Michiyo Kogure

Michiyo Kogure
Michiyo Kogure as Yuki Shinano in the Portrait of Madame Yuki 1950 film
Born	31 January 1918 Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Died	13 June 1990 (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 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

• 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)
• Tora-san, the Matchmaker (1979)

External links

• Michiyo Kogure at the Internet Movie Database