Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1931-01-21
Day of Death
2024-06-09
Place of Birth
Ushigome, Japon
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.
Filmography (76)
As the River Flows
2000
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
119
1994
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
1993
Okoge
1992
Nowhere Man
1991
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
Goryokaku
1988
Through Days and Months
1969
Samurai Banners
1969
Whirlwind
1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
