Yoshiko Kuga
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
The Roads Men Travel
Tabiji
Katsu Kaishu
Inochi
Pieces of Autumn
Miyako no kaze
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Drunken Angel
All Movies (77)
- As the River Flows2000 · as Yuki Shiokawa
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time1997 · as Michie Yoshiyama
- Tokyo Fair Weather1997
- 1191994
- Sky Cannot Be This Blue1993 · as Fumi Kobayshi
- Okoge1992 · as Women's clothing store manager
- Nowhere Man1991 · as Lady who walks
- Godzilla vs. Biollante1989 · as Prime Minister's Wife
- Four Days of Snow and Blood1989 · as Suzuko Watanabe
- Goryokaku1988
- Through Days and Months1969 · as Matsuko's Mother
- Samurai Banners1969
- Whirlwind1964 · as Kikusato
- To Your Majesty, The Emperor 21964 · as Yaeno Kurumiya
- Umineko ga tonde1962
- Ballad of a Workman1962 · as Chiyo
- Mother Country1962
- Haitoku no mesu1961 · as Nobuko Sato
- Moonlight in the Rain1961
- Zero Focus1961 · as Teiko Uhara
- Hijō no otoko1961
- Daredevil in the Castle1961 · as Kobue
- Cruel Story of Youth1960 · as Yuki
- Spring Dreams1960 · as Kazuko Yasugi
- Thus Another Day1959 · as Yasuko Satô
- Good Morning1959 · as Setsuko Arita
- The Snow Flurry1959 · as Sakura
- The Eternal Rainbow1958 · as Chie
- Equinox Flower1958 · as Fumiko Mikami
- Beyond the Seasonal Wind1958
- Woman Unveiled1958
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II1958 · as Yuhime
- Elegy of the North1957 · as Reiko Hyodo
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls1957 · as Yuhime
- Yellow Crow1957 · as Yasuko Ashihara
- A Case of Honor1957
- The Rose on His Arm1956 · as Keiko Hase
- Women in Prison1956 · as Senko Minami, prisoner
- Farewell to Dream1956 · as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
- Mune yori mune ni1955 · as Harue Kawazoe
- Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree1955 · as Reiko
- Taira Clan Saga1955 · as Tokiko
- Bride in the Kitchen1955
- If Indeed One Loves1955 · as Yumiko (segment 3)
- Beautiful Days1955 · as Sakurako
- Tomorrow's Happiness1955 · as Tomiko
- Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky1954 · as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
- A Billionaire1954 · as Sute Kagami
- Aku no tanoshisa1954 · as Yasuyo Uematsu
- The Woman in the Rumor1954 · as Yukiko Mabuchi
- The Garden of Women1954 · as Akiko Hayashino
- Autumn Interlude1954 · as Setsuko Fushimi
- Love Letter1953 · as Michiko Kubota
- An Inlet of Muddy Water1953
- Brother and Sister1953 · as San
- Reunion1953
- This Way, That Way1952
- The Paths of Two Maidens1952
- I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki1952
- 群狼の街1952 · as 宇和島見奈子
- Honoo no hada1951
- The Bitch1951 · as Yukiko
- The Idiot1951 · as Ayako
- Golden Beast1950 · as Kozue Takenaka
- Portrait of Madame Yuki1950 · as Hamako Abe
- Guntō nanban-sen1950
- The Angry Street1950
- Till We Meet Again1950 · as Keiko Ono
- 月の出船1950 · as 荻原静江
- Rinchi1949 · as Kuwako
- Akireta musumetachi1949
- Jakoman and Tetsu1949 · as Girl at church
- Delinquent Girl1949
- My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain1948 · as Shizu
- Drunken Angel1948 · as Schoolgirl
- Spring Awakens1947 · as Kumiko Hirobe
- Four Love Stories1947
All TV Shows (7)
- 長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 千姫有情 母ありき1988
- Miyako no kaze1986 · as 竹田静
- Inochi1986 · as Takahara Chie
- The Roads Men Travel1976 · as Tatsuo's mother
- Katsu Kaishu1974 · as Onobu (Kaishu's mother)
- Pieces of Autumn1973
- Tabiji1967 · as 室伏はる子（伊東はる子）