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Yoshiko Kuga

Cast & creator

Yoshiko Kuga

1931-01-21 (died at 93) Ushigome, JaponIMDb

Best known for Tabiji, Miyako no kaze, Heroic Age

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.

Also known as: Kuga Yoshiko

Movies

88

film credits

Series

8

television credits

Career

95

1947–2007 · acting roles

Credit score

7.2

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Tabiji

Tabiji

室伏はる子（伊東はる子） · 1967

Miyako no kaze

Miyako no kaze

竹田静 · 1986

Heroic Age

Heroic Age

Mechanical Designer · 2007

Inochi

Inochi

Takahara Chie · 1986

Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel

Schoolgirl · 1948

Across film & television

Filmography (96)

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Tabiji

Tabiji

室伏はる子（伊東はる子）

Miyako no kaze

Miyako no kaze

竹田静

Heroic Age

Heroic Age

Mechanical Designer

Inochi

Inochi

Takahara Chie

Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel

Schoolgirl

Katsu Kaishu

Katsu Kaishu

Onobu (Kaishu's mother)

The Roads Men Travel

The Roads Men Travel

Tatsuo's mother

Godzilla vs. Biollante

Godzilla vs. Biollante

Prime Minister's Wife

119

119

The Idiot

The Idiot

Ayako

Good Morning

Good Morning

Setsuko Arita

Equinox Flower

Equinox Flower

Fumiko Mikami

Cruel Story of Youth

Cruel Story of Youth

Yuki

Pieces of Autumn

Pieces of Autumn

Shinzōyaburi no oka

Shinzōyaburi no oka

Four Days of Snow and Blood

Four Days of Snow and Blood

Suzuko Watanabe

Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru

Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru

Byakuran kōran

To the Ends of the Earth

To the Ends of the Earth

Tokyo Fair Weather

Tokyo Fair Weather

Love Letter

Love Letter

Michiko Kubota

Dorei no machi

Dorei no machi

Portrait of Madame Yuki

Portrait of Madame Yuki

Hamako Abe

Enoshima Elegy

Enoshima Elegy

Samurai Banners

Samurai Banners

Taira Clan Saga

Taira Clan Saga

Tokiko

Okoge

Okoge

Women's clothing store manager

Ane to imôto

Ane to imôto

Yoshie Matsumoto

Escape Between Midnight and Dawn

Escape Between Midnight and Dawn

Spring Dreams

Spring Dreams

Kazuko Yasugi

As the River Flows

As the River Flows

Yuki Shiokawa

Goryokaku

Goryokaku

Brother and Sister

Brother and Sister

San

Nowhere Man

Nowhere Man

Lady who walks

A Case of Honor

A Case of Honor

Daredevil in the Castle

Daredevil in the Castle

Kobue

The Garden of Women

The Garden of Women

Akiko Hayashino

Women in Prison

Women in Prison

Senko Minami, prisoner

Whirlwind

Whirlwind

Kikusato

The Angry Street

The Angry Street

The Woman in the Rumor

The Woman in the Rumor

Yukiko Mabuchi

Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya

Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

Yuhime

An Inlet of Muddy Water

An Inlet of Muddy Water

Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love

Tomorrow's Happiness

Tomorrow's Happiness

Tomiko

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

Yuhime

A Billionaire

A Billionaire

Sute Kagami

Kyūjō hiroba

Kyūjō hiroba

Four Love Stories

Four Love Stories

My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain

My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain

Shizu

Farewell to Dream

Farewell to Dream

Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife

If Indeed One Loves

If Indeed One Loves

Yumiko (segment 3)

Rinchi

Rinchi

Kuwako

Zero Focus

Zero Focus

Teiko Uhara

Ballad of a Workman

Ballad of a Workman

Chiyo

Tsuki no shussen

Tsuki no shussen

荻原静江

Honoo no hada

Mune yori mune ni

Mune yori mune ni

Harue Kawazoe

Mother Country

Mother Country

Till We Meet Again

Till We Meet Again

Keiko Ono

Jakoman and Tetsu

Jakoman and Tetsu

Girl at church

Woman Unveiled

Woman Unveiled

Thus Another Day

Thus Another Day

Yasuko Satô

Autumn Interlude

Autumn Interlude

Setsuko Fushimi

Hijō no otoko

Hijō no otoko

Delinquent Girl

Delinquent Girl

This Way, That Way

This Way, That Way

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Michie Yoshiyama

Beautiful Days

Beautiful Days

Sakurako

Gunrō no machi

Gunrō no machi

宇和島見奈子

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

Reiko

The Snow Flurry

The Snow Flurry

Sakura

長七郎江戸日記スペシャル　千姫有情　母ありき

長七郎江戸日記スペシャル　千姫有情　母ありき

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

Yaeno Kurumiya

Haitoku no mesu

Haitoku no mesu

Nobuko Sato

Through Days and Months

Matsuko's Mother

The Paths of Two Maidens

The Paths of Two Maidens

Elegy of the North

Elegy of the North

Reiko Hyodo

The Eternal Rainbow

The Eternal Rainbow

Chie

Eternal Song of Nagasaki

Eternal Song of Nagasaki

Spring Awakens

Spring Awakens

Kumiko Hirobe

Bride in the Kitchen

Yellow Crow

Yellow Crow

Yasuko Ashihara

Umineko ga tonde

Umineko ga tonde

Sky Cannot Be This Blue

Sky Cannot Be This Blue

Fumi Kobayshi

Guntō nanban-sen

Guntō nanban-sen

The Pleasures of Vice

The Pleasures of Vice

Yasuyo Uematsu

The Rose on His Arm

The Rose on His Arm

Keiko Hase

Golden Beast

Kozue Takenaka

The Bitch

The Bitch

Yukiko

Reunion

Reunion

Beyond the Seasonal Wind

Beyond the Seasonal Wind

Moonlight in the Rain

Moonlight in the Rain

Akireta musumetachi

Akireta musumetachi