Yoshiko Kuga
ActingAlso Known As
Kuga Yoshiko, Ёсико Куга, یوشیکو کوگا
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.
Movies
(70 total)
Good Morning
as Setsuko Arita
Drunken Angel
as Schoolgirl
Godzilla vs. Biollante
as Prime Minister's Wife
Equinox Flower
as Fumiko Mikami
The Idiot
as Ayako
Cruel Story of Youth
as Yuki
The Woman in the Rumor
as Yukiko Mabuchi
Taira Clan Saga
as Tokiko
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Hamako Abe
Love Letter
as Michiko Kubota
Zero Focus
as Teiko Uhara
The Snow Flurry
as Sakura
The Garden of Women
as Akiko Hayashino
Daredevil in the Castle
as Kobue
Till We Meet Again
as Keiko Ono
Whirlwind
as Kikusato
Farewell to Dream
as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
Elegy of the North
as Reiko Hyodo
TV Shows
(7 total)
The Roads Men Travel
as Tatsuo's mother
Miyako no kaze
as 竹田静
Tabiji
as 室伏はる子（伊東はる子）
Katsu Kaishu
as Onobu (Kaishu's mother)
Inochi
as Takahara Chie
