Michiyo Kogure

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 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).

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

Kogure on the cover of Asahi Graph (March 1951)

Selected filmography

Films

• Drunken Angel (1948)
• Aoi sanmyaku (1949)
• Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
• The Tale of Genji (1951)
• Rikon (1952)
• The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952)
• A Geisha (1953)
• Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
• Night School (1956)
• Street of Shame (1956)
• Sisters of the Gion (1956)
• Freelance Samurai (1957)
• The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
• Akō Rōshi (1961)
• Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)
• Tora-san, the Matchmaker (1979)

Television

• The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978), Oeyo
• Kusa Moeru (1979)

External links

• Michiyo Kogure on IMDb
• Michiyo Kogure at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)