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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1931-01-21
Place of birth
Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan
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Cast
Oogonju
1950
0.00
The Idiot
1951
7.00
Drunken Angel
1948
7.63
Equinox Flower
1958
7.40
Good Morning
1959
7.70
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
7.34
Taira Clan Saga
1955
7.13
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
6.90
Goryokaku
1988
0.00
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989
7.42
Cruel Story of Youth
1960
6.60
Umineko ga tonde
1962
0.00
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
7.00
Zero Focus
1961
6.60
Brother and Sister
1953
6.60
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
6.00
The Snow Flurry
1959
6.67
Beautiful Days
1955
6.57
Farewell to Dream
1956
6.90
A Billionaire
1954
5.70
The Eternal Rainbow
1958
6.30
The Garden of Women
1954
6.60
Thus Another Day
1959
5.60
Spring Dreams
1960
5.80
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
7.40
Spring Awakens
1947
6.80
Elegy of the North
1957
6.00
Samurai Banners
1969
7.60
Four Love Stories
1947
5.80
Love Letter
1953
6.77
Yellow Crow
1957
6.17
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
6.10
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
0.00
Mune yori mune ni
1955
0.00
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
6.80
119
1994
6.00
As the River Flows
2000
0.00
Okoge
1992
6.30
The Paths of Two Maidens
1952
0.00
Guntō nanban-sen
1950
0.00
Nowhere Man
1991
5.20
Till We Meet Again
1950
6.30
The Angry Street
1950
6.50
Rinchi
1949
0.00
The Rose on His Arm
1956
5.80
Ballad of a Workman
1962
5.70
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997
5.00
Whirlwind
1964
6.80
Akireta musumetachi
1949
0.00
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
6.90
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
0.00
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
1993
0.00
Woman Unveiled
1958
6.00
Delinquent Girl
1949
0.00
Honoo no hada
1951
0.00
This Way, That Way
1952
7.00
The Bitch
1951
0.00
Mother Country
1962
6.50
Women in Prison
1956
1.00
A Case of Honor
1957
0.00
Ai Sureba Koso
1955
0.00
Haitoku no mesu
1961
0.00
Jakoman and Tetsu
1949
0.00
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
0.00
Reunion
1953
6.00
Hijō no otoko
1961
0.00
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
0.00