Michiyo Kogure

Michiyo Kogure
Michiyo Kogure as Yuki Shinano in the Portrait of Madame Yuki 1950 film
Born	January 31, 1918(1918-01-31) Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Died	June 13, 1990(1990-06-13) (aged 72)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1939 – 1984

Michiyo Kogure (木暮実千代, Kogure Michiyo) (31 January 1918 – 13 June 1990) was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1939 and 1984. She is perhaps best known for her starring role as the headstrong housewife who begins to tire of her dull, earnest husband in The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952).

Selected filmography

• (青い山脈 Aoi Sanmyaku) (1949)
• Portrait of Madame Yuki (雪夫人絵図 Yuki fujin ezu?) aka A Picture of Madame Yuki (1950)
• The Tale of Genji (1951)
• (離婚 Rikon) (1952)
• The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952)
• A Geisha (1953)
• Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (続宮本武蔵　一乗寺の決闘 Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) (1955)
• Street of Shame (1956)
• Sisters of the Gion (祇園の姉妹 Gion no shimai) (1956)
• Freelance Samurai (1957)
• The Loyal 47 Ronin (忠臣蔵 Chūshingura) (1958)
• Akō Rōshi (赤穂浪士 Akō Rōshi) (1961)
• Tora-san, the Matchmaker (1979)

External links

• Michiyo Kogure at the Internet Movie Database