Michiyo Kogure
Japanese actress (1918-1990) · Japan · On the map · Actors · Died at 72
Michiyo Kogure 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.
Michiyo Kogure is read about 126 times a day, in 12 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 September 2026
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1990Died13 June 19901980Tokugawa no OnnatachiSeries1979
Tora-san, the MatchmakerFilm, 绢子1972
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry GangFilm, Osei1969
Gambler's LegacyFilm1967
Shogun and His Mistress 2Film, Otami1966
Koto - The Lake of TearsFilm, Suzuko1964
Female Ninja MagicFilm, Afuku1962
In Search of MotherFilm, Ohama1959
The 47 Masterless SamuraiFilm1957
Freelance SamuraiFilm, Kosuzu Hanabusa1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji TempleFilm, Lady Yoshino1953
A GeishaFilm, Miyoharu1951
Fireworks Over the SeaFilm, Mie Kamiya1949
Ghost Cat of NabeshimaFilm1947
Four Love StoriesFilm1918Born31 January 1918
Tora-san, the MatchmakerFilm, 绢子1972The Kanto Scarlet Cherry GangFilm, Osei1969Gambler's LegacyFilm1967Shogun and His Mistress 2Film, Otami1966Koto - The Lake of TearsFilm, Suzuko1964Female Ninja MagicFilm, Afuku1962In Search of MotherFilm, Ohama1959The 47 Masterless SamuraiFilm1957Freelance SamuraiFilm, Kosuzu Hanabusa1955Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji TempleFilm, Lady Yoshino1953A GeishaFilm, Miyoharu1951Fireworks Over the SeaFilm, Mie Kamiya1949Ghost Cat of NabeshimaFilm1947Four Love StoriesFilm1918Born31 January 1918People around Michiyo
Close ties
Kenji Mizoguchi Directed Street of Shame (1956)
Isao Kimura Also in Miyamoto Musashi : Hannyazaka no kettō (1962)
Tomu Uchida Directed Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
Yorozuya Kinnosuke Also in Akō Rōshi and Miyamoto Musashi
Masaichi Nagata Produced Street of Shame and The Tale of Genji
Chieko Naniwa Also in Miyamoto Musashi : Ganryūjima no kettō (1965)
Rentarō Mikuni Also in Miyamoto Musashi : Hannyazaka no kettō (1962)
Chieko Higashiyama Also in The Tale of Genji and The Loyal 47 Ronin
Tomotaka Tasaka Directed Lake of Tears and Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Eitarō Shindō Also in Drunken Angel and Street of Shame
Ken Takakura Also in Miyamoto Musashi : Nitōryū kaigen (1963)
Ichikawa Raizō VIII Also in Taira Clan Saga and Freelance Samurai
Harue Akagi Also in Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
Chiezō Kataoka Also in Akō Rōshi (1961)
Eijirō Yanagi Also in Portrait of Madame Yuki and Akō Rōshi
Eiji Yoshikawa Wrote Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
Minoru Chiaki Also in Lake of Tears and Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Eijirō Tōno Also in Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1967)
Kōji Tsuruta Also in The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
Haruo Tanaka Also in A Geisha, Rikon and Sisters of the Gion
Tadashi Imai Directed Aoi sanmyaku (1949)
Seiji Miyaguchi Also in Miyamoto Musashi : Hannyazaka no kettō (1962)
Kōtarō Satomi Also in Akō Rōshi and Souls in the Moonlight II
Ichirō Saitō Wrote A Geisha and The Loyal 47 Ronin
Known for
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Street of Shame 1956
A Geisha 1953
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice 1952
Drunken Angel 1948
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island 1956
Filmography 40
170 credits on file
Television 1
Media & music
About this person
Film historian Donald Richie once called her "[o]ne of Japan's most versatile actresses, and perhaps the most intellectual of all in her approach to acting."
Country
Japan
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 1990 · aged 72
