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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 31, 1918
Died
June 13, 1990
Place of Birth
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Also Known As
- Tsuma Wada
- Митиё Когурэ
Michiyo Kogure
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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. 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.
Known For
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Karate Cop 3
1984
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Azusa
Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey
1982
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Tokugawa no Onnatachi
1980
8.5
Kuniko
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979
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Dances of Flame
1978
7.1
Self
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
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Sanbaba
1974
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Osei
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
6.0
Osai
The Path of the King
1971
6.0
Otaki
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
1971
Credits
Karate Cop 3
1984
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Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey
as Azusa
1982
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Tokugawa no Onnatachi
1980
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Tora-san, the Matchmaker
as Kuniko
1979
8.5
Dances of Flame
1978
8.0
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as Self
1975
7.1
Sanbaba
1974
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The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
as Osei
1972
6.0
The Path of the King
as Osai
1971
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Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
as Otaki
1971
6.0
Gambler's Legacy
1969
6.5
Madcap Mixup
as Otama
1969
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Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
3.8
Shogun and His Mistress 2
as Otami
1967
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Gambler: Victory Without Death
1967
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Exterminate the Young Boss!
1967
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Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Suzuko
1966
6.5
Nerves for Victory
1966
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Japan's Most Chivalrous
as Sue
1966
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Four and A Half Mats
as Taneko Tachibana
1966
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Oko
1965
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Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
6.4
A Lonely Gamble
as Tazuko Ogaki
1965
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The Black Cat
1965
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Female Ninja Magic
as Afuku
1964
6.9
The Sharks
1964
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Orders from Hell
1964
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Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
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A House in the Quarter
as Katsue
1963
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Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
as Oko
1963
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Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
as Okume Tamaki
1963
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Eleven Gangsters
as Miwa Yamanouchi
1963
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Marriage of the sky and the sea
1962
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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as Okou
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
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A Carpenter and Children
1962
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Her Hidden Past
as Koyoshi
1962
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka
as Ayako
1962
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In Search of Mother
as Ohama
1962
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The Red Shadow
as Hahakage
1961
6.4
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
7.5
Kanbi no san-tō shain
as Nobuko Furukawa
1961
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A Night in Hong Kong
as Yoshiko Matsuyama
1961
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Miyamoto Musashi
as Oko
1961
7.3
The Ako Retainers
1961
5.2
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
as Ogin
1961
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鳴門秘帖
1961
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The Shogun and the Fishmonger
1961
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遙かなる母の顔
1960
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Shinran, Part II
1960
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The Swordsman In The Golden Valley
1960
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The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
1960
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Shinran
1960
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Official with a Tattoo
as Ohan
1960
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Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return
1960
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Speed Crazy
1959
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Stop the Old Fox
as Omiyo no kata
1959
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A Man Explodes
1959
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Kaze no uchi so to
1959
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Eyes of Mother and Daughter
1959
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The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959
7.2
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The Spell of the Hidden Gold
as Mojiwaka
1958
6.0
The Red Bat
1958
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Souls in the Moonlight II
as Otoku
1958
6.6
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Dayû Ukihashi
1958
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直八子供旅
1958
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A Boy and Three Mothers
as Keiko, The Mother-in-Law
1958
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The Magnificent Five
1958
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Freelance Samurai
as Kosuzu Hanabusa
1957
5.4
Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957
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Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
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Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
1957
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Sound in the Mist
as Tsuruko
1956
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Somehachi
1956
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Women in Prison
as Yasuko Chiba, prisoner
1956
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Flowery Brothers
1956
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Sisters of Gion
1956
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Night School
as Senta's mother (uncredited)
1956
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Street of Shame
as Hanae
1956
7.7
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Yoshino (uncredited)
1956
7.2
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
1956
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The Tale of Jiro
as Oyoshi
1955
5.0
Taira Clan Saga
as Yasuko
1955
6.8
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Lady Yoshino
1955
7.2
Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
as お千代
1955
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Life of Geisha
1955
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紋三郎の秀
1955
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疾風愛憎峠
1954
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続南国太平記 薩南の嵐
1954
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Nangoku Taiheiki
1954
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Hanran
1954
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The Sun
1953
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A Geisha
as Miyoharu
1953
7.5
Tokyo Profile
as Michiko
1953
6.5
The Blue Revolution
1953
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47 Vendettas
as Riku
1953
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Reminiscence
as Mrs. Ota
1953
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Passion Fire
as 合羽屋おらく
1952
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Dôkoku
1952
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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as Taeko Satake
1952
7.6
Divorce
as Michiko Sôma
1952
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Castle of Revenge
1952
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Okuni and Gohei
as Okuni
1952
6.4
Story of Lightning
1951
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Fireworks Over the Sea
as Mie Kamiya
1951
4.7
Pure White Nights
1951
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The Tale of Genji
as Fujitsubo
1951
5.5
The White Orchid
1951
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Homecoming
1950
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Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Yuki Shinano
1950
6.7
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Probation
1950
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Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949
6.5
The Blue Mountains: Part II
as Umetaro
1949
6.8
The Blue Mountains: Part I
as Umetaro
1949
6.3
A Woman's Fight
1949
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Lady From Hell
1949
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Thirty-three footprints
1948
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Yūkyō no mure
1948
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The Fourth Lady
1948
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Drunken Angel
as Nanae
1948
7.6
Golden Devil Part 2
1948
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Golden Devil
1948
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Four Love Stories
1947
5.8
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Yurusareta ichiya
1946
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Kaisen no Zenya
1943
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Flowers of Patriotism
1942
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A Certain Woman
1942
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Otoko no iki
1942
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The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
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Winter Jasmine
1942
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Dawn Chorus
1941
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女の宿
as Taeko Noguchi
1941
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Wood and Stone
as Eriko Oikawa
1940
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Torrent of a Big City
1940
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Mother is Strong
1939
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Surging Waves
1939
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Lovers' Duet
1939
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Spring Thunder
as Eiko Tōjō
1939
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Women at War
1939
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