7.7
7.7
Good Morning
1959
as Setsuko Arita
Yoshiko Kuga
Acting
Born:January 21, 1931
Died:June 9, 2024(aged 93)
Birthplace:Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality:Japan
Height:5'0" (153 cm)
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CommunityBiography
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 (68 movies)
7.6
7.6
Drunken Angel
1948
as Schoolgirl
7.4
7.4
Equinox Flower
1958
as Fumiko Mikami
7.4
7.4
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989
as Prime Minister's Wife
7.4
7.4
Samurai Banners
1969
7.2
7.2
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
as Yukiko Mabuchi
7.1
7.1
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
as Kobue
7.0
7.0
The Idiot
1951
as Ayako
7.0
7.0
This Way, That Way
1952
7.0
7.0
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
as Yuhime
6.9
6.9
Farewell to Dream
1956
as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
6.9
6.9
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
as Suzuko Watanabe
6.8
6.8
Taira Clan Saga
1955
as Tokiko
6.8
6.8
Spring Awakens
1947
as Kumiko Hirobe
6.8
6.8
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
6.8
6.8
Love Letter
1953
as Michiko Kubota
6.7
6.7
The Snow Flurry
1959
as Sakura
6.7
6.7
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
as Hamako Abe
6.6
6.6
The Garden of Women
1954
as Akiko Hayashino
6.6
6.6
Beautiful Days
1955
6.5
6.5
Cruel Story of Youth
1960
as Yuki
6.5
6.5
Mother Country
1962
6.5
6.5
The Angry Street
1950
6.4
6.4
Whirlwind
1964
as Kikusato
6.3
6.3
Zero Focus
1961
as Teiko Uhara
6.3
6.3
Till We Meet Again
1950
as Keiko Ono
6.3
6.3
The Eternal Rainbow
1958
as Chie
6.2
6.2
Brother and Sister
1953
as San
6.2
6.2
Yellow Crow
1957
as Yasuko Ashihara
6.1
6.1
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
6.0
6.0
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
6.0
6.0
Woman Unveiled
1958
6.0
6.0
Elegy of the North
1957
as Reiko Hyodo
6.0
6.0
Reunion
1953
6.0
6.0
119
1994
5.8
5.8
Four Love Stories
1947
5.7
5.7
Ballad of a Workman
1962
as Chiyo
5.7
5.7
A Billionaire
1954
as Sute Kagami
5.6
5.6
Okoge
1992
as Women's clothing store manager
5.6
5.6
Spring Dreams
1960
as Kazuko Yasugi
5.4
5.4
The Rose on His Arm
1956
as Keiko Hase
5.3
5.3
Thus Another Day
1959
as Yasuko Satô
5.3
5.3
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
as Yuhime
5.2
5.2
Nowhere Man
1991
as Lady who walks
5.0
5.0
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997
as Michie Yoshiyama
1.0
1.0
Women in Prison
1956
as Senko Minami, prisoner
Aku no tanoshisa
1954
as Yasuyo Uematsu
Rinchi
1949
as Kuwako
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
1993
as Fumi Kobayshi
Delinquent Girl
1949
Honoo no hada
1951
The Bitch
1951
as Yukiko
A Case of Honor
1957
Haitoku no mesu
1961
as Nobuko Sato
Jakoman and Tetsu
1949
as Girl at church
Akireta musumetachi
1949
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
as Yaeno Kurumiya
Oogonju
1950
as Kozue Takenaka
Umineko ga tonde
1962
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
As the River Flows
2000
as Yuki Shiokawa
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
as Reiko
Mune yori mune ni
1955
as Harue Kawazoe
The Paths of Two Maidens
1952
Guntō nanban-sen
1950
Hijō no otoko
1961
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
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