Acting
Yoshiko Kuga
JA cinema · 88 credits
Born
21 January 1931
Died
9 June 2024 (aged 93)
Birthplace
Ushigome, Japon
Also known as Kuga Yoshiko
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
As the River Flows
as Yuki Shiokawa
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
as Michie Yoshiyama
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Actor
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
as Fumi Kobayshi
Okoge
as Women's clothing store manager
Nowhere Man
as Lady who walks
Godzilla vs. Biollante
as Prime Minister's Wife
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Suzuko Watanabe
日も月も
1969
Through Days and Months
as Matsuko's Mother
Ane to imôto
as Yoshie Matsumoto
Whirlwind
as Kikusato
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as Yaeno Kurumiya
Ballad of a Workman
as Chiyo
Zero Focus
as Teiko Uhara
Haitoku no mesu
as Nobuko Sato
Spring Dreams
as Kazuko Yasugi
Good Morning
as Setsuko Arita
The Snow Flurry
as Sakura
Thus Another Day
as Yasuko Satô
Equinox Flower
as Fumiko Mikami
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
as Fumie Namura
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as Yuhime
Elegy of the North
as Reiko Hyodo
Yellow Crow
as Yasuko Ashihara
Farewell to Dream
as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
The Rose on His Arm
as Keiko Hase
Women in Prison
as Senko Minami, prisoner
Taira Clan Saga
as Tokiko
Beautiful Days
as Sakurako
Mune yori mune ni
as Harue Kawazoe
If Indeed One Loves
as Yumiko (segment 3)
The Woman in the Rumor
as Yukiko Mabuchi
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
A Billionaire
as Sute Kagami
The Garden of Women
as Akiko Hayashino
The Pleasures of Vice
as Yasuyo Uematsu
Autumn Interlude
as Setsuko Fushimi
Love Letter
as Michiko Kubota
Reunion
Actor
Gunrō no machi
as 宇和島見奈子
The Idiot
as Ayako
The Bitch
as Yukiko
黄金獣
1950
Golden Beast
as Kozue Takenaka
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Hamako Abe
Till We Meet Again
as Keiko Ono
Rinchi
as Kuwako
Jakoman and Tetsu
as Girl at church
Drunken Angel
as Schoolgirl
Spring Awakens
as Kumiko Hirobe
