Yoshiko Kuga
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1931-01-21
Day of Death
2024-06-09 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshiko Kuga
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.
Known For
Acting
(2000)
As the River Flows
as Yuki Shiokawa
(1997)
(1997)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
as Michie Yoshiyama
(1994)
(1993)
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
as Fumi Kobayshi
(1992)
Okoge
as Women's clothing store manager
(1991)
Nowhere Man
as Lady who walks
(1989)
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Suzuko Watanabe
(1989)
Godzilla vs. Biollante
as Prime Minister's Wife
(1988)
(1969)
(1964)
Whirlwind
as Kikusato
(1964)
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as Yaeno Kurumiya
(1962)
Ballad of a Workman
as Chiyo
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
Haitoku no mesu
as Nobuko Sato
(1961)
Zero Focus
as Teiko Uhara
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Daredevil in the Castle
as Kobue
(1960)
Cruel Story of Youth
as Yuki
(1960)
Spring Dreams
as Kazuko Yasugi
(1959)
Good Morning
as Setsuko Arita
(1959)
Thus Another Day
as Yasuko Satô
(1959)
The Snow Flurry
as Sakura
(1958)
Equinox Flower
as Fumiko Mikami
(1958)
(1958)
The Eternal Rainbow
as Chie
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
Yellow Crow
as Yasuko Ashihara
(1957)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as Yuhime
(1957)
(1957)
Elegy of the North
as Reiko Hyodo
(1956)
Farewell to Dream
as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
(1956)
The Rose on His Arm
as Keiko Hase
(1956)
Women in Prison
as Senko Minami, prisoner
(1955)
Taira Clan Saga
as Tokiko
(1955)
Ai Sureba Koso
as Yumiko (segment 3)
(1955)
Mune yori mune ni
as Harue Kawazoe
(1955)
(1955)
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
as Reiko
(1954)
The Woman in the Rumor
as Yukiko Mabuchi
(1954)
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
(1954)
A Billionaire
as Sute Kagami
(1954)
The Garden of Women
as Akiko Hayashino
(1954)
Aku no tanoshisa
as Yasuyo Uematsu
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
Brother and Sister
as San
(1953)
Love Letter
as Michiko Kubota
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1951)
(1951)
The Idiot
as Ayako
(1951)
The Bitch
as Yukiko
(1950)
Till We Meet Again
as Keiko Ono
(1950)
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Hamako Abe
(1950)
(1950)
Oogonju
as Kozue Takenaka
(1950)
(1949)
Jakoman and Tetsu
as Girl at church
(1949)
(1949)
Rinchi
as Kuwako
(1949)
(1948)
Drunken Angel
as Schoolgirl
(1947)
(1947)
Spring Awakens
as Kumiko Hirobe