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