Michiyo Kogure
Known for: Acting
Born: January 31, 1918
Died: June 13, 1990
Place of birth: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
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.
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Filmography
165 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
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Karate Cop 3
1984
2.0
Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey
1982NR
Tokugawa no Onnatachi
1980
8.7
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979
9.0
Dances of Flame
1978
7.2
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
9.0
Sanbaba
1974
6.8
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
6.5
The Path of the King
1971
7.3
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
1971
6.7
Gambler's Legacy
1969
7.0
Madcap Mixup
1969
5.0
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
4.5
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
6.0
Gambler: Victory Without Death
1967
8.0
Exterminate the Young Boss!
1967
7.2
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966
6.0
Nerves for Victory
1966
10.0
Japan's Most Chivalrous
1966
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Four and A Half Mats
1966
7.3
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
7.0
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
NR
A Lonely Gamble
1965
9.0
The Black Cat
1965
7.1
Female Ninja Magic
1964
9.0
The Sharks
1964
7.0
Orders from Hell
1964
7.0
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
6.4
A House in the Quarter
1963
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A Naughty Angel
1963
7.0
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963
9.0
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963
10.0
Eleven Gangsters
1963
NR
Marriage of the Sky and the Sea
1962
7.5
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
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Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori
1962
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Hibari the Traveling Performer
1962
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Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
1962
7.5
A Carpenter and Children
1962
7.0
Her Hidden Past
1962
NR
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
1962
6.6
In Search of Mother
1962
6.7
The Red Shadow
1961
8.3
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
NR
Sanctuary
1961
NR
Kanbi no san-tō shain
1961
10.0
A Night in Hong Kong
1961
7.3
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
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Aoi kairyū
1961
6.0
The Ako Retainers
1961
NR
若い涙を吹きとばせ
1961
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Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen
1961
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Way of Morning Mist
1961
7.0
鳴門秘帖
1961
6.5
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
1961
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Harukanaru haha no kao
1960
9.0
Shinran, Part II
1960
NR
12 Ounces to Glory
1960
8.0
The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
1960
6.0
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
1960
10.0
Shinran
1960
6.5
Official with a Tattoo
1960
NR
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
1960
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Speed Crazy
1959
6.5
Stop the Old Fox
1959
NR
A Man Explodes
1959
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Kaze no uchi so to
1959NR
Eyes of Mother and Daughter
1959
7.4
The 47 Masterless Samurai
19596.5
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958
10.0
The Red Bat
1958
6.6
Souls in the Moonlight II
1958
6.3
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
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直八子供旅
1958
7.0
A Boy and Three Mothers
1958
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The Magnificent Five
1958
6.0
Freelance Samurai
1957
7.0
Night Holds a Truth
1957
9.0
Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957
NR
Ujō
1957
NR
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
7.0
Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin
1957
7.5
Sound in the Mist
1956
7.0
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
4.0
Women in Prison
1956NR
In Case of One Woman
1956
NR
Flowery Brothers
1956
NR
Sisters of Gion
1956
10.0
Night School
1956
NR
While the Demon Steps Out
1956
7.7
Street of Shame
1956
NR
Beyond The Stars
1956
7.2
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
NR
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
19567.5
The Tale of Jiro
1955
6.8
Taira Clan Saga
1955
7.2
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
NR
Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
1955
NR
Tomorrow's Happiness
195510.0
Life of Geisha
1955NR
紋三郎の秀
1955
NR
疾風愛憎峠
1954
NR
Zoku nangoku taiheiki: Satsunan no arashi
1954
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Snowy Night Duel
1954
NR
Mama's Diary
1954
NR
Nangoku Taiheiki
1954
NR
Hanran
1954
NR
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953
NR
The Sun
1953
7.6
A Geisha
1953
6.5
Tokyo Profile
1953
8.0
The Blue Revolution
1953NR
Coming Up of Kodokan
1953
NR
47 Vendettas
1953
7.0
Reminiscence
1953
NR
Passion Fire
1952
9.0
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
NR
Dôkoku
1952
7.5
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
NR
Divorce
1952
NR
Castle of Revenge
1952
6.3
Okuni and Gohei
1952
NR
Red Fan
1952
10.0
Story of Lightning
1951
5.4
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
NR
Pure White Nights
1951
6.0
The Tale of Genji
1951
NR
Freedom School
1951
NR
The White Orchid
1951NR
The Actress and the Detective
1950
8.0
Homecoming
1950
6.8
Portrait of Madame Yuki
19507.0
Probation
1950
6.5
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949
7.1
The Blue Mountains: Part II
1949
6.4
The Blue Mountains: Part I
1949
NR
A Woman's Fight
1949
9.0
Lady From Hell
1949
NR
Thirty-three footprints
1948
NR
Yūkyō no mure
1948
NR
The Fourth Lady
1948NR
The Fifth Witness
1948
NR
Platform at Night
1948
NR
Sanmenkyō no kyōfu
1948
7.6
Drunken Angel
1948
NR
Hanayome senshu
1948
NR
Golden Devil Part 2
1948
NR
Golden Devil
1948
NR
Newlywed League Match
1947
6.2
Four Love Stories
1947
NR
Yurusareta ichiya
1946
NR
Kaisen no Zenya
1943
NR
Flowers of Patriotism
1942
7.0
A Certain Woman
1942
NR
Otoko no iki
1942
NR
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
10.0
Winter Jasmine
1942
NR
Dawn Chorus
1941NR
女の宿
1941
6.7
Wood and Stone
1940
NR
Torrent of a Big City
1940
NR
Mother is Strong
1939NR
Surging Waves
1939
7.0
Lovers' Duet
1939
NR
Spring Thunder
1939
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Women at War
1939