Yoshiko Kuga

Born: 1931-01-21 in Ushigome, Japon

Died: 2024-06-09

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2007

Heroic Age ... (Mechanical Designer)

2000

As the River Flows as Yuki Shiokawa

1997

Tokyo Fair Weather
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time as Michie Yoshiyama

1994

1993

Sky Cannot Be This Blue as Fumi Kobayshi

1992

Okoge as Women's clothing store manager

1991

Nowhere Man as Lady who walks

1989

Godzilla vs. Biollante as Prime Minister's Wife
Four Days of Snow and Blood as Suzuko Watanabe

1988

1986

Miyako no kaze as 竹田静
Inochi as Takahara Chie

1976

The Roads Men Travel as Tatsuo's mother

1974

Katsu Kaishu as Onobu (Kaishu's mother)

1973

Pieces of Autumn

1969

Samurai Banners
Through Days and Months as Matsuko's Mother

1967

Tabiji as 室伏はる子（伊東はる子）

1964

Whirlwind as Kikusato
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 as Yaeno Kurumiya

1962

1961

1960

Spring Dreams as Kazuko Yasugi
Cruel Story of Youth as Yuki

1959

Good Morning as Setsuko Arita
The Snow Flurry as Sakura
Thus Another Day as Yasuko Satô

1958

Equinox Flower as Fumiko Mikami
The Eternal Rainbow as Chie
Woman Unveiled
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II as Yuhime

1957

Yagyu Secret Scrolls as Yuhime
Elegy of the North as Reiko Hyodo
Yellow Crow as Yasuko Ashihara
A Case of Honor

1956

Farewell to Dream as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
The Rose on His Arm as Keiko Hase
Women in Prison as Senko Minami, prisoner

1955

Taira Clan Saga as Tokiko
If Indeed One Loves as Yumiko (segment 3)
Mune yori mune ni as Harue Kawazoe
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree as Reiko
Beautiful Days as Sakurako
Bride in the Kitchen
Tomorrow's Happiness as Tomiko

1954

The Woman in the Rumor as Yukiko Mabuchi
A Billionaire as Sute Kagami
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
The Garden of Women as Akiko Hayashino
Aku no tanoshisa as Yasuyo Uematsu

1953

1952