

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.
1997
Michie Yoshiyama
1997
Unknown
1992
Women's clothing store manager
1991
Lady who walks
1989
Prime Minister's Wife
1989
Suzuko Watanabe
1988
Unknown
1986
Takahara Chie
1976
Tatsuo's mother
1974
Onobu (Kaishu's mother)
1973
Unknown
1969
Unknown
1967
室伏はる子(伊東はる子)
1964
Kikusato
1961
Teiko Uhara
1961
1960
1960
Kazuko Yasugi
1959
Setsuko Arita
1959
Sakura
1958
Fumiko Mikami
1958
Unknown
1957
Reiko Hyodo
1957
Yuhime
1957
Yasuko Ashihara
1957
Unknown
1956
Keiko Hase
1955
Tokiko
1955
Yumiko (segment 3)
1954
Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
1954
Sute Kagami
1954
Yasuyo Uematsu
1954
Yukiko Mabuchi
1954
Akiko Hayashino
1953
Michiko Kubota
1953
Unknown
1953
1952
Unknown
1951
Ayako
1950
Hamako Abe
1950
Unknown
1950
Keiko Ono
1949
Unknown
1948
Schoolgirl
1947
Kumiko Hirobe
1947
Unknown
Kuga Yoshiko
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