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Michiko Kuwano

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Michiko Kuwano
Born(1915-01-04)4 January 1915
Died1 April 1946(1946-04-01) (aged 31)
OccupationActress
Years active1934-1946

Michiko Kuwano (桑野通子, Kuwano Michiko, 4 January 1915 – 1 April 1946) was a Japanese actress.[1] She appeared in more than forty films from 1934 to 1946.

Career

First working as a "sweets girl" for Morinaga & Company, Kuwano joined the Shochiku studio in 1934, debuting in Hiroshi Shimizu's Kinkanshoku.[2] She gave birth to a girl in 1942, who later became the actress Miyuki Kuwano, and resumed work in 1943, but collapsed on the set of Kenji Mizoguchi's Victory of Women in 1946.[2]

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1936 Mr. Thank You
1937 What Did the Lady Forget?
1942 Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

References

  1. ^ "Michiko Kuwano". BFI.
  2. ^ a b "Kuwano Michiko". Kotobanku (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 24 March 2016.