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

1997

1997

1992

Okoge

Women's clothing store manager

1991

Nowhere Man

Lady who walks

1989

Godzilla vs. Biollante

Prime Minister's Wife

1989

1988

Goryokaku

Unknown

1986

Inochi

Takahara Chie

1976

The Roads Men Travel

Tatsuo's mother

1974

Katsu Kaishu

Onobu (Kaishu's mother)

1973

1969

1967

Tabiji

室伏はる子(伊東はる子)

1964

Whirlwind

Kikusato

1961

Zero Focus

Teiko Uhara

1961

1960

1960

Spring Dreams

Kazuko Yasugi

1959

Good Morning

Setsuko Arita

1959

1958

Equinox Flower

Fumiko Mikami

1958

1957

1957

1957

Yellow Crow

Yasuko Ashihara

1957

1956

1955

1955

Ai Sureba Koso

Yumiko (segment 3)

1954

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife

1954

A Billionaire

Sute Kagami

1954

Aku no tanoshisa

Yasuyo Uematsu

1954

1954

The Garden of Women

Akiko Hayashino

1953

Love Letter

Michiko Kubota

1953

1953

1952

1951

1950

1950

1950

1949

1948

Drunken Angel

Schoolgirl

1947

Spring Awakens

Kumiko Hirobe

1947

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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