Yoshiko Kuga

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

77

Gender

Female

Birthday

1931-01-21

Day of death

2024-06-09 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Ushigome, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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.

Known For

  • Rinchi

    Rinchi

  • Love Letter

    Love Letter

  • 119

    119

  • A Case of Honor

    A Case of Honor

  • Inochi

    Inochi

  • Four Days of Snow and Blood

    Four Days of Snow and Blood

  • Godzilla vs. Biollante

    Godzilla vs. Biollante

  • Katsu Kaishu

    Katsu Kaishu

  • Tabiji

    Tabiji

  • The Roads Men Travel

    The Roads Men Travel

  • Miyako no kaze

    Miyako no kaze

  • Mother Country

    Mother Country

  • Good Morning

    Good Morning

  • Equinox Flower

    Equinox Flower

  • Drunken Angel

    Drunken Angel

  • Sky Cannot Be This Blue

    Sky Cannot Be This Blue

  • Till We Meet Again

    Till We Meet Again

  • The Idiot

    The Idiot

  • Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

    Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

  • Taira Clan Saga

    Taira Clan Saga

  • Pieces of Autumn

    Pieces of Autumn

  • Tokyo Fair Weather

    Tokyo Fair Weather

  • Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

  • The Woman in the Rumor

    The Woman in the Rumor

  • An Inlet of Muddy Water

    An Inlet of Muddy Water

  • A Billionaire

    A Billionaire

  • Samurai Banners

    Samurai Banners

  • Daredevil in the Castle

    Daredevil in the Castle

  • The Bitch

    The Bitch

  • Portrait of Madame Yuki

    Portrait of Madame Yuki

  • Goryokaku

    Goryokaku

  • Nowhere Man

    Nowhere Man

  • Yagyu Secret Scrolls

    Yagyu Secret Scrolls

  • Zero Focus

    Zero Focus

  • Spring Dreams

    Spring Dreams

  • Ai Sureba Koso

    Ai Sureba Koso

  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

    The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

  • Ballad of a Workman

    Ballad of a Workman

  • The Snow Flurry

    The Snow Flurry

  • Okoge

    Okoge

  • To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

    To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

  • Brother and Sister

    Brother and Sister

  • The Garden of Women

    The Garden of Women

  • Spring Awakens

    Spring Awakens

  • Whirlwind

    Whirlwind

  • Honoo no hada

    Honoo no hada

  • The Eternal Rainbow

    The Eternal Rainbow

  • Jakoman and Tetsu

    Jakoman and Tetsu

  • Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

    Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

  • Farewell to Dream

    Farewell to Dream

  • Four Love Stories

    Four Love Stories

  • Umineko ga tonde

    Umineko ga tonde

  • Delinquent Girl

    Delinquent Girl

  • Beyond the Seasonal Wind

    Beyond the Seasonal Wind

  • Guntō nanban-sen

    Guntō nanban-sen

  • The Rose on His Arm

    The Rose on His Arm

  • Women in Prison

    Women in Prison

  • Moonlight in the Rain

    Moonlight in the Rain

  • Yellow Crow

    Yellow Crow

  • As the River Flows

    As the River Flows

  • Mune yori mune ni

    Mune yori mune ni

  • Akireta musumetachi

    Akireta musumetachi

  • Oogonju

    Oogonju

  • The Paths of Two Maidens

    The Paths of Two Maidens

  • Woman Unveiled

    Woman Unveiled

  • The Angry Street

    The Angry Street

  • Thus Another Day

    Thus Another Day

  • Elegy of the North

    Elegy of the North

  • Beautiful Days

    Beautiful Days

  • This Way, That Way

    This Way, That Way

  • Haitoku no mesu

    Haitoku no mesu

  • Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

    Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

  • Hijō no otoko

    Hijō no otoko

  • 長七郎江戸日記スペシャル　千姫有情　母ありき

    長七郎江戸日記スペシャル　千姫有情　母ありき

  • Aku no tanoshisa

    Aku no tanoshisa

  • Reunion

    Reunion

  • I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki

    I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki