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.
Filmography
all 76
Movies 68
TV Shows 8
Heroic Age (2007)
As the River Flows (2000)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1997)
Sky Cannot Be This Blue (1993)
Okoge (1992)
Nowhere Man (1991)
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
The Roads Men Travel (1976)
Katsu Kaishu (1974)
Tabiji (1967)
Our Wonderful Years (1966)
Whirlwind (1964)
Umineko ga tonde (1962)
Mother Country (1962)
Haitoku no mesu (1961)
Zero Focus (1961)
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
Spring Dreams (1960)
Thus Another Day (1959)
Good Morning (1959)
The Eternal Rainbow (1958)
Equinox Flower (1958)
Elegy of the North (1957)
Yellow Crow (1957)
A Case of Honor (1957)
The Rose on His Arm (1956)
Women in Prison (1956)
Farewell to Dream (1956)
Mune yori mune ni (1955)
Ai Sureba Koso (1955)
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky (1954)
A Billionaire (1954)
The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
The Garden of Women (1954)
Love Letter (1953)
An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki (1952)
The Bitch (1951)
Oogonju (1950)
Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
Guntō nanban-sen (1950)
The Angry Street (1950)
Till We Meet Again (1950)
Rinchi (1949)
Jakoman and Tetsu (1949)
Delinquent Girl (1949)
Drunken Angel (1948)
Spring Awakens (1947)
Four Love Stories (1947)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1931-01-21
Deathday2024-06-09 (93 years old)
Birth PlaceUshigome, Japan
Height153-centimeter
RelationshipsAkihiko Hirata (1961 - 1984)
FatherMichiaki Koga
CitizenshipsEmpire of Japan, Japan
Also Known AsKuga Yoshiko, Ёсико Куга
AwardsKinuyo Tanaka Award, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress
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