Michiyo Kogure

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]

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  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.