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Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko Kuga

Actor · Born 1931-01-21 · Ushigome, Japon

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Biography

Yoshiko Kuga (久我 美子, Kuga Yoshiko, 21 January 1931 – 9 June 2024) was a Japanese actress. Kuga was born in Tokyo, Japan. In 1946, while still attending Gakushuin Junior High School, she became an actress for Toho studios. In 1947, she made her debut as one of the lead actresses in the omnibus movie Four Love Stories (四つの恋の物語, Yottsu no Koi no Monogatari). In the 1950s, she started working independently and starred in many productions of the Shochiku studios under the direction of Keisuke Kinoshita. Other important directors include Kenji Mizoguchi (The Woman in the Rumor), Yasujirō Ozu (Equinox Flower), and Tadashi Imai (An Inlet of Muddy Water). Since the 1970s, she appeared mainly on television and on stage. Kuga was married to actor Akihiko Hirata from 1961 until his death in 1984. She died from aspiration pneumonia on 9 June 2024, at the age of 93.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Good Morning (1959) — Setsuko Arita
  2. Drunken Angel (1948) — Schoolgirl
  3. Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) — Prime Minister's Wife
  4. Equinox Flower (1958) — Fumiko Mikami
  5. The Idiot (1951) — Ayako
  6. Cruel Story of Youth (1960) — Yuki
  7. The Woman in the Rumor (1954) — Yukiko Mabuchi
  8. Taira Clan Saga (1955) — Tokiko
  9. Love Letter (1953) — Michiko Kubota
  10. Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950) — Hamako Abe
  11. Samurai Banners (1969)
  12. Zero Focus (1961) — Teiko Uhara
  13. Brother and Sister (1953) — San
  14. Daredevil in the Castle (1961) — Kobue
  15. The Garden of Women (1954) — Akiko Hayashino
  16. Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989) — Suzuko Watanabe
  17. The Snow Flurry (1959) — Sakura
  18. Farewell to Dream (1956) — Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
  19. Till We Meet Again (1950) — Keiko Ono
  20. Whirlwind (1964) — Kikusato
  21. Elegy of the North (1957) — Reiko Hyodo
  22. Okoge (1992) — Women's clothing store manager
  23. Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II (1958) — Yuhime
  24. Beautiful Days (1955) — Sakurako
  25. Spring Dreams (1960) — Kazuko Yasugi
  26. An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
  27. Tokyo Fair Weather (1997)
  28. The Rose on His Arm (1956) — Keiko Hase
  29. Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky (1954) — Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
  30. Thus Another Day (1959) — Yasuko Satô
  31. Yellow Crow (1957) — Yasuko Ashihara
  32. The Angry Street (1950)
  33. Ballad of a Workman (1962) — Chiyo
  34. Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957) — Yuhime
  35. Spring Awakens (1947) — Kumiko Hirobe
  36. Nowhere Man (1991) — Lady who walks
  37. Four Love Stories (1947)
  38. Mother Country (1962)
  39. A Billionaire (1954) — Sute Kagami
  40. The Eternal Rainbow (1958) — Chie