Michiyo Kogure
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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).
1939 in film
The year 1939 in motion pictures can be justified as being called the most outstanding one ever, when it comes to the high quality and high attendance at the large set of the best films that premiered in the year .- Events :Motion picture historians and film often rate...
and 1984
1984 in film
-Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
. 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
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Yasujiro Ozu about a wealthy middle-aged couple who have marital difficulties...
(1952).
Selected filmography
- (青い山脈 Aoi SanmyakuAoi sanmyaku (1949 film), literally: The Green Mountains, is a 1949 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai. Its theme was sung by Ichiro Fujiyama and Mitsue Nara.It is an adaptation of 1949 novel Blue Mountain Range by Yōjirō Ishizaka....
) (1949) - Portrait of Madame YukiPortrait of Madame Yukiaka A Picture of Madame Yuki, is a 1950 black and white Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.- External links :*...
(雪夫人絵図 Yuki fujin ezu?) aka A Picture of Madame Yuki (1950) - The Tale of GenjiThe Tale of Genji (1951 film)The Tale of Genji is a 1951 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. It's based on the piece of Japanese literature of the same name...
(1951) - (離婚 RikonRikonis a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino.- Cast :* Ureo Egawa as Shōgo Yamamura* Yuriko Hanabusa as Natsuno Sōma* Chōko Iida as Kikuyo* Michiyo Kogure as Michiko Sōma* Noriko Munakata as Tsuruko Miyawakita...
) (1952) - The Flavor of Green Tea over RiceThe Flavor of Green Tea over Riceis a 1952 Japanese film directed by Yasujiro Ozu about a wealthy middle-aged couple who have marital difficulties...
(1952) - A GeishaA Geishais a 1953 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, centred around life in post-war Gion through the relationship between an established geisha, Miyoharu, and teenaged Eiko, who pleads with Miyoharu to take her on as an apprentice or maiko...
(1953) - Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji TempleSamurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Templeis a color 1955 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki starring Toshirō Mifune. It is the second film of the Samurai Trilogy. The film is adapted from Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi...
(続宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決闘 Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) (1955) - Street of ShameStreet of Shameis a 1956 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, his last film.The film is based on the novel Susaki no Onna by Yoshiko Shibaki.-Cast:* Machiko Kyō as Mickey* Ayako Wakao as Yumeko* Aiko Mimasu as Yasumi* Michiyo Kogure as Hanae...
(1956) - Sisters of the GionSisters of the Gion (1956 film)is a 1956 black and white Japanese film drama directed by Hiromasa Nomura.The film is remake of the 1936 film drama of the same name Sisters of the Gion by Kenji Mizoguchi.- Cast :* Michiyo Kogure * 小野道子* Tamao Nakamura...
(祇園の姉妹 Gion no shimai) (1956) - Freelance SamuraiFreelance Samuraiis a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Kenji Misumi.- Cast :* Ichikawa Raizō VIII as Momotarō aka Shinnosuke Wakagi* Yoko Uraji as Yuri* Seizaburo Kawazu as Hankuro Iga* Michiyo Kogure as Kosuzu Hanabusa* Shunji Sakai as Inosuke* and others...
(1957) - The Loyal 47 RoninThe Loyal 47 Roninis a 1958 color Jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.- Cast :* Kazuo Hasegawa as Ōishi Kuranosuke * Shintarō Katsu as Genzō Akagaki* Kōji Tsuruta as Kin'emon Okano* Raizō Ichikawa as Takuminokami Asano...
(忠臣蔵 ChūshinguraChushingurais the name for fictionalized accounts of the historical revenge by the Forty-seven Ronin of the death of their master, Asano Naganori. Including the early , the story has been told in kabuki, bunraku, stage plays, films, novels, television shows and other media...
) (1958) - Akō RōshiAkō Rōshiis a 1961 color Japanese film about the Forty-Seven Ronin directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.- Cast :* Kusuo Abe as Katada* Kyōko Aoyama as Nagi* Chiyonosuke Azuma as Horibe* Shinobu Chihara as Ukibashi Dayu* Yoshiko Fujita as Ayame* Hiromi Hanazono as Sakura...
(赤穂浪士 Akō Rōshi) (1961) - Tora-san, the MatchmakerTora-san, the Matchmakeraka Tora-san Riding High is a 1979 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma , and Kaori Momoi as his love interest or "Madonna"...
(1979)