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