Yoshiko Kuga
Acting
Born: 1931-01-21 in Ushigome, Japon
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.
Known For
Inochi
Takahara Chie
Tabiji
室伏はる子（伊東はる子）
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Prime Minister's Wife
Katsu Kaishu
Onobu (Kaishu's mother)
Equinox Flower
Fumiko Mikami
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Drunken Angel
Schoolgirl
Brother and Sister
San
Miyako no kaze
竹田静
Mune yori mune ni
Harue Kawazoe
Cruel Story of Youth
Yuki
Good Morning
Setsuko Arita
Love Letter
Michiko Kubota
The Idiot
Ayako
119
Shinzōyaburi no oka
Ane to imôto
Yoshie Matsumoto
Brotherly Love
To the Ends of the Earth
The Angry Street
The Roads Men Travel
Tatsuo's mother
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Suzuko Watanabe
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Hamako Abe
Enoshima Elegy
Dorei no machi
Ballad of a Workman
Chiyo
Farewell to Dream
Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
Women in Prison
Senko Minami, prisoner
Honoo no hada
Samurai Banners
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
Byakuran kōran
The Snow Flurry
Sakura
Spring Dreams
Kazuko Yasugi
As the River Flows
Yuki Shiokawa
Gunrō no machi
宇和島見奈子
Bride in the Kitchen
The Rose on His Arm
Keiko Hase
A Case of Honor
