About

Known credits:
74
Birthday:
1931-01-21
Place of birth:
Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan
Website:
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Yoshiko Kuga

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2000 As the River Flows Actor Yuki Shiokawa N/A
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1997 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Actor Michie Yoshiyama N/A
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1997 Tokyo Fair Weather Actor 58
Average
1994 119 Actor 58
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1993 Sky Cannot Be This Blue Actor Fumi Kobayshi N/A
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1992 Okoge Actor Women's clothing store manager 59
Average
1991 Nowhere Man Actor Lady who walks 58
Average
1989 Godzilla vs. Biollante Actor Prime Minister's Wife 63
Fair
1989 Four Days of Snow and Blood Actor Suzuko Watanabe 58
Average
1988 Goryokaku Actor N/A
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1988 長七郎江戸日記スペシャル　千姫有情　母ありき Actor N/A
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1986 Miyako no kaze Actor 竹田静 N/A
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1986 Inochi Actor Takahara Chie N/A
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1974 Katsu Kaishu Actor Onobu (Kaishu's mother) N/A
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1973 Pieces of Autumn Actor N/A
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1969 Samurai Banners Actor 59
Average
1967 Tabiji Actor 室伏はる子（伊東はる子） N/A
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1964 Whirlwind Actor Kikusato 59
Average
1964 To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 Actor Yaeno Kurumiya N/A
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1962 Umineko ga tonde Actor N/A
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1962 Ballad of a Workman Actor Chiyo 58
Average
1962 Mother Country Actor 59
Average
1961 Haitoku no mesu Actor Nobuko Sato N/A
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1961 Zero Focus Actor Teiko Uhara 59
Average
1961 Daredevil in the Castle Actor Kobue 59
Average
1960 Cruel Story of Youth Actor Yuki 59
Average
1960 Spring Dreams Actor Kazuko Yasugi 59
Average
1959 Thus Another Day Actor Yasuko Satô 58
Average
1959 Good Morning Actor Setsuko Arita 65
Fair
1959 The Snow Flurry Actor Sakura 59
Average
1958 The Eternal Rainbow Actor Chie 59
Average
1958 Equinox Flower Actor Fumiko Mikami 62
Fair
1958 Beyond the Seasonal Wind Actor N/A
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1958 Woman Unveiled Actor 59
Average
1958 Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II Actor Yuhime 58
Average
1957 Elegy of the North Actor Reiko Hyodo 59
Average
1957 Yagyu Secret Scrolls Actor Yuhime 59
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1957 Yellow Crow Actor Yasuko Ashihara 58
Average
1957 A Case of Honor Actor N/A
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1956 The Rose on His Arm Actor Keiko Hase 58
Average
1956 Women in Prison Actor Senko Minami, prisoner 59
Average
1956 Farewell to Dream Actor Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko 59
Average
1955 Mune yori mune ni Actor Harue Kawazoe N/A
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1955 Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree Actor Reiko N/A
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1955 Taira Clan Saga Actor Tokiko 59
Average
1955 Ai Sureba Koso Actor Yumiko (segment 3) N/A
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1955 Beautiful Days Actor 59
Average
1954 Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky Actor Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife 58
Average
1954 A Billionaire Actor Sute Kagami 58
Average
1954 The Woman in the Rumor Actor Yukiko Mabuchi 60
Fair
1954 The Garden of Women Actor Akiko Hayashino 59
Average
1953 Love Letter Actor Michiko Kubota 59
Average
1953 An Inlet of Muddy Water Actor 59
Average
1953 Brother and Sister Actor San 59
Average
1953 Reunion Actor N/A
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1952 This Way, That Way Actor 59
Average
1952 The Paths of Two Maidens Actor N/A
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1952 I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki Actor N/A
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1951 Honoo no hada Actor N/A
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1951 The Bitch Actor Yukiko N/A
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1951 The Idiot Actor Ayako 60
Fair
1950 Oogonju Actor Kozue Takenaka N/A
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1950 Portrait of Madame Yuki Actor Hamako Abe 59
Average
1950 Guntō nanban-sen Actor N/A
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1950 The Angry Street Actor 59
Average
1950 Till We Meet Again Actor Keiko Ono 59
Average
1949 Rinchi Actor Kuwako N/A
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1949 Akireta musumetachi Actor N/A
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1949 Jakoman and Tetsu Actor Girl at church N/A
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1949 Delinquent Girl Actor N/A
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1948 Drunken Angel Actor Schoolgirl 64
Fair
1947 Spring Awakens Actor Kumiko Hirobe 58
Average
1947 Four Love Stories Actor 59
Average

Visual Effects
2007 Heroic Age Visual Effects Mechanical Designer 69
Fair