Yoshiko Kuga
Known For
Acting
Born
1931-01-21 in Ushigome, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Died
2024-06-09
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 Known For
Inochi
as Takahara Chie
Godzilla vs. Biollante
as Prime Minister's Wife
Katsu Kaishu
as Onobu (Kaishu's mother)
Tabiji
as 室伏はる子（伊東はる子）
Miyako no kaze
as 竹田静
The Roads Men Travel
as Tatsuo's mother
Love Letter
as Michiko Kubota
Cruel Story of Youth
as Yuki
Drunken Angel
as Schoolgirl
Good Morning
as Setsuko Arita
Zero Focus
as Teiko Uhara
Taira Clan Saga
as Tokiko
Till We Meet Again
as Keiko Ono
The Idiot
as Ayako
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Suzuko Watanabe
Samurai Banners
Equinox Flower
as Fumiko Mikami
An Inlet of Muddy Water
A Billionaire
as Sute Kagami
Nowhere Man
as Lady who walks