Yoshiko Kuga
Born January 21, 1931 (Age: 95)
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Ushigome, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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.
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.
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Filmography
As the River Flows
2000
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as Yuki Shiokawa
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Age: 69
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997
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as Michie Yoshiyama
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Age: 66
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
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as
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Age: 66
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
1993
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as Fumi Kobayshi
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Age: 62
Okoge
1992
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as Women's clothing store manager
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Age: 61
Nowhere Man
1991
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as Lady who walks
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Age: 60
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989
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as Prime Minister's Wife
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Age: 58
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
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as Suzuko Watanabe
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Age: 58
Goryokaku
1988
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as
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Age: 57
Samurai Banners
1969
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as
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Age: 38
Whirlwind
1964
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as Kikusato
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Age: 32
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
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as Yaeno Kurumiya
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Age: 32
Umineko ga tonde
1962
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as
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Age: 31
Ballad of a Workman
1962
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as Chiyo
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Age: 31
Mother Country
1962
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as
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Age: 31
Haitoku no mesu
1961
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as Nobuko Sato
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Age: 30
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
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as
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Age: 30
Zero Focus
1961
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as Teiko Uhara
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Age: 30
Hijō no otoko
1961
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as
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Age: 30
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
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as Kobue
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Age: 29
Cruel Story of Youth
1960
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as Yuki
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Age: 29
Spring Dreams
1960
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as Kazuko Yasugi
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Age: 28
Thus Another Day
1959
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as Yasuko Satô
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Age: 28
Good Morning
1959
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as Setsuko Arita
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Age: 28
The Snow Flurry
1959
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as Sakura
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Age: 27
The Eternal Rainbow
1958
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as Chie
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Age: 27
Equinox Flower
1958
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as Fumiko Mikami
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Age: 27
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
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as
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Age: 27
Woman Unveiled
1958
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as
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Age: 26
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
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as Yuhime
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Age: 26
The Rose on His Arm
1956
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as Keiko Hase
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Age: 25
Women in Prison
1956
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as Senko Minami, prisoner
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Age: 25
Farewell to Dream
1956
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as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
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Age: 25
Mune yori mune ni
1955
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as Harue Kawazoe
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Age: 24
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
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as Reiko
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Age: 24
Taira Clan Saga
1955
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as Tokiko
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Age: 24
Ai Sureba Koso
1955
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as Yumiko (segment 3)
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Age: 24
Beautiful Days
1955
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as Sakurako
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Age: 24
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
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as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
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Age: 23
A Billionaire
1954
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as Sute Kagami
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Age: 23
Aku no tanoshisa
1954
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as Yasuyo Uematsu
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Age: 23
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
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as Yukiko Mabuchi
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Age: 23
The Garden of Women
1954
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as Akiko Hayashino
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Age: 23
Love Letter
1953
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as Michiko Kubota
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Age: 22
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
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as
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Age: 22
Brother and Sister
1953
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as San
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Age: 22
Reunion
1953
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as
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Age: 22
No Image
Oogonju
1950
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as Kozue Takenaka
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Age: 19
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
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as Hamako Abe
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Age: 19
Guntō nanban-sen
1950
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as
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Age: 19
The Angry Street
1950
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as
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Age: 19
Till We Meet Again
1950
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as Keiko Ono
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Age: 19