Yoshiko Kuga
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 21, 1931
- Died
- June 9, 2024
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
As the River Flows 2000
as Yuki Shiokawa
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 1997
as Michie Yoshiyama
Tokyo Fair Weather 1997
Actor
119 1994
Actor
Sky Cannot Be This Blue 1993
as Fumi Kobayshi
Okoge 1992
as Women's clothing store manager
Nowhere Man 1991
as Lady who walks
Godzilla vs. Biollante 1989
as Prime Minister's Wife
Four Days of Snow and Blood 1989
as Suzuko Watanabe
Goryokaku 1988
Actor
- Through Days and Months
Through Days and Months 1969
as Matsuko's Mother
Samurai Banners 1969
Actor
Ane to imôto 1965
as Yoshie Matsumoto
Whirlwind 1964
as Kikusato
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 1964
as Yaeno Kurumiya
Umineko ga tonde 1962
Actor
Ballad of a Workman 1962
as Chiyo
Mother Country 1962
Actor
Haitoku no mesu 1961
as Nobuko Sato
Moonlight in the Rain 1961
Actor
Zero Focus 1961
as Teiko Uhara
Hijō no otoko 1961
Actor
Daredevil in the Castle 1961
as Kobue
Cruel Story of Youth 1960
as Yuki
Spring Dreams 1960
as Kazuko Yasugi
Thus Another Day 1959
as Yasuko Satô
Good Morning 1959
as Setsuko Arita
The Snow Flurry 1959
as Sakura
The Eternal Rainbow 1958
as Chie
Equinox Flower 1958
as Fumiko Mikami
Beyond the Seasonal Wind 1958
as Fumie Namura
Woman Unveiled 1958
Actor
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II 1958
as Yuhime
Elegy of the North 1957
as Reiko Hyodo
Yagyu Secret Scrolls 1957
as Yuhime
Yellow Crow 1957
as Yasuko Ashihara
A Case of Honor 1957
Actor
The Rose on His Arm 1956
as Keiko Hase
Women in Prison 1956
as Senko Minami, prisoner
Farewell to Dream 1956
as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
Mune yori mune ni 1955
as Harue Kawazoe
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree 1955
as Reiko
- Bride in the Kitchen
Bride in the Kitchen 1955
Actor
Taira Clan Saga 1955
as Tokiko
If Indeed One Loves 1955
as Yumiko (segment 3)
Beautiful Days 1955
as Sakurako
Tomorrow's Happiness 1955
as Tomiko
Brotherly Love 1954
Actor
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky 1954
as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
A Billionaire 1954
as Sute Kagami
The Pleasures of Vice 1954
as Yasuyo Uematsu
The Woman in the Rumor 1954
as Yukiko Mabuchi
The Garden of Women 1954
as Akiko Hayashino
Autumn Interlude 1954
as Setsuko Fushimi
Shinzōyaburi no oka 1954
Actor
Love Letter 1953
as Michiko Kubota
An Inlet of Muddy Water 1953
Actor
To the Ends of the Earth 1953
Actor
Brother and Sister 1953
as San
Reunion 1953
Actor
Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru 1953
Actor
This Way, That Way 1952
Actor
The Paths of Two Maidens 1952
Actor
- Byakuran kōran
Byakuran kōran 1952
Actor
Eternal Song of Nagasaki 1952
Actor
Gunrō no machi 1952
as 宇和島見奈子
- Honoo no hada
Honoo no hada 1951
Actor
Dorei no machi 1951
Actor
The Bitch 1951
as Yukiko
Enoshima Elegy 1951
Actor
The Idiot 1951
as Ayako
Kyūjō hiroba 1951
Actor
- Golden Beast
Golden Beast 1950
as Kozue Takenaka
Portrait of Madame Yuki 1950
as Hamako Abe
Escape Between Midnight and Dawn 1950
Actor
Guntō nanban-sen 1950
Actor
The Angry Street 1950
Actor
Till We Meet Again 1950
as Keiko Ono
Tsuki no shussen 1950
as 荻原静江
Rinchi 1949
as Kuwako
Akireta musumetachi 1949
Actor
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya 1949
Actor
Jakoman and Tetsu 1949
as Girl at church
Delinquent Girl 1949
Actor
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain 1948
as Shizu
Drunken Angel 1948
as Schoolgirl
Spring Awakens 1947
as Kumiko Hirobe
Four Love Stories 1947
Actor
Credits from TMDB.