Yoshiko Kuga
88 movies · 8 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 21, 1931
- Died
- Jun 9, 2024 (age 93)
- Place of birth
- Ushigome, Japon
- Also known as
- Kuga Yoshiko
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Yoshiko Kuga: movies and TV shows
Acting (95)
- 2000 As the River Flows
as Yuki Shiokawa
- 1997 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
as Michie Yoshiyama
- 1997
- 1994
- 1993 Sky Cannot Be This Blue
as Fumi Kobayshi
- 1992 Okoge
as Women's clothing store manager
- 1991 Nowhere Man
as Lady who walks
- 1989 Godzilla vs. Biollante
as Prime Minister's Wife
- 1989 Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Suzuko Watanabe
- 1988
- 1988
- 1986
- 1986
- 1976
- 1974
- 1973
- 1969 Through Days and Months
as Matsuko's Mother
- 1969
- 1967
- 1965 Ane to imôto
as Yoshie Matsumoto
- 1964 Whirlwind
as Kikusato
- 1964 To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as Yaeno Kurumiya
- 1962
- 1962 Ballad of a Workman
as Chiyo
- 1962
- 1961 Haitoku no mesu
as Nobuko Sato
- 1961
- 1961 Zero Focus
as Teiko Uhara
- 1961
- 1961 Daredevil in the Castle
as Kobue
- 1960 Cruel Story of Youth
as Yuki
- 1960 Spring Dreams
as Kazuko Yasugi
- 1959 Thus Another Day
as Yasuko Satô
- 1959 Good Morning
as Setsuko Arita
- 1959 The Snow Flurry
as Sakura
- 1958 The Eternal Rainbow
as Chie
- 1958 Equinox Flower
as Fumiko Mikami
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as Yuhime
- 1957 Elegy of the North
as Reiko Hyodo
- 1957 Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as Yuhime
- 1957 Yellow Crow
as Yasuko Ashihara
- 1957
- 1956 The Rose on His Arm
as Keiko Hase
- 1956 Women in Prison
as Senko Minami, prisoner
- 1956 Farewell to Dream
as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
- 1955 Mune yori mune ni
as Harue Kawazoe
- 1955 Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
as Reiko
- 1955 Taira Clan Saga
as Tokiko
- 1955
- 1955 If Indeed One Loves
as Yumiko (segment 3)
- 1955 Beautiful Days
as Sakurako
- 1955 Tomorrow's Happiness
as Tomiko
- 1954
- 1954 Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
- 1954 A Billionaire
as Sute Kagami
- 1954 The Pleasures of Vice
as Yasuyo Uematsu
- 1954 The Woman in the Rumor
as Yukiko Mabuchi
- 1954 The Garden of Women
as Akiko Hayashino
- 1954 Autumn Interlude
as Setsuko Fushimi
- 1954
- 1953 Love Letter
as Michiko Kubota
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953 Brother and Sister
as San
- 1953
- 1953
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Gunrō no machi
as 宇和島見奈子
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951 The Bitch
as Yukiko
- 1951
- 1951 The Idiot
as Ayako
- 1951
- 1950 Golden Beast
as Kozue Takenaka
- 1950 Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Hamako Abe
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950 Till We Meet Again
as Keiko Ono
- 1950 Tsuki no shussen
as 荻原静江
- 1949 Rinchi
as Kuwako
- 1949
- 1949
- 1949 Jakoman and Tetsu
as Girl at church
- 1949
- 1948
- 1948 Drunken Angel
as Schoolgirl
- 1947 Spring Awakens
as Kumiko Hirobe
- 1947
Behind the camera (1)
- 2007