Michiko Kuwano (桑野通子, Kuwano Michiko, 4 January 1915 – 1 April 1946) was a Japanese film actress.[1][2][3]
Michiko Kuwano | |
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| Born | 4 January 1915 |
| Died | 1 April 1946 (aged 31) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1934–1946 |
Biography
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Michiko Kuwano was born on January 4, 1915 in the former municipality of Shiba-ku, which is now located in the Minato ward in Tokyo.[4] Her father was a chef, and her mother died when she was four years old.[5]
She joined Shōchiku in 1934[5] and made her first film with Hiroshi Shimizu, a director with whom she collaborated numerous times.
She gave birth in 1942 to Miyuki Kuwano, who would later become an actress.
On March 29, 1946, she fainted during the filming of Victory of Women by Kenji Mizoguchi.[5] She died on April 1, 1946 from complications of a hemorrhage due to an ectopic pregnancy at the age of 31.[5]
Michiko Kuwano appeared in nearly 90 films for Shōchiku between 1934 and 1946.[6]
Career
editKuwano was born in Shiba ward, Tokyo.[7] After graduating from Mita High School in 1932, she first worked as a "sweets girl" for Morinaga & Company before entering the Shochiku film studios in 1934, where she gave her debut in Hiroshi Shimizu's Eclipse.[1][3] In addition to many films directed by Shimizu, she starred in films by Yasujirō Ozu and Yasujirō Shimazu. In 1946, she collapsed on the set of Kenji Mizoguchi's Victory of Women.[1] She is the mother of actress Miyuki Kuwano.[1]
Selected filmography
edit- 1934: Eclipse
- 1936: Mr. Thank You
- 1937: What Did the Lady Forget?
- 1939: A Brother and His Younger Sister
- 1940: The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi
- 1942: Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
- 1946: Victory of Women
References
edit- ^ a b c d "桑野通子". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Michiko Kuwano". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ a b "桑野通子". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ "桑野通子" [Michiko Kuwano]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Archive of a site dedicated to Michiko Kuwano" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Filmography". JMDb (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "桑野通子". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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