Yoshiko Kuga
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.
83 acting credits
Acting · 83
The Roads Men Travel
1976
Tabiji
1967
Inochi
1986
Katsu Kaishu
1974
Good Morning
1959
Miyako no kaze
1986
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989
Pieces of Autumn
1973
Drunken Angel
1948
The Idiot
1951
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
Equinox Flower
1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
Cruel Story of Youth
1960
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
Spring Dreams
1960
Goryokaku
1988
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
Brother and Sister
1953
Samurai Banners
1969
119
1994
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
Nowhere Man
1991
If Indeed One Loves
1955
Okoge
1992
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
A Billionaire
1954
Taira Clan Saga
1955
The Angry Street
1950
As the River Flows
2000
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
Farewell to Dream
1956
Mune yori mune ni
1955
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
Whirlwind
1964
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997
Yellow Crow
1957
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
1993
Love Letter
1953
Delinquent Girl
1949
Spring Awakens
1947
Beautiful Days
1955
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
The Eternal Rainbow
1958
Till We Meet Again
1950
The Rose on His Arm
1956
Elegy of the North
1957
Zero Focus
1961
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
The Bitch
1951
This Way, That Way
1952
Jakoman and Tetsu
1949
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
Four Love Stories
1947
Hijō no otoko
1961
Haitoku no mesu
1961
Thus Another Day
1959
Mother Country
1962
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
Umineko ga tonde
1962
The Snow Flurry
1959
Reunion
1953
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 千姫有情 母ありき
1988
Woman Unveiled
1958
The Paths of Two Maidens
1952
Golden Beast
1950
Akireta musumetachi
1949
The Garden of Women
1954
Guntō nanban-sen
1950
Women in Prison
1956
Rinchi
1949
A Case of Honor
1957
Honoo no hada
1951
Aku no tanoshisa
1954
Tomorrow's Happiness
1955
Ballad of a Workman
1962
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
1948
Through Days and Months
1969
Autumn Interlude
1954
Bride in the Kitchen
1955
月の出船
1950