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