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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
As the River Flows
Character:Yuki Shiokawa
Release Date:29/04/2000
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Character:Michie Yoshiyama
Release Date:08/11/1997
Tokyo Fair Weather
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Release Date:18/10/1997
119
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Release Date:05/11/1994
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
Character:Fumi Kobayshi
Release Date:20/02/1993
Okoge
Character:Women's clothing store manager
Release Date:26/05/1992
Nowhere Man
Character:Lady who walks
Release Date:02/11/1991
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Character:Prime Minister's Wife
Release Date:16/12/1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Character:Suzuko Watanabe
Release Date:17/06/1989
Goryokaku
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Release Date:30/12/1988
Samurai Banners
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Release Date:01/03/1969
Whirlwind
Character:Kikusato
Release Date:03/01/1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Character:Yaeno Kurumiya
Release Date:01/01/1964
Umineko ga tonde
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Release Date:05/12/1962
Ballad of a Workman
Character:Chiyo
Release Date:12/08/1962
Mother Country
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Release Date:29/04/1962
Haitoku no mesu
Character:Nobuko Sato
Release Date:06/08/1961
Moonlight in the Rain
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Release Date:16/05/1961
Zero Focus
Character:Teiko Uhara
Release Date:19/03/1961
Hijō no otoko
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Release Date:13/02/1961
Daredevil in the Castle
Character:Kobue
Release Date:03/01/1961
Cruel Story of Youth
Character:Yuki
Release Date:03/06/1960
Spring Dreams
Character:Kazuko Yasugi
Release Date:03/01/1960
Thus Another Day
Character:Yasuko Satô
Release Date:27/09/1959
Good Morning
Character:Setsuko Arita
Release Date:12/05/1959
The Snow Flurry
Character:Sakura
Release Date:03/01/1959
The Eternal Rainbow
Character:Chie
Release Date:28/10/1958
Equinox Flower
Character:Fumiko Mikami
Release Date:07/09/1958
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
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Release Date:10/06/1958
Woman Unveiled
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Release Date:15/01/1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Character:Yuhime
Release Date:03/01/1958
Elegy of the North
Character:Reiko Hyodo
Release Date:01/09/1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Character:Yuhime
Release Date:14/04/1957
Yellow Crow
Character:Yasuko Ashihara
Release Date:27/02/1957
A Case of Honor
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Release Date:20/02/1957
The Rose on His Arm
Character:Keiko Hase
Release Date:14/11/1956
Women in Prison
Character:Senko Minami, prisoner
Release Date:11/09/1956
Farewell to Dream
Character:Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
Release Date:17/04/1956
Mune yori mune ni
Character:Harue Kawazoe
Release Date:06/12/1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Character:Reiko
Release Date:05/10/1955
Taira Clan Saga
Character:Tokiko
Release Date:21/09/1955
Ai Sureba Koso
Character:Yumiko (segment 3)
Release Date:05/07/1955
Beautiful Days
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Release Date:25/05/1955
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Character:Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
Release Date:23/11/1954
A Billionaire
Character:Sute Kagami
Release Date:22/11/1954
Aku no tanoshisa
Character:Yasuyo Uematsu
Release Date:05/10/1954
The Woman in the Rumor
Character:Yukiko Mabuchi
Release Date:20/06/1954
The Garden of Women
Character:Akiko Hayashino
Release Date:16/03/1954
Love Letter
Character:Michiko Kubota
Release Date:13/12/1953
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Character:
Release Date:23/11/1953
Brother and Sister
Character:San
Release Date:19/08/1953
Reunion
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Release Date:07/07/1953
This Way, That Way
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Release Date:23/12/1952
The Paths of Two Maidens
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Release Date:07/08/1952
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
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Release Date:27/03/1952
Honoo no hada
Character:
Release Date:19/10/1951
The Bitch
Character:Yukiko
Release Date:10/08/1951
The Idiot
Character:Ayako
Release Date:23/05/1951
Oogonju
Character:Kozue Takenaka
Release Date:04/11/1950
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Character:Hamako Abe
Release Date:21/10/1950
Guntō nanban-sen
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Release Date:13/06/1950
The Angry Street
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Release Date:14/05/1950
Till We Meet Again
Character:Keiko Ono
Release Date:21/03/1950
Rinchi
Character:Kuwako
Release Date:20/12/1949
Akireta musumetachi
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Release Date:11/10/1949
Jakoman and Tetsu
Character:Girl at church
Release Date:11/07/1949
Delinquent Girl
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Release Date:22/03/1949
Drunken Angel
Character:Schoolgirl
Release Date:27/04/1948
Spring Awakens
Character:Kumiko Hirobe
Release Date:02/11/1947
Four Love Stories
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Release Date:01/04/1947
Television Appearances
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