1950
- Portrait of Madame Yuki1950 · as Yuki Shinano
- Probation1950
- Ghost Cat of Nabeshima1949
- The Blue Mountains: Part II1949 · as Umetaro
- The Blue Mountains: Part I1949 · as Umetaro
- A Woman's Fight1949
- Lady From Hell1949
- Thirty-three footprints1948
- Yūkyō no mure1948
- The Fourth Lady1948
- Drunken Angel1948 · as Nanae
- Golden Devil Part 21948
- Golden Devil1948
- Four Love Stories1947
- Yurusareta ichiya1946
- Kaisen no Zenya1943
- Flowers of Patriotism1942
- A Certain Woman1942
- Otoko no iki1942
- The Spy Has Not Died Yet1942
- Winter Jasmine1942
- Dawn Chorus1941
- 女の宿1941 · as Taeko Noguchi
- Wood and Stone1940 · as Eriko Oikawa
- Torrent of a Big City1940
- Mother is Strong1939
- Surging Waves1939
- Lovers' Duet1939
- Spring Thunder1939 · as Eiko Tōjō
- Women at War1939