Yoshiko Kuga
Acteur
21 januari 1931 — 9 juni 2024 (93 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Cinematografie
| 1997 | Toki o kakeru shôjo · as Michie Yoshiyama |
| 1997 | |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | Sora ga konnani aoi wake ga nai · 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 |
| 1986 | Inochi · as Takahara Chie |
| 1974 | Katsu Kaishû · as Onobu (kaishu's Mother) |
| 1969 | |
| 1964 | Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki · as Kikusato |
| 1964 | Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama · as Yaeno Kurumiya |
| 1962 | Ballad of a Worker · as Chiyo |
| 1961 | Haitoku no mesu · as Nobuko Sato |
| 1961 | Zero Focus · as Teiko Uhara |
| 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 AritaOp Plex |
| 1959 | The Snow Flurry · as Sakura |
| 1958 | The Eternal Rainbow · as Chie |
| 1958 | Equinox Flower · as Fumiko MikamiOp Plex |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Yagyû bugeichô: Sôryû hiken · as Yuhime |
| 1957 | Northern Elegy · as Reiko Hyodo |
| 1957 | Yagyû bugeichô · as Yuhime |
| 1957 | Behold Thy Son · as Yasuko Ashihara |
| 1956 | The Rose on His Arm · as Keiko Hase |
| 1956 | Farewell to Dream · as Yôichi's Older Sister, Toyoko |
| 1955 | Zoku shishi maru ippei · as Cast |
| 1955 | Taira Clan Saga · as TokikoOp Plex |
| 1955 | Beautiful Days · as Sakurako |
| 1954 | Somewhere Under the Broad Sky · as Hiroko, Ryoichi's Wife |
| 1954 | Aku no tanoshisa · as Yasuyo Uematsu |
| 1954 | The Woman of Rumour · as Yukiko MabuchiOp Plex |
| 1954 | The Garden of Women · as Akiko Hayashino |
| 1953 | Love Letter · as Michiko Kubota |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | Older Brother, Younger Sister · as San |
| 1952 | |
| 1951 | The Idiot · as Ayako |
| 1950 | Portrait of Madame Yuki · as Hamako Abe |
| 1950 | Gozen reiji no shutugoku · as Cast |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | Till We Meet Again · as Keiko Ono |
| 1949 | |
| 1949 | Jakoman and Tetsu · as Girl At Church |
| 1948 | Drunken Angel · as SchoolgirlOp Plex |
| 1947 | Spring Awakens · as Kumiko Hirobe |
| 2007 | Heroic Age · as Mechanical Designer |