Michiyo Kogure

Acting

Born January 31, 1918 · Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

Died June 13, 1990

Also known as Tsuma Wada · Митиё Когурэ

Biography

Michiyo Kogure was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in nearly 200 films in a career which spanned 45 years, 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."

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