A little girl named Michiko gets lost from her mom in the neighborhood of Ginza. Read More »
Tag Archives: Michiyo Kogure
Okuni to Gohei (1952) Mikio Naruse, Michiyo Kogure, Tomoemon Otani, Sô Yamamura
Kogure is the widow of an assassinated samurai and Otani was that man’s pupil. Read More »
Gambler: Victory Without Death AKA Bakuchi-uchi: Fujimi no shôbu (1967) Shigehiro Ozawa, Hiromi Fujiyama, Kenjirô Ishiyama, Michiyo Kogure
Tsunetaro Asakura AKA “Dynamite Tsune” is a talented gambler, but not infallable. Read More »
A Geisha (1953) Kenji Mizoguchi, Michiyo Kogure, Ayako Wakao, Seizaburô Kawazu
In the post-war, the sixteen year-old teenager Eiko seeks out the geisha Miyoharu in the district of Gion Read More »
Yuki fujin ezu / Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950) Kenji Mizoguchi, Michiyo Kogure, Yoshiko Kuga, Ken Uehara, Drama, Romance
Genji monogatari / The Tale of Genji (1951) Kôzaburô Yoshimura, Kazuo Hasegawa, Michiyo Kogure, Machiko Kyô, Drama
Based on the classic novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks Read More »
