Yoshiko Kuga
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.
Oogonju
(Kozue Takenaka)
The Idiot
(Ayako)
Drunken Angel
(Schoolgirl)
Equinox Flower
(Fumiko Mikami)
Good Morning
(Setsuko Arita)
Taira Clan Saga
(Tokiko)
The Woman in the Rumor
(Yukiko Mabuchi)
Portrait of Madame Yuki
(Hamako Abe)
Goryokaku
Godzilla vs. Biollante
(Prime Minister's Wife)
Cruel Story of Youth
(Yuki)
Umineko ga tonde
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
(Yuhime)
Zero Focus
(Teiko Uhara)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
(Yuhime)
Brother and Sister
(San)
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
(Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife)
The Snow Flurry
(Sakura)
Beautiful Days
Farewell to Dream
(Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko)
A Billionaire
(Sute Kagami)
The Eternal Rainbow
(Chie)
The Garden of Women
(Akiko Hayashino)
Thus Another Day
(Yasuko Satô)
Spring Dreams
(Kazuko Yasugi)
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
Daredevil in the Castle
(Kobue)
Spring Awakens
(Kumiko Hirobe)
Elegy of the North
(Reiko Hyodo)
Samurai Banners
Four Love Stories
Love Letter
(Michiko Kubota)
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Yellow Crow
(Yasuko Ashihara)
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
(Reiko)
Mune yori mune ni
(Harue Kawazoe)
Tokyo Fair Weather
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As the River Flows
(Yuki Shiokawa)
Okoge
(Women's clothing store manager)
The Paths of Two Maidens
Guntō nanban-sen
Nowhere Man
(Lady who walks)
Till We Meet Again
(Keiko Ono)
The Angry Street
Rinchi
(Kuwako)
The Rose on His Arm
(Keiko Hase)
Ballad of a Workman
(Chiyo)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
(Michie Yoshiyama)
Whirlwind
(Kikusato)
Akireta musumetachi
Four Days of Snow and Blood
(Suzuko Watanabe)
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
(Fumi Kobayshi)
Woman Unveiled
Delinquent Girl
Honoo no hada
This Way, That Way
The Bitch
(Yukiko)
Mother Country
Women in Prison
(Senko Minami, prisoner)
A Case of Honor
Ai Sureba Koso
(Yumiko (segment 3))
Haitoku no mesu
(Nobuko Sato)
Jakoman and Tetsu
(Girl at church)
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
(Yaeno Kurumiya)
Reunion
Against The Grain
(Tatsuo's mother)
Miyako no kaze
(竹田静)
Tabiji
(室伏はる子（伊東はる子）)
Katsu Kaishu
(Onobu (Kaishu's mother))
Inochi
(Takahara Chie)
