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.
Filmography (84 titles)
9.0MovieAs the River Flows
Yuki Shiokawa · 2000
7.5MovieThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Michie Yoshiyama · 1997
7.2MovieTokyo Fair Weather
1997
6.3Movie119
1994
9.0MovieSky Cannot Be This Blue
Fumi Kobayshi · 1993
6.0MovieOkoge
Women's clothing store manager · 1992
6.2MovieNowhere Man
Lady who walks · 1991
7.4MovieGodzilla vs. Biollante
Prime Minister's Wife · 1989
7.3MovieFour Days of Snow and Blood
Suzuko Watanabe · 1989
MovieGoryokaku
1988
Show長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 千姫有情 母ありき
1988
ShowMiyako no kaze
竹田静 · 1986
ShowInochi
Takahara Chie · 1986
8.2ShowThe Roads Men Travel
Tatsuo's mother · 1976
ShowKatsu Kaishu
Onobu (Kaishu's mother) · 1974
ShowPieces of Autumn
1973
Through Days and Months
Matsuko's Mother · 1969
7.4MovieSamurai Banners
1969
ShowTabiji
室伏はる子（伊東はる子） · 1967
6.6MovieWhirlwind
Kikusato · 1964
MovieTo Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Yaeno Kurumiya · 1964
MovieUmineko ga tonde
1962
6.1MovieBallad of a Workman
Chiyo · 1962
6.8MovieMother Country
1962
7.0MovieHaitoku no mesu
Nobuko Sato · 1961
9.0MovieMoonlight in the Rain
1961
6.3MovieZero Focus
Teiko Uhara · 1961
MovieHijō no otoko
1961
7.3MovieDaredevil in the Castle
Kobue · 1961
6.6MovieCruel Story of Youth
Yuki · 1960