Acting · Ushigome, Japon · Born January 21, 1931
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.
MovieAs the River Flows
2000
as Yuki Shiokawa
MovieThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997
as Michie Yoshiyama
MovieTokyo Fair Weather
1997
Movie119
1994
MovieSky Cannot Be This Blue
1993
as Fumi Kobayshi
MovieOkoge
1992
as Women's clothing store manager
MovieNowhere Man
1991
as Lady who walks
MovieGodzilla vs. Biollante
1989
as Prime Minister's Wife
MovieFour Days of Snow and Blood
1989
as Suzuko Watanabe
MovieGoryokaku
1988
TV長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 千姫有情 母ありき
1988
TVMiyako no kaze
1986
as 竹田静
TVInochi
1986
as Takahara Chie
TVThe Roads Men Travel
1976
as Tatsuo's mother
TVKatsu Kaishu
1974
as Onobu (Kaishu's mother)
TVPieces of Autumn
1973
Through Days and Months
1969
as Matsuko's Mother
MovieSamurai Banners
1969
TVTabiji
1967
as 室伏はる子（伊東はる子）
MovieWhirlwind
1964
as Kikusato
MovieTo Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
as Yaeno Kurumiya
MovieUmineko ga tonde
1962
MovieBallad of a Workman
1962
as Chiyo
MovieMother Country
1962
MovieHaitoku no mesu
1961
as Nobuko Sato
MovieMoonlight in the Rain
1961
MovieZero Focus
1961
as Teiko Uhara
MovieHijō no otoko
1961
MovieDaredevil in the Castle
1961
as Kobue
MovieCruel Story of Youth
1960
as Yuki
MovieSpring Dreams
1960
as Kazuko Yasugi
MovieThus Another Day
1959
as Yasuko Satô
MovieGood Morning
1959
as Setsuko Arita
MovieThe Snow Flurry
1959
as Sakura
MovieThe Eternal Rainbow
1958
as Chie
MovieEquinox Flower
1958
as Fumiko Mikami
MovieBeyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
MovieWoman Unveiled
1958
MovieYagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
as Yuhime
MovieElegy of the North
1957
as Reiko Hyodo
MovieYagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
as Yuhime
MovieYellow Crow
1957
as Yasuko Ashihara
MovieA Case of Honor
1957
MovieThe Rose on His Arm
1956
as Keiko Hase
MovieWomen in Prison
1956
as Senko Minami, prisoner
MovieFarewell to Dream
1956
as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
MovieMune yori mune ni
1955
as Harue Kawazoe
MovieTomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
as Reiko
MovieTaira Clan Saga
1955
as Tokiko
Bride in the Kitchen
1955
MovieIf Indeed One Loves
1955
as Yumiko (segment 3)
MovieBeautiful Days
1955
as Sakurako
MovieTomorrow's Happiness
1955
as Tomiko
MovieSomewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
MovieA Billionaire
1954
as Sute Kagami
MovieAku no tanoshisa
1954
as Yasuyo Uematsu
MovieThe Woman in the Rumor
1954
as Yukiko Mabuchi
MovieThe Garden of Women
1954
as Akiko Hayashino
MovieAutumn Interlude
1954
as Setsuko Fushimi
MovieLove Letter
1953
as Michiko Kubota
MovieAn Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
MovieBrother and Sister
1953
as San
MovieReunion
1953
MovieThis Way, That Way
1952
MovieThe Paths of Two Maidens
1952
MovieI'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
MovieGunrō no machi
1952
as 宇和島見奈子
Honoo no hada
1951
MovieThe Bitch
1951
as Yukiko
MovieThe Idiot
1951
as Ayako
Golden Beast
1950
as Kozue Takenaka
MoviePortrait of Madame Yuki
1950
as Hamako Abe
MovieGuntō nanban-sen
1950
MovieThe Angry Street
1950
MovieTill We Meet Again
1950
as Keiko Ono
MovieTsuki no shussen
1950
as 荻原静江
MovieRinchi
1949
as Kuwako
MovieAkireta musumetachi
1949
MovieHakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
1949
MovieJakoman and Tetsu
1949
as Girl at church
MovieDelinquent Girl
1949
MovieMy Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
1948
as Shizu
MovieDrunken Angel
1948
as Schoolgirl
MovieSpring Awakens
1947
as Kumiko Hirobe
MovieFour Love Stories
1947
