Kuwano Michiko

Name: Kuwano Michiko
Native name: 桑野通子
Also Known as: 桑野通
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Female
Born: January 4, 1915
Died: April 1, 1946

Michiko Kuwano was a Japanese actress. First working as a "sweets girl" for Morinaga & Company, Kuwano joined the Shochiku studio in 1934, debuting in Hiroshi Shimizu's Kinkanshoku. She gave birth to a girl in 1942, who later became the actress Miyuki Kuwano, and resumed work in 1943, but collapsed on the set of Kenji Mizoguchi's Victory of Women in 1946.
She appeared in more than forty films from 1934 to 1946.

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Year	Title	Role	Rating
1946	Women's Victory Japanese Movie, 1946, Michiko (Main Role)	Michiko Main Role	8.7
1944	Sinking the Unsinkable Japanese Movie, 1944, (Support Role)	Support Role	4.0
1943	Hiwa Normanton Gojiken: Kamen no Buto Japanese Movie, 1943, (Unknown)	Unknown	0.0
1941	Odoru Kuroshio Japanese Movie, 1941, (Main Role)	Main Role	0.0
1941	Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family Japanese Movie, 1941, Tokiko (Support Role)	Tokiko Support Role	7.0
1940	Mito Komon Japanese Movie, 1940, (Support Role)	Support Role	0.0
1939	Nizuma Mondo Japanese Movie, 1939, (Unknown)	Unknown	0.0
1939	Nihon no Tsuma: Zenpen ~ Ruten Hen ~ Kohen ~ Kuto Hen Japanese Movie, 1939, (Unknown)	Unknown	0.0
1939	Shin Josei Mondo Japanese Movie, 1939, Jie (Main Role)	Jie Main Role	9.0
1939	Himawari Musume Japanese Movie, 1939, (Main Role)	Main Role	0.0
1938	Kekkon no Shukudai Japanese Movie, 1938, (Main Role)	Main Role	0.0
1938	Katei Nikki: Zenpen Japanese Movie, 1938, (Support Role)	Support Role	0.0
1938	Junjo Fujin Japanese Movie, 1938, (Support Role)	Support Role	0.0
1938	Giniro no Michi Japanese Movie, 1938, (Main Role)	Main Role	0.0
1937	Forget Love for Now Japanese Movie, 1937, Oyuki (Main Role)	Oyuki Main Role	6.7
1937	What Did the Lady Forget? Japanese Movie, 1937, Setsuko (Support Role)	Setsuko Support Role	6.7
1936	Mr. Thank You Japanese Movie, 1936, [Woman with a black collar] (Support Role)	[Woman with a black collar] Support Role	7.3
1935	Kanojo wa Kirai to Hi Imashita Japanese Movie, 1935, (Support Role)	Support Role	1.0
1935	Umi no Kyodai Japanese Movie, 1935, (Main Role)	Main Role	0.0
1935	A Hero of Tokyo Japanese Movie, 1935, Nemoto Kayoko (Main Role)	Nemoto Kayoko Main Role	7.0
1934	Kinkanshoku Japanese Movie, 1934, Iwaki Tomone (Support Role)	Iwaki Tomone Support Role	0.0

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