
Michiyo Kogure
Biography
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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 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.
Acting (133 movies)

The Fourth Lady
1948

Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956

A Lonely Gamble
1965

Drunken Angel
1948

Kaisen no Zenya
1943

Street of Shame
1956

A Geisha
1953

Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950

Taira Clan Saga
1955

Shinran
1960

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952

Orders from Hell
1964

The Blue Mountains: Part I
1949

Divorce
1952

Mother is Strong
1939

Women at War
1939

A Certain Woman
1942

Torrent of a Big City
1940

Otoko no iki
1942

Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
1962

Four Love Stories
1947

Winter Jasmine
1942

Passion Fire
1952

Hanran
1954

Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
1955

In Search of Mother
1962

A Man Explodes
1959

Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori
1962

A Boy and Three Mothers
1958

続南国太平記 薩南の嵐
1954

Nangoku Taiheiki
1954

The Sun
1953

Sisters of Gion
1956

疾風愛憎峠
1954

直八子供旅
1958

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949

Kaze no uchi so to
1959

Thirty-three footprints
1948

The Tale of Genji
1951

Shinran, Part II
1960

Marriage of the sky and the sea
1962

Way of Morning Mist
1961

Golden Devil
1948

Golden Devil Part 2
1948

Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979

Four and A Half Mats
1966

Freelance Samurai
1957

A Carpenter and Children
1962

Yūkyō no mure
1948

The Path of the King
1971

Fireworks Over the Sea
1951

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965

The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959

Run, Genta, Run!
1961

Hibari the Traveling Performer
1962

Tokyo Profile
1953

Okuni and Gohei
1952

The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
1962

Official with a Tattoo
1960

Kanbi no san-tō shain
1961

The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942

47 Vendettas
1953

The Blue Mountains: Part II
1949

A Night in Hong Kong
1961

A House in the Quarter
1963

Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963

Wood and Stone
1940

Dances of Flame
1978

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972

Stop the Old Fox
1959

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975

Miyamoto Musashi
1961

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962

Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
1964

Female Ninja Magic
1964

The Ako Retainers
1961

Reminiscence
1953

Gambler's Legacy
1969

Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965

Sanbaba
1974

The Black Cat
1965

Eleven Gangsters
1963

Souls in the Moonlight II
1958

Dôkoku
1952

Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
1971

Pure White Nights
1951

Flowery Brothers
1956

Karate Cop 3
1984

Nerves for Victory
1966

Her Hidden Past
1962

Night School
1956

The Red Shadow
1961

Madcap Mixup
1969

Lovers' Duet
1939

Gambler: Victory Without Death
1967

Women in Prison
1956
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