Michiyo Kogure

Personal Info

Birthday

January 31, 1918

Day of Death

1990-06-13

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

Tsuma Wada

Митиё Когурэ

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.

Known For

Drunken Angel

Street of Shame

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

A Geisha

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Taira Clan Saga

Portrait of Madame Yuki

Filmography

1979
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
as Kuniko
1972
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
as Osei
1971
The Path of the King
as Osai
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
as Otaki
1969
Madcap Mixup
as Otama
1967
Shogun and His Mistress 2
as Otami
1966
Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Suzuko
Japan's Most Chivalrous
as Sue
Four and A Half Mats
as Taneko Tachibana
1965
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Oko
A Lonely Gamble
as Tazuko Ogaki
1964
Female Ninja Magic
as Afuku
1963
A House in the Quarter
as Katsue
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
as Oko
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
as Okume Tamaki
Eleven Gangsters
as Miwa Yamanouchi
1962
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as Okou
Her Hidden Past
as Koyoshi
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
as Ayako
In Search of Mother
as Ohama
1961
The Red Shadow
as Hahakage
Kanbi no san-tō shain
as Nobuko Furukawa
A Night in Hong Kong
as Yoshiko Matsuyama
Miyamoto Musashi
as Oko
Way of Morning Mist
as Ogin
1960
Official with a Tattoo
as Ohan
1959
Stop the Old Fox
as Omiyo no kata
1958
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
as Mojiwaka
Souls in the Moonlight II
as Otoku
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Dayû Ukihashi
A Boy and Three Mothers
as Keiko, The Mother-in-Law
1957
Freelance Samurai
as Kosuzu Hanabusa
1956
Sound in the Mist
as Tsuruko
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Somehachi
Women in Prison
as Yasuko Chiba, prisoner
Night School
as Senta's mother (uncredited)
Street of Shame
as Hanae
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Yoshino (uncredited)
1955
The Tale of Jiro
as Oyoshi
Taira Clan Saga
as Yasuko
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Lady Yoshino
Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
as お千代
1953
A Geisha
as Miyoharu
Tokyo Profile
as Michiko
47 Vendettas
as Riku
Reminiscence
as Mrs. Ota
1952
Passion Fire
as 合羽屋おらく

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as Taeko Satake
Divorce
as Michiko Sôma
Okuni and Gohei
as Okuni
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Mie Kamiya
The Tale of Genji
as Fujitsubo
1950
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Yuki Shinano
1949
The Blue Mountains: Part II
as Umetaro
The Blue Mountains: Part I
as Umetaro
1948
Drunken Angel
as Nanae
1940
Wood and Stone
as Eriko Oikawa
1939
Spring Thunder
as Eiko Tōjō