Yoshiko Kuga

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.

Filmografi

Drunken Angel1948 · SchoolgirlGodzilla vs. Biollante1989 · Prime Minister's WifeLove Letter1953 · Michiko KubotaGood Morning1959 · Setsuko AritaDorei no machi1951 · Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II1958 · YuhimeFour Days of Snow and Blood1989 · Suzuko WatanabeShinzōyaburi no oka1954 · Byakuran kōran1952 · To the Ends of the Earth1953 · Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru1953 · Ane to imôto1965 · Yoshie MatsumotoCruel Story of Youth1960 · YukiEscape Between Midnight and Dawn1950 · Women in Prison1956 · Senko Minami, prisoner1191994 · Ballad of a Workman1962 · ChiyoGunrō no machi1952 · 宇和島見奈子Brotherly Love1954 · The Idiot1951 · AyakoEquinox Flower1958 · Fumiko MikamiA Case of Honor1957 · Autumn Interlude1954 · Setsuko FushimiThrough Days and Months1969 · Matsuko's Mother