Yoshiko Kuga
Age: N/A | From: Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Kuga Yoshiko , Ёсико Куга , یوشیکو کوگا
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan
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Movie Involvements: 41
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Godzilla vs. Biollante
(1989) Prime Minister's Wife
Drunken Angel
(1948) Schoolgirl
Inochi
(1986) Takahara Chie
Taira Clan Saga
(1955) Tokiko
The Idiot
(1951) Ayako
Four Days of Snow and Blood
(1989) Suzuko Watanabe
Tabiji
(1967) 室伏はる子（伊東はる子）
Cruel Story of Youth
(1960) YukiActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Yuki Shiokawa | |
| 1997 | Michie Yoshiyama | |
| N/A | ||
| 1993 | Fumi Kobayshi | |
| 1992 | Women's clothing store manager | |
| 1991 | Lady who walks | |
| 1989 | Prime Minister's Wife | |
| Suzuko Watanabe | ||
| 1988 | N/A | |
| 1986 | 竹田静 | |
| Takahara Chie | ||
| 1976 | Tatsuo's mother | |
| 1974 | Onobu (Kaishu's mother) | |
| 1969 | N/A | |
| 1967 | 室伏はる子（伊東はる子） | |
| 1964 | Kikusato | |
| Yaeno Kurumiya | ||
| 1962 | N/A | |
| Chiyo | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1961 | Nobuko Sato | |
| Teiko Uhara | ||
| Kobue | ||
| 1960 | Yuki | |
| Kazuko Yasugi | ||
| 1959 | Yasuko Satô | |
| Setsuko Arita | ||
| Sakura | ||
| 1958 | Chie | |
| Fumiko Mikami | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Yuhime | ||
| 1957 | Reiko Hyodo | |
| Yuhime | ||
| Yasuko Ashihara | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1956 | Keiko Hase | |
| Senko Minami, prisoner | ||
| Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko | ||
| 1955 | Harue Kawazoe | |
| Reiko | ||
| Tokiko | ||
| Yumiko (segment 3) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1954 | Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife | |
| Sute Kagami | ||
| Yukiko Mabuchi | ||
| Akiko Hayashino | ||
| 1953 | Michiko Kubota | |
| N/A | ||
| San | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| Yukiko | ||
| Ayako | ||
| 1950 | Kozue Takenaka | |
| Hamako Abe | ||
| N/A | ||
| Keiko Ono | ||
| 1949 | Kuwako | |
| N/A | ||
| Girl at church | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1948 | Schoolgirl | |
| 1947 | Kumiko Hirobe | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Visual Effects
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Mechanical Designer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
