Michiyo Kogure
January 31, 1918 · 108 years old
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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, starring in works by Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and o…
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10 titles
Drunken Angel
A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond.
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Musashi Miyamoto returns to Kyoto after years of absence. After a series of fights against the Yoshioka School, he challenges its master to a duel.
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Musashi Miyamoto is challenged to a duel by a confident swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. He agrees to fight him in a year's time.
Street of Shame
The personal tales of various prostitutes who occupy a brothel.
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis.
A Geisha
A seasoned geisha and her apprentice maiko are forced to give in to their clients' sexual advances to survive.
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
A documentary film on the life and works of director Kenji Mizoguchi.
Aoi sanmyaku
When a post-war high school girl is seen with an older boy many find the nontraditional notion unacceptable and try to trick the girl and also assail her right to continue the relationship. Cue her teacher who not only supports th...
Zoku aoi sanmyaku
In this sequel to Aoi sanmyaku (1949) the focus is not on the students', but the teachers' life. When one day a love letter is discovered it escalates into case over which teacher and students clash. The incident blows up and ther...
Okoma: The Orphan Gambler
Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling skills, teams up with the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji and comes into conflict with gamblers plotting to take over a rustic hot-spring town.