Yoshiko Kuga
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
78
Gender
Female
Birthday
1931-01-21 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan
Acting

2000

As the River Flows as Yuki Shiokawa

1997

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time as Michie Yoshiyama

1997

Tokyo Fair Weather as Not available

1994

119 as Not available

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

Goryokaku as Not available

1986

Inochi as Takahara Chie

1986

Miyako no kaze as 竹田静

1976

The Roads Men Travel as Tatsuo's mother

1974

Katsu Kaishu as Onobu (Kaishu's mother)

1973

Pieces of Autumn as Not available

1969

Samurai Banners as Not available

1967

Tabiji as 室伏はる子(伊東はる子)

1964

Whirlwind as Kikusato

1964

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 as Yaeno Kurumiya

1962

Ballad of a Workman as Chiyo

1962

Umineko ga tonde as Not available

1962

Mother Country as Not available

1961

Zero Focus as Teiko Uhara

1961

Hijō no otoko as Not available

1961

Moonlight in the Rain as Not available

1961

Haitoku no mesu as Nobuko Sato

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

Beyond the Seasonal Wind as Not available

1958

The Eternal Rainbow as Chie

1958

Woman Unveiled as Not available

1957

Yagyu Secret Scrolls as Yuhime

1957

A Case of Honor as Not available

1957

Yellow Crow as Yasuko Ashihara

1957

Elegy of the North as Reiko Hyodo

1956

Farewell to Dream as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko

1956

Women in Prison as Senko Minami, prisoner

1956

The Rose on His Arm as Keiko Hase

1955

Taira Clan Saga as Tokiko

1955

Mune yori mune ni as Harue Kawazoe

1955

Ai Sureba Koso as Yumiko (segment 3)

1955

Beautiful Days as Not available

1954

The Garden of Women as Akiko Hayashino

1954

A Billionaire as Sute Kagami

1954

The Woman in the Rumor as Yukiko Mabuchi

1954

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife

1954

Aku no tanoshisa as Yasuyo Uematsu

1953

Brother and Sister as San

1953

Love Letter as Michiko Kubota

1953

Reunion as Not available

1953

An Inlet of Muddy Water as Not available

1952

This Way, That Way as Not available

1952

The Paths of Two Maidens as Not available

1951

The Idiot as Ayako

1951

Honoo no hada as Not available

1951

The Bitch as Yukiko

1950

Portrait of Madame Yuki as Hamako Abe

1950

Till We Meet Again as Keiko Ono

1950

Guntō nanban-sen as Not available

1950

Oogonju as Kozue Takenaka

1950

The Angry Street as Not available

1949

Rinchi as Kuwako

1949

Delinquent Girl as Not available

1949

Jakoman and Tetsu as Girl at church

1949

Akireta musumetachi as Not available

1948

Drunken Angel as Schoolgirl

1947

Four Love Stories as Not available

1947

Spring Awakens as Kumiko Hirobe
Crew

2007

Heroic Age Mechanical Designer