Yoshiko Kuga
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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
Credits
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
as Prime Minister's Wife
Drunken Angel (1948)
as Schoolgirl
Good Morning (1959)
as Setsuko Arita
Love Letter (1953)
as Michiko Kubota
Equinox Flower (1958)
as Fumiko Mikami
Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
as Suzuko Watanabe
119 (1994)
Actor
The Idiot (1951)
as Ayako
Shinzōyaburi no oka (1954)
Actor
Dorei no machi (1951)
Actor
Autumn Interlude (1954)
as Setsuko Fushimi
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II (1958)
as Yuhime
As the River Flows (2000)
as Yuki Shiokawa
To the Ends of the Earth (1953)
Actor
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
as Yuki
Enoshima Elegy (1951)
Actor
The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
as Yukiko Mabuchi
Escape Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)
Actor
Taira Clan Saga (1955)
as Tokiko
Women in Prison (1956)
as Senko Minami, prisoner
Byakuran kōran (1952)
Actor
Ane to imôto (1965)
as Yoshie Matsumoto
Gunrō no machi (1952)
as 宇和島見奈子
An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Actor
Brother and Sister (1953)
as San
Tokyo Fair Weather (1997)
Actor
Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957)
as Yuhime
Honoo no hada (1951)
Actor
Through Days and Months (1969)
as Matsuko's Mother
Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru (1953)
Actor
Goryokaku (1988)
Actor
If Indeed One Loves (1955)
as Yumiko (segment 3)
Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
as Hamako Abe
Samurai Banners (1969)
Actor
Tomorrow's Happiness (1955)
as Tomiko
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya (1949)
Actor
Ballad of a Workman (1962)
as Chiyo
Brotherly Love (1954)
Actor
The Snow Flurry (1959)
as Sakura
Spring Dreams (1960)
as Kazuko Yasugi
A Billionaire (1954)
as Sute Kagami
Woman Unveiled (1958)
Actor
Zero Focus (1961)
as Teiko Uhara
Nowhere Man (1991)
as Lady who walks
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain (1948)
as Shizu
Kyūjō hiroba (1951)
Actor
Bride in the Kitchen (1955)
Actor
Tsuki no shussen (1950)
as 荻原静江
Daredevil in the Castle (1961)
as Kobue
A Case of Honor (1957)
Actor
The Eternal Rainbow (1958)
as Chie
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree (1955)
as Reiko
Elegy of the North (1957)
as Reiko Hyodo
Beautiful Days (1955)
as Sakurako
Hijō no otoko (1961)
Actor
Whirlwind (1964)
as Kikusato
Okoge (1992)
as Women's clothing store manager
Till We Meet Again (1950)
as Keiko Ono
Mune yori mune ni (1955)
as Harue Kawazoe
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 (1964)
as Yaeno Kurumiya
The Bitch (1951)
as Yukiko
Spring Awakens (1947)
as Kumiko Hirobe
Sky Cannot Be This Blue (1993)
as Fumi Kobayshi
The Angry Street (1950)
Actor
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky (1954)
as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
Four Love Stories (1947)
Actor
Thus Another Day (1959)
as Yasuko Satô
The Rose on His Arm (1956)
as Keiko Hase
Golden Beast (1950)
as Kozue Takenaka
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1997)
as Michie Yoshiyama
The Garden of Women (1954)
as Akiko Hayashino
Beyond the Seasonal Wind (1958)
as Fumie Namura
Yellow Crow (1957)
as Yasuko Ashihara
Rinchi (1949)
as Kuwako
Delinquent Girl (1949)
Actor
This Way, That Way (1952)
Actor
Jakoman and Tetsu (1949)
as Girl at church
Moonlight in the Rain (1961)
Actor
Umineko ga tonde (1962)
Actor
Eternal Song of Nagasaki (1952)
Actor
Farewell to Dream (1956)
as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
Guntō nanban-sen (1950)
Actor
The Paths of Two Maidens (1952)
Actor
Mother Country (1962)
Actor
Haitoku no mesu (1961)
as Nobuko Sato
Reunion (1953)
Actor
Akireta musumetachi (1949)
Actor
The Pleasures of Vice (1954)
as Yasuyo Uematsu