Michiyo Kogure
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 (145 Appearances)
Karate Cop 3
Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey
Tokugawa no Onnatachi
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Dances of Flame
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Sanbaba
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
The Path of the King
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
Gambler's Legacy
Madcap Mixup
Tales of the Inner Chamber
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Gambler: Victory Without Death
Exterminate the Young Boss!
Koto—The Lake of Tears
Nerves for Victory
Japan's Most Chivalrous
Four and A Half Mats
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
A Lonely Gamble
The Black Cat
Female Ninja Magic
The Sharks
Orders from Hell
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
A House in the Quarter
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Eleven Gangsters
Marriage of the sky and the sea
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori
Hibari the Traveling Performer
Yoka chigo zakura Make no wakamusha
A Carpenter and Children
Her Hidden Past
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
In Search of Mother
The Red Shadow
Run, Genta, Run!
Kanbi no san-tō shain
A Night in Hong Kong
Miyamoto Musashi
The Ako Retainers
若い涙を吹きとばせ
Naruto hijō kanketsu-hen
Way of Morning Mist
鳴門秘帖
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
遙かなる母の顔
Shinran, Part II
The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
Shinran
Official with a Tattoo
Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
Speed Crazy
Stop the Old Fox
A Man Explodes
Kaze no uchi so to
Eyes of Mother and Daughter
The 47 Masterless Samurai
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
The Red Bat
Souls in the Moonlight II
The Loyal 47 Ronin
直八子供旅
A Boy and Three Mothers
The Magnificent Five
Freelance Samurai
Night Holds a Truth
Yataro’s Travel Hat
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
Sound in the Mist
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Women in Prison
Flowery Brothers
Sisters of Gion
Night School
Street of Shame
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
The Tale of Jiro
Taira Clan Saga
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
Life of Geisha
紋三郎の秀
疾風愛憎峠
続南国太平記 薩南の嵐
Nangoku Taiheiki
Hanran
The Sun
A Geisha
Tokyo Profile
The Blue Revolution
47 Vendettas
Reminiscence
Passion Fire
Oka wa hanazakari
Dôkoku
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Divorce
Castle of Revenge
Okuni and Gohei
Story of Lightning
Fireworks Over the Sea
Pure White Nights
The Tale of Genji
The White Orchid
Homecoming
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Probation
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
The Blue Mountains: Part II
The Blue Mountains: Part I
A Woman's Fight
Lady From Hell
Thirty-three footprints
Yūkyō no mure
The Fourth Lady
Drunken Angel
Golden Devil Part 2
Golden Devil
Four Love Stories
Yurusareta ichiya
Kaisen no Zenya
Flowers of Patriotism
A Certain Woman
Otoko no iki
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
Winter Jasmine
Dawn Chorus
女の宿
Wood and Stone
Torrent of a Big City
Mother is Strong
Surging Waves
Lovers' Duet
Spring Thunder
Women at War