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.
Acted in 90
2000s
- 2000
As the River Flows
Yuki Shiokawa
1990s
- 1997
Tokyo Fair Weather
Movie
- 1994
- 1993
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
Fumi Kobayshi
- 1992
Okoge
Women's clothing store manager
- 1991
Nowhere Man
Lady who walks
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
Goryokaku
Movie
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 千姫有情 母ありき
TV
- 1986
Inochi
Takahara Chie · 50 episodes
1970s
- 1976
- 1974
Katsu Kaishu
Onobu (Kaishu's mother) · 52 episodes
- 1973
Pieces of Autumn
TV
1960s
- 1969
- 1967
- 1965
- 1964
Whirlwind
Kikusato
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Yaeno Kurumiya
- 1962
Umineko ga tonde
Movie
Mother Country
Movie
- 1961
Moonlight in the Rain
Movie
Hijō no otoko
Movie
Daredevil in the Castle
Kobue
- 1960
Spring Dreams
Kazuko Yasugi
1950s
- 1959
Thus Another Day
Yasuko Satô
The Snow Flurry
Sakura
- 1958
The Eternal Rainbow
Chie
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Fumie Namura
Woman Unveiled
Movie
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Yuhime
- 1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Yuhime
A Case of Honor
Movie
- 1956
The Rose on His Arm
Keiko Hase
Women in Prison
Senko Minami, prisoner
Farewell to Dream
Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
- 1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Reiko
Taira Clan Saga
Tokiko
If Indeed One Loves
Yumiko (segment 3)
Beautiful Days
Sakurako
Tomorrow's Happiness
Tomiko
- 1954
A Billionaire
Sute Kagami
The Pleasures of Vice
Yasuyo Uematsu
Autumn Interlude
Setsuko Fushimi
Shinzōyaburi no oka
Movie
- 1953
Love Letter
Michiko Kubota
To the Ends of the Earth
Movie
Reunion
Movie
Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru
Movie
- 1952
This Way, That Way
Movie
The Paths of Two Maidens
Movie
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
Movie
Gunrō no machi
宇和島見奈子
- 1951
Dorei no machi
Movie
The Bitch
Yukiko
Enoshima Elegy
Movie
Kyūjō hiroba
Movie
- 1950
Escape Between Midnight and Dawn
Movie
Guntō nanban-sen
Movie
Till We Meet Again
Keiko Ono
Tsuki no shussen
荻原静江
1940s
- 1949
Rinchi
Kuwako
Akireta musumetachi
Movie
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
Movie
Jakoman and Tetsu
Girl at church
Delinquent Girl
Movie
- 1948
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
Shizu
- 1947
Spring Awakens
Kumiko Hirobe
Four Love Stories
Movie
Visual effects 1
2000s
- 2007
