- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 21, 1931
- Place of Birth
- Ushigome, Japon
- Died
- June 9, 2024
Yoshiko Kuga
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
tvHeroic Age
2007 · Mechanical Designer
movieAs the River Flows
2000 · Yuki Shiokawa
movieThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997 · Michie Yoshiyama
movieTokyo Fair Weather
1997
movie119
1994
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
movieGoryokaku
1988
tv長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 千姫有情 母ありき
1988
tvMiyako no kaze
1986 · 竹田静
tvInochi
1986 · Takahara Chie
tvThe Roads Men Travel
1976 · Tatsuo's mother
tvKatsu Kaishu
1974 · Onobu (Kaishu's mother)
tvPieces of Autumn
1973
Through Days and Months
movieThrough Days and Months
1969 · Matsuko's Mother
movieSamurai Banners
1969
tvTabiji
1967 · 室伏はる子（伊東はる子）
movieWhirlwind
1964 · Kikusato
movieTo Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964 · Yaeno Kurumiya
movieUmineko ga tonde
1962
movieBallad of a Workman
1962 · Chiyo
movieMother Country
1962
movieHaitoku no mesu
1961 · Nobuko Sato
movieMoonlight in the Rain
1961
movieZero Focus
1961 · Teiko Uhara
movieHijō no otoko
1961
movieDaredevil in the Castle
1961 · Kobue
movieCruel Story of Youth
1960 · Yuki
movieSpring Dreams
1960 · Kazuko Yasugi
movieThus Another Day
1959 · Yasuko Satô
movieGood Morning
1959 · Setsuko Arita
movieThe Snow Flurry
1959 · Sakura
movieThe Eternal Rainbow
1958 · Chie
movieEquinox Flower
1958 · Fumiko Mikami
movieBeyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
movieWoman Unveiled
1958
movieYagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958 · Yuhime
movieElegy of the North
1957 · Reiko Hyodo
movieYagyu Secret Scrolls
1957 · Yuhime
movieYellow Crow
1957 · Yasuko Ashihara
movieA Case of Honor
1957
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
movieTomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955 · Reiko
movieTaira Clan Saga
1955 · Tokiko
Bride in the Kitchen
movieBride in the Kitchen
1955
movieIf Indeed One Loves
1955 · Yumiko (segment 3)
movieBeautiful Days
1955 · Sakurako
movieTomorrow's Happiness
1955 · Tomiko
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
movieAn Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
movieBrother and Sister
1953 · San
movieReunion
1953
movieThis Way, That Way
1952
movieThe Paths of Two Maidens
1952
movieI'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
movieGunrō no machi
1952 · 宇和島見奈子
Honoo no hada
movieHonoo no hada
1951
movieThe Bitch
1951 · Yukiko
movieThe Idiot
1951 · Ayako
Golden Beast
movieGolden Beast
1950 · Kozue Takenaka
moviePortrait of Madame Yuki
1950 · Hamako Abe
movieGuntō nanban-sen
1950
movieThe Angry Street
1950
movieTill We Meet Again
1950 · Keiko Ono
月の出船
movie月の出船
1950 · 荻原静江
movieRinchi
1949 · Kuwako
movieAkireta musumetachi
1949
movieJakoman and Tetsu
1949 · Girl at church
movieDelinquent Girl
1949
movieMy Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
1948 · Shizu
movieDrunken Angel
1948 · Schoolgirl
movieSpring Awakens
1947 · Kumiko Hirobe
movieFour Love Stories
1947