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.
Acting
Movie
Good Morning
as Setsuko Arita
1959
Movie
Drunken Angel
as Schoolgirl
1948
Movie
Godzilla vs. Biollante
as Prime Minister's Wife
1989
Movie
Equinox Flower
as Fumiko Mikami
1958
Movie
The Idiot
as Ayako
1951
Movie
Cruel Story of Youth
as Yuki
1960
Movie
The Woman in the Rumor
as Yukiko Mabuchi
1954
Movie
Taira Clan Saga
as Tokiko
1955
Movie
Love Letter
as Michiko Kubota
1953
Movie
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Hamako Abe
1950
Movie
Samurai Banners
1969
Movie
Zero Focus
as Teiko Uhara
1961
Movie
Brother and Sister
as San
1953
Movie
The Garden of Women
as Akiko Hayashino
1954
Movie
Daredevil in the Castle
as Kobue
1961
Movie
The Snow Flurry
as Sakura
1959
Movie
Farewell to Dream
as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
1956
Movie
Till We Meet Again
as Keiko Ono
1950
Movie
Whirlwind
as Kikusato
1964
Movie
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Suzuko Watanabe
1989
Movie
Elegy of the North
as Reiko Hyodo
1957
Movie
Okoge
as Women's clothing store manager
1992
Movie
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as Yuhime
1958
Movie
Beautiful Days
as Sakurako
1955
