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 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.
Acted in
As the River Flows
2000
as Yuki Shiokawa
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997
as Michie Yoshiyama
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
119
1994
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
1993
as Fumi Kobayshi
Okoge
1992
as Women's clothing store manager
Nowhere Man
1991
as Lady who walks
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989
as Prime Minister's Wife
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
as Suzuko Watanabe
Goryokaku
1988
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 千姫有情 母ありき
1988
Miyako no kaze
1986
as 竹田静
Inochi
1986
as Takahara Chie
The Roads Men Travel
1976
as Tatsuo's mother
Katsu Kaishu
1974
as Onobu (Kaishu's mother)
Pieces of Autumn
1973
Samurai Banners
1969
Tabiji
1967
as 室伏はる子（伊東はる子）
Whirlwind
1964
as Kikusato
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
as Yaeno Kurumiya
Umineko ga tonde
1962
Ballad of a Workman
1962
as Chiyo
Mother Country
1962
Haitoku no mesu
1961
as Nobuko Sato
Zero Focus
1961
as Teiko Uhara
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
as Kobue
Cruel Story of Youth
1960
as Yuki
Spring Dreams
1960
as Kazuko Yasugi
Thus Another Day
1959
as Yasuko Satô
Good Morning
1959
as Setsuko Arita
The Snow Flurry
1959
as Sakura
The Eternal Rainbow
1958
as Chie
Equinox Flower
1958
as Fumiko Mikami
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
Woman Unveiled
1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
as Yuhime
Elegy of the North
1957
as Reiko Hyodo
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
as Yuhime
Yellow Crow
1957
as Yasuko Ashihara
A Case of Honor
1957
The Rose on His Arm
1956
as Keiko Hase
Women in Prison
1956
as Senko Minami, prisoner
Farewell to Dream
1956
as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
Mune yori mune ni
1955
as Harue Kawazoe
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
as Reiko
Taira Clan Saga
1955
as Tokiko
Ai Sureba Koso
1955
as Yumiko (segment 3)
Beautiful Days
1955
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
A Billionaire
1954
as Sute Kagami
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
as Yukiko Mabuchi
The Garden of Women
1954
as Akiko Hayashino
Love Letter
1953
as Michiko Kubota
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Brother and Sister
1953
as San
Reunion
1953
This Way, That Way
1952
The Paths of Two Maidens
1952
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
Honoo no hada
1951
The Bitch
1951
as Yukiko
The Idiot
1951
as Ayako
Oogonju
1950
as Kozue Takenaka
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
as Hamako Abe
Guntō nanban-sen
1950
The Angry Street
1950
Till We Meet Again
1950
as Keiko Ono
Rinchi
1949
as Kuwako
Akireta musumetachi
1949
Jakoman and Tetsu
1949
as Girl at church
Delinquent Girl
1949
Drunken Angel
1948
as Schoolgirl
Spring Awakens
1947
as Kumiko Hirobe
Four Love Stories
1947