Michiyo Kogure

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Michiyo Kogure
Michiyo Kogure in Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
Born(1918-01-31)31 January 1918
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan[1][2]
Died13 June 1990(1990-06-13) (aged 72)[1][2]
Other namesTsuma Wada
OccupationActress
Years active1939–1984
SpouseHideyoshi Wada (1944–1990)
Kogure on the cover of Asahi Graph (March 1951)

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,[3] starring in works by Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and others. 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."[4]

Biography[edit]

Michiyo Kogure was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, and graduated from Nihon University in 1940.[1] While still a student, she joined the Shochiku film studios and gave her screen debut in 1939.[1] She worked for directors such as Hiroshi Shimizu, Heinosuke Gosho and Kōzaburō Yoshimura, before following her husband to Manchuria in 1944.[1] 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.[5]

In addition to her appearances in films and commercials, Kogure volunteered in charity work.[1] In 1976, she was awarded the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon.[1]

Selected filmography[edit]

Films[edit]

Television[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "木暮実千代". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "木暮実千代". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  3. ^ "木暮実千代". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  4. ^ Anderson, Joseph L.; Richie, Donald (1959). The Japanese Film – Art & Industry. Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company. p. 402.
  5. ^ "毎日映画コンクール 第4回（1949年）". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 November 2022.

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