Person

Yoshiko Kuga

Acting · 1931–2024 · Ushigome, Japon

Biography

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

Filmography

2007Heroic AgeMechanical Designer
2000As the River FlowsYuki Shiokawa
1997The Girl Who Leapt Through TimeMichie Yoshiyama
1997Tokyo Fair Weather
1994119
1993Sky Cannot Be This BlueFumi Kobayshi
1992OkogeWomen's clothing store manager
1991Nowhere ManLady who walks
1989Godzilla vs. BiollantePrime Minister's Wife
1989Four Days of Snow and BloodSuzuko Watanabe
1988Goryokaku
1988長七郎江戸日記スペシャル　千姫有情　母ありき
1986Miyako no kaze竹田静
1986InochiTakahara Chie
1976The Roads Men TravelTatsuo's mother
1974Katsu KaishuOnobu (Kaishu's mother)
1973Pieces of Autumn
1969Through Days and MonthsMatsuko's Mother
1969Samurai Banners
1967Tabiji室伏はる子（伊東はる子）
1964WhirlwindKikusato
1964To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2Yaeno Kurumiya
1962Umineko ga tonde
1962Ballad of a WorkmanChiyo
1962Mother Country
1961Haitoku no mesuNobuko Sato
1961Moonlight in the Rain
1961Zero FocusTeiko Uhara
1961Hijō no otoko
1961Daredevil in the CastleKobue
1960Cruel Story of YouthYuki
1960Spring DreamsKazuko Yasugi
1959Thus Another DayYasuko Satô
1959Good MorningSetsuko Arita
1959The Snow FlurrySakura
1958The Eternal RainbowChie
1958Equinox FlowerFumiko Mikami
1958Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958Woman Unveiled
1958Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part IIYuhime
1957Elegy of the NorthReiko Hyodo
1957Yagyu Secret ScrollsYuhime
1957Yellow CrowYasuko Ashihara
1957A Case of Honor
1956The Rose on His ArmKeiko Hase
1956Women in PrisonSenko Minami, prisoner
1956Farewell to DreamYôichi's older sister, Toyoko
1955Mune yori mune niHarue Kawazoe
1955Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-TreeReiko
1955Taira Clan SagaTokiko
1955Bride in the Kitchen
1955If Indeed One LovesYumiko (segment 3)
1955Beautiful DaysSakurako
1955Tomorrow's HappinessTomiko
1954Somewhere Beneath the Wide SkyHiroko, Ryoichi's wife
1954A BillionaireSute Kagami
1954Aku no tanoshisaYasuyo Uematsu
1954The Woman in the RumorYukiko Mabuchi
1954The Garden of WomenAkiko Hayashino
1954Autumn InterludeSetsuko Fushimi
1953Love LetterMichiko Kubota
1953An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953Brother and SisterSan
1953Reunion
1952This Way, That Way
1952The Paths of Two Maidens
1952I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952Gunrō no machi宇和島見奈子
1951Honoo no hada
1951The BitchYukiko
1951The IdiotAyako
1950Golden BeastKozue Takenaka
1950Portrait of Madame YukiHamako Abe
1950Gozen reiji no shutugoku
1950Guntō nanban-sen
1950The Angry Street
1950Till We Meet AgainKeiko Ono
1950Tsuki no shussen荻原静江
1949RinchiKuwako
1949Akireta musumetachi
1949Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
1949Jakoman and TetsuGirl at church
1949Delinquent Girl
1948My Love on the Other Side of the MountainShizu
1948Drunken AngelSchoolgirl
1947Spring AwakensKumiko Hirobe
1947Four Love Stories

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