Michiyo Kogure
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Taeko Satake
1952
Film
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Yoshino (uncredited)
1956
Film
Drunken Angel
Nanae
1948
Film
Street of Shame
Hanae
1956
Film
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
1975
Film
A Geisha
Miyoharu
1953
Film
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949
Film
Freedom School
1951
Film
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Yuki Shinano
1950
Film
Orders from Hell
1964
Film
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Lady Yoshino
1955
Film
Flowers of Patriotism
1942
Film
12 Ounces to Glory
1960
Film
Official with a Tattoo
Ohan
1960
Film
Speed Crazy
1959
Film
In Search of Mother
Ohama
1962
Film
The Red Shadow
Hahakage
1961
Film
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Dayû Ukihashi
1958
Film
Taira Clan Saga
Yasuko
1955
Film
Dances of Flame
1978
Film
Miyamoto Musashi
Oko
1961
Film
Flowery Brothers
1956
Film
A Certain Woman
1942
Film
While the Demon Steps Out
1956
Film
Mother is Strong
1939
Film
Women at War
1939
Film
The Blue Mountains: Part II
Umetaro
1949
Film
A House in the Quarter
Katsue
1963
Film
Women in Prison
Yasuko Chiba, prisoner
1956
Film
Female Ninja Magic
Afuku
1964
Coming Up of Kodokan
1953
Film
Beyond The Stars
Yachiyo
1956
Film
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Kuniko
1979
Film
Sanmenkyō no kyōfu
1948
Film
Koto—The Lake of Tears
Suzuko
1966
Film
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
Film
Tomorrow's Happiness
Keiko
1955
Film
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
Film
A Boy and Three Mothers
Keiko, the Mother-in-Law
1958
Film
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Oko
1965
Film
Shinran, Part II
1960
Film
Four Love Stories
1947
Film
Red Fan
1952
Film
Spring Thunder
Eiko Tōjō
1939
Film
Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey
Azusa
1982
Film
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Osei
1972
Film
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
1961
Film
The Black Cat
1965
Film
Fireworks Over the Sea
Mie Kamiya
1951
The Actress and the Detective
1950
Film
The Tale of Genji
Fujitsubo
1951
Film
The Ako Retainers
1961
Film
Sisters of Gion
1956
The Fifth Witness
1948
Film
Zoku nangoku taiheiki: Satsunan no arashi
1954
Film
Karate Cop 3
1984
Film
The Sharks
1964
Film
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
Otaki
1971
Film
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Film
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Okume Tamaki
1963
Film
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Okou
1962
Film
A Carpenter and Children
1962
Film
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Film
Homecoming
1950
Tokugawa no Onnatachi
1980
Film
Ujō
Shizu Noguchi, Ujo's wife
1957
Film
Gambler's Legacy
1969
Film
Night School
Senta's mother (uncredited)
1956
Film
A Night in Hong Kong
Yoshiko Matsuyama
1961
In Case of One Woman
Toku Misono
1956
Film
Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
Mojiwaka
1958
Film
Four and A Half Mats
Taneko Tachibana
1966
Film
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
1957
Film
The Blue Mountains: Part I
Umetaro
1949
Film
Golden Devil Part 2
1948
Film
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
Film
Shinran
1960
Film
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Somehachi
1956
Film
Freelance Samurai
Kosuzu Hanabusa
1957
Film
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Otami
1967
Film
Sound in the Mist
Tsuruko
1956
Film
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
Film
Hanran
1954
Film
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Oko
1963
Film
A Naughty Angel
1963
Film
Stop the Old Fox
Omiyo no kata
1959
Film
Pure White Nights
1951
Film
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
1960
Film
Thirty-three footprints
1948
女の宿
Taeko Noguchi
1941
Film
Tokyo Profile
Michiko
1953
Film
Hanayome senshu
1948
Film
The Blue Revolution
1953
Film
Okuni and Gohei
Okuni
1952
Film
Souls in the Moonlight II
Otoku
1958
Film
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
Film
Dôkoku
1952
Film
Sanctuary
1961
Film
疾風愛憎峠
1954
Film
Otoko no iki
1942
Film
The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959
Film
Mama's Diary
1954
Film
Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen
1961
Film
Night Holds a Truth
1957
Film
Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori
1962
Film
Kaze no uchi so to
1959
Film
Her Hidden Past
Koyoshi
1962
Film
Marriage of the Sky and the Sea
1962
Film
Kanbi no san-tō shain
Nobuko Furukawa
1961
Film
Lovers' Duet
1939
Film
Story of Lightning
1951
Film
若い涙を吹きとばせ
1961
Film
直八子供旅
1958
Film
The Magnificent Five
1958
Film
Gambler: Victory Without Death
1967
Film
47 Vendettas
Riku
1953
Film
The White Orchid
1951
Film
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956
Film
The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
1960
Film
A Lonely Gamble
Tazuko Ogaki
1965
Surging Waves
1939
Film
Sanbaba
1974
Film
Madcap Mixup
Otama
1969
Film
Nangoku Taiheiki
1954
Film
Dawn Chorus
1941
Film
A Woman's Fight
1949
Film
Golden Devil
1948
Film
The Path of the King
Osai
1971
Film
Platform at Night
1948
Film
Lady From Hell
1949
Film
Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
1962
Film
Nerves for Victory
1966
Film
A Man Explodes
1959
The Tale of Jiro
Oyoshi
1955
Film
Passion Fire
合羽屋おらく
1952
Film
Yūkyō no mure
1948
Film
Newlywed League Match
1947
Eyes of Mother and Daughter
1959
Film
The Fourth Lady
1948
Film
Kaisen no Zenya
1943
Film
Eleven Gangsters
Miwa Yamanouchi
1963
Film
Way of Morning Mist
Ogin
1961
Film
Aoi kairyū
1961
Life of Geisha
1955
Film
Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
お千代
1955
Film
The Red Bat
1958
Film
Reminiscence
Mrs. Ota
1953
Film
遙かなる母の顔
1960
紋三郎の秀
1955
Film
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
Ayako
1962
Film
Winter Jasmine
1942
Film
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
1960
Film
鳴門秘帖
1961
Film
Japan's Most Chivalrous
Sue
1966
Film
Divorce
Michiko Sôma
1952
Film
The Sun
1953
Film
Torrent of a Big City
1940
Film
Hibari the Traveling Performer
1962
Probation
1950
Film
Yurusareta ichiya
1946
Film
Exterminate the Young Boss!
1967
Film
Castle of Revenge
1952
Film
Wood and Stone
Eriko Oikawa
1940
Film
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953
Film
Snowy Night Duel
1954