Yoshiko Kuga
Acting
Born: 1931-01-21 in Ushigome, Japon
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
Tabiji
室伏はる子（伊東はる子）
Inochi
Takahara Chie
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Prime Minister's Wife
Equinox Flower
Fumiko Mikami
Katsu Kaishu
Onobu (Kaishu's mother)
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Brother and Sister
San
Mune yori mune ni
Harue Kawazoe
Drunken Angel
Schoolgirl
Miyako no kaze
竹田静
Love Letter
Michiko Kubota
Cruel Story of Youth
Yuki
The Idiot
Ayako
The Angry Street
Ane to imôto
Yoshie Matsumoto
Brotherly Love
Good Morning
Setsuko Arita
Shinzōyaburi no oka
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Suzuko Watanabe
Dorei no machi
Enoshima Elegy
Farewell to Dream
Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
Ballad of a Workman
Chiyo
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Hamako Abe
To the Ends of the Earth
119
The Roads Men Travel
Tatsuo's mother
Samurai Banners
Bride in the Kitchen
The Snow Flurry
Sakura
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Yuhime
Honoo no hada
As the River Flows
Yuki Shiokawa
The Rose on His Arm
Keiko Hase
Autumn Interlude
Setsuko Fushimi
Gunrō no machi
宇和島見奈子
Women in Prison
Senko Minami, prisoner
Byakuran kōran
Tomorrow's Happiness
Tomiko