Yoshiko Kuga

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.

Acting

1992

Okoge
Movie

Women's clothing store manager

1991

Nowhere Man
Movie

Lady who walks

1989

Godzilla vs. Biollante
Movie

Prime Minister's Wife

1988

1988

1976

The Roads Men Travel
Tv

Tatsuo's mother

1974

Katsu Kaishu
Tv

Onobu (Kaishu's mother)

1964

1961

1961

1961

Zero Focus
Movie

Teiko Uhara

1960

Spring Dreams
Movie

Kazuko Yasugi

1959

Good Morning
Movie

Setsuko Arita

1958

Equinox Flower
Movie

Fumiko Mikami

1957

Yellow Crow
Movie

Yasuko Ashihara

1955

Ai Sureba Koso
Movie

Yumiko (segment 3)

1954

1954

1954

Aku no tanoshisa
Movie

Yasuyo Uematsu

1954

1954

1953

Love Letter
Movie

Michiko Kubota

1953

1951

1950

Oogonju
Movie

Kozue Takenaka

1949

1948

1947

Spring Awakens
Movie

Kumiko Hirobe

Infos

Full Name
Yoshiko Kuga
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
1/21/1931
Date of Death
6/9/2024
Also Known As

Kuga Yoshiko

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