Cast
Yoshiko Kuga
Acting
Cast
Yoshiko Kuga
Known for
Acting
Born
1931-01-21
From
Ushigome, Japon
Died
2024-06-09
Also 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.
Godzilla vs. Biollante
as Prime Minister's Wife
The Idiot
as Ayako
Spring Dreams
as Kazuko Yasugi
Good Morning
as Setsuko Arita
Daredevil in the Castle
as Kobue
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Hamako Abe
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Suzuko Watanabe
Drunken Angel
as Schoolgirl
The Garden of Women
as Akiko Hayashino
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Samurai Banners
Equinox Flower
as Fumiko Mikami
Cruel Story of Youth
as Yuki
Brother and Sister
as San
Love Letter
as Michiko Kubota
Tokyo Fair Weather
A Billionaire
as Sute Kagami
Nowhere Man
as Lady who walks
As the River Flows
as Yuki Shiokawa
Four Love Stories
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as Yuhime
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
as Michie Yoshiyama
The Eternal Rainbow
as Chie
Zero Focus
as Teiko Uhara
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Taira Clan Saga
as Tokiko
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as Yuhime
The Woman in the Rumor
as Yukiko Mabuchi
Goryokaku
Spring Awakens
as Kumiko Hirobe
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as Yaeno Kurumiya
Mune yori mune ni
as Harue Kawazoe
Yellow Crow
as Yasuko Ashihara
Okoge
as Women's clothing store manager
Hijō no otoko
If Indeed One Loves
as Yumiko (segment 3)
Ballad of a Workman
as Chiyo
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
as Reiko
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Till We Meet Again
as Keiko Ono
Thus Another Day
as Yasuko Satô
Beautiful Days
as Sakurako
This Way, That Way
The Rose on His Arm
as Keiko Hase
The Angry Street
Golden Beast
as Kozue Takenaka
Whirlwind
as Kikusato
The Bitch
as Yukiko
The Snow Flurry
as Sakura
Rinchi
as Kuwako
Farewell to Dream
as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
Women in Prison
as Senko Minami, prisoner
Jakoman and Tetsu
as Girl at church
Delinquent Girl
Akireta musumetachi
Woman Unveiled
Mother Country
Haitoku no mesu
as Nobuko Sato
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
Honoo no hada
The Paths of Two Maidens
Moonlight in the Rain
Umineko ga tonde
A Case of Honor
Elegy of the North
as Reiko Hyodo
Aku no tanoshisa
as Yasuyo Uematsu
Reunion
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
as Fumi Kobayshi
Guntō nanban-sen
月の出船
as 荻原静江
Tomorrow's Happiness
as Tomiko
Autumn Interlude
as Setsuko Fushimi
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
as Shizu
Through Days and Months
as Matsuko's Mother