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