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Yoshiko Kuga

Actor, Additional Credits
Born January 21, 1931Died June 9, 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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Drunken Angel
  • Good Morning
  • Equinox Flower
  • The Woman of Rumour
  • Taira Clan Saga

Known For

  • Good Morning
  • The Idiot
  • Equinox Flower
  • Cruel Story of Youth
  • Zero Focus
  • Godzilla vs. Biollante
  • Taira Clan Saga
  • The Woman of Rumour
  • Love Letter
  • Till We Meet Again
  • Older Brother, Younger Sister
  • Portrait of Madame Yuki
  • Northern Elegy
  • Somewhere Under the Broad Sky
  • Beautiful Days
  • An Inlet of Muddy Water
  • Spring Dreams
  • The Snow Flurry
  • Farewell to Dream
  • The Garden of Women
  • Thus Another Day
  • Daredevil in the Castle
  • Tokyo biyori
  • Yagyû bugeichô

Filmography

1997
Toki o kakeru shôjo · as Michie Yoshiyama
1997
1994
1993
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
1969
1964
1962
Ballad of a Worker · as Chiyo
1961
Zero Focus · as Teiko Uhara
1961
1960
1960
Spring Dreams · as Kazuko Yasugi
1959
Thus Another Day · as Yasuko Satô
1959
Good Morning · as Setsuko Arita
1959
The Snow Flurry · as Sakura
1958
1958
Equinox Flower · as Fumiko Mikami
1958
1958
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
1955
1954
Somewhere Under the Broad Sky · as Hiroko, Ryoichi's Wife
1954
The Woman of Rumour · as Yukiko Mabuchi
1954
The Garden of Women · as Akiko Hayashino
1953
Love Letter · as Michiko Kubota
1953
1953
1952
1951
The Idiot · as Ayako
1950
Portrait of Madame Yuki · as Hamako Abe
1950
1950
Till We Meet Again · as Keiko Ono
1949
1949
Jakoman and Tetsu · as Girl At Church
1948
Drunken Angel · as Schoolgirl
1947
Spring Awakens · as Kumiko Hirobe

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