Yoshiko Kuga
Known for Acting · 85 credits
- Born
- 1931-01-21
- Died
- 2024-06-09
- Place of birth
- Ushigome, Japon
- Also known as
- Kuga Yoshiko
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
TV Shows (7)
Movies (78)
Ballad of a Workman
1962
as Chiyo
Honoo no hada
1951
Women in Prison
1956
as Senko Minami, prisoner
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989
as Prime Minister's Wife
Good Morning
1959
as Setsuko Arita
Drunken Angel
1948
as Schoolgirl
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
Equinox Flower
1958
as Fumiko Mikami
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
1948
as Shizu
Through Days and Months
1969
as Matsuko's Mother
Autumn Interlude
1954
as Setsuko Fushimi
As the River Flows
2000
as Yuki Shiokawa
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
as Yuhime
Rinchi
1949
as Kuwako
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
as Hamako Abe
Samurai Banners
1969
A Case of Honor
1957
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
as Yukiko Mabuchi
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
as Yuhime
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
as Suzuko Watanabe
Tsuki no shussen
1950
as 荻原静江
Bride in the Kitchen
1955
Zero Focus
1961
as Teiko Uhara
Brother and Sister
1953
as San
Taira Clan Saga
1955
as Tokiko
A Billionaire
1954
as Sute Kagami
Till We Meet Again
1950
as Keiko Ono
Goryokaku
1988
Nowhere Man
1991
as Lady who walks
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Whirlwind
1964
as Kikusato
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
as Kobue
The Snow Flurry
1959
as Sakura
The Rose on His Arm
1956
as Keiko Hase
119
1994
Spring Dreams
1960
as Kazuko Yasugi
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997
as Michie Yoshiyama
Mother Country
1962
Spring Awakens
1947
as Kumiko Hirobe
Delinquent Girl
1949
Yellow Crow
1957
as Yasuko Ashihara
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
Thus Another Day
1959
as Yasuko Satô
The Angry Street
1950
Elegy of the North
1957
as Reiko Hyodo
Woman Unveiled
1958
Beautiful Days
1955
as Sakurako
Okoge
1992
as Women's clothing store manager
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
as Yaeno Kurumiya
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
The Garden of Women
1954
as Akiko Hayashino
Guntō nanban-sen
1950
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
Four Love Stories
1947
Jakoman and Tetsu
1949
as Girl at church
The Paths of Two Maidens
1952
If Indeed One Loves
1955
as Yumiko (segment 3)
Farewell to Dream
1956
as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
Aku no tanoshisa
1954
as Yasuyo Uematsu
Haitoku no mesu
1961
as Nobuko Sato
Hijō no otoko
1961
The Eternal Rainbow
1958
as Chie
Golden Beast
1950
as Kozue Takenaka
This Way, That Way
1952
Reunion
1953
Akireta musumetachi
1949
The Bitch
1951
as Yukiko
Umineko ga tonde
1962
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
as Reiko
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
1993
as Fumi Kobayshi
Mune yori mune ni
1955
as Harue Kawazoe
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
1949
About Yoshiko Kuga
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 Mizog… With 85 credits spanning from 1947 to 2000, Yoshiko Kuga has appeared in 78 films and 7 TV shows.
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Most Popular Yoshiko Kuga Movies
- Ballad of a Workman (1962) — as Chiyo
- Honoo no hada (1951)
- Women in Prison (1956) — as Senko Minami, prisoner
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) — as Prime Minister's Wife
- Good Morning (1959) — as Setsuko Arita
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