Yoshiko Kuga

Personal Info

Birthday

January 21, 1931

Day of Death

2024-06-09

(93 years old)

Place of Birth

Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

Kuga Yoshiko

Ёсико Куга

یوشیکو کوگا

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.

Known For

Tabiji

Drunken Angel

Inochi

Good Morning

Miyako no kaze

Godzilla vs. Biollante

Katsu Kaishu

Equinox Flower

Filmography

2000
As the River Flows
as Yuki Shiokawa
1997
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
as Michie Yoshiyama
1993
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
as Fumi Kobayshi
1992
Okoge
as Women's clothing store manager
1991
Nowhere Man
as Lady who walks
1989
Godzilla vs. Biollante
as Prime Minister's Wife
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Suzuko Watanabe
1964
Whirlwind
as Kikusato
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as Yaeno Kurumiya
1962
Ballad of a Workman
as Chiyo
1961
Haitoku no mesu
as Nobuko Sato
Zero Focus
as Teiko Uhara
Daredevil in the Castle
as Kobue
1960
Cruel Story of Youth
as Yuki
Spring Dreams
as Kazuko Yasugi
1959
Thus Another Day
as Yasuko Satô
Good Morning
as Setsuko Arita
The Snow Flurry
as Sakura
1958
The Eternal Rainbow
as Chie
Equinox Flower
as Fumiko Mikami
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as Yuhime
1957
Elegy of the North
as Reiko Hyodo
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as Yuhime
Yellow Crow
as Yasuko Ashihara
1956
The Rose on His Arm
as Keiko Hase
Women in Prison
as Senko Minami, prisoner
Farewell to Dream
as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
1955
Mune yori mune ni
as Harue Kawazoe
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
as Reiko
Taira Clan Saga
as Tokiko
Ai Sureba Koso
as Yumiko (segment 3)
1954
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
A Billionaire
as Sute Kagami
The Woman in the Rumor
as Yukiko Mabuchi
The Garden of Women
as Akiko Hayashino
1953
Love Letter
as Michiko Kubota
Brother and Sister
as San
1951
The Bitch
as Yukiko
The Idiot
as Ayako
1950
Oogonju
as Kozue Takenaka
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Hamako Abe
Till We Meet Again
as Keiko Ono
1949
Rinchi
as Kuwako
Jakoman and Tetsu
as Girl at church
1948
Drunken Angel
as Schoolgirl
1947
Spring Awakens
as Kumiko Hirobe