Yoshiko Kuga
Acting
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
Acting84
movieAs the River Flows
2000
Yuki Shiokawa
movieThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997
Michie Yoshiyama
movieSky Cannot Be This Blue
1993
Fumi Kobayshi
movieOkoge
1992
Women's clothing store manager
movieNowhere Man
1991
Lady who walks
movieGodzilla vs. Biollante
1989
Prime Minister's Wife
movieFour Days of Snow and Blood
1989
Suzuko Watanabe
tvInochi
1986
Takahara Chie
tvThe Roads Men Travel
1976
Tatsuo's mother
tvKatsu Kaishu
1974
Onobu (Kaishu's mother)
Through Days and Months
1969
Matsuko's Mother
tvTabiji
1967
室伏はる子（伊東はる子）
movieWhirlwind
1964
Kikusato
movieTo Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
Yaeno Kurumiya
movieHaitoku no mesu
1961
Nobuko Sato
movieZero Focus
1961
Teiko Uhara
movieSpring Dreams
1960
Kazuko Yasugi
movieThus Another Day
1959
Yasuko Satô
movieGood Morning
1959
Setsuko Arita
movieThe Snow Flurry
1959
Sakura
movieEquinox Flower
1958
Fumiko Mikami
movieElegy of the North
1957
Reiko Hyodo
movieYellow Crow
1957
Yasuko Ashihara
movieThe Rose on His Arm
1956
Keiko Hase
movieWomen in Prison
1956
Senko Minami, prisoner
movieFarewell to Dream
1956
Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
movieMune yori mune ni
1955
Harue Kawazoe
movieTaira Clan Saga
1955
Tokiko
movieIf Indeed One Loves
1955
Yumiko (segment 3)
movieBeautiful Days
1955
Sakurako
movieSomewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
movieA Billionaire
1954
Sute Kagami
movieAku no tanoshisa
1954
Yasuyo Uematsu
movieThe Woman in the Rumor
1954
Yukiko Mabuchi
movieThe Garden of Women
1954
Akiko Hayashino
movieAutumn Interlude
1954
Setsuko Fushimi
movieLove Letter
1953
Michiko Kubota
movieGunrō no machi
1952
宇和島見奈子
movieThe Bitch
1951
Yukiko
movieThe Idiot
1951
Ayako
Golden Beast
1950
Kozue Takenaka
moviePortrait of Madame Yuki
1950
Hamako Abe
movieTill We Meet Again
1950
Keiko Ono
movieRinchi
1949
Kuwako
movieJakoman and Tetsu
1949
Girl at church
movieDrunken Angel
1948
Schoolgirl
movieSpring Awakens
1947
Kumiko Hirobe
Visual Effects1
tvHeroic Age
2007
Mechanical Designer