Yoshiko Kuga
Acting
1931-01-21 · Ushigome, Japon
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.
movieAs the River Flows
as Yuki Shiokawa · 2000 · 9.0
movieThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time
as Michie Yoshiyama · 1997 · 7.5
movieTokyo Fair Weather
as · 1997 · 7.2
movie119
as · 1994 · 6.3
movieSky Cannot Be This Blue
as Fumi Kobayshi · 1993 · 9.0
movieOkoge
as Women's clothing store manager · 1992 · 6.0
movieNowhere Man
as Lady who walks · 1991 · 6.2
movieGodzilla vs. Biollante
as Prime Minister's Wife · 1989 · 7.4
movieFour Days of Snow and Blood
as Suzuko Watanabe · 1989 · 7.4
movieGoryokaku
as · 1988 · 0.0
tv長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 千姫有情 母ありき
as · 1988 · 0.0
tvMiyako no kaze
as 竹田静 · 1986 · 0.0
tvInochi
as Takahara Chie · 1986 · 0.0
tvThe Roads Men Travel
as Tatsuo's mother · 1976 · 8.2
tvKatsu Kaishu
as Onobu (Kaishu's mother) · 1974 · 0.0
tvPieces of Autumn
as · 1973 · 0.0
movieThrough Days and Months
as Matsuko's Mother · 1969 · 8.0
movieSamurai Banners
as · 1969 · 7.4
tvTabiji
as 室伏はる子（伊東はる子） · 1967 · 0.0
movieWhirlwind
as Kikusato · 1964 · 6.6
movieTo Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as Yaeno Kurumiya · 1964 · 0.0
movieUmineko ga tonde
as · 1962 · 0.0
movieBallad of a Workman
as Chiyo · 1962 · 6.1
movieMother Country
as · 1962 · 6.8