Yoshiko Kuga (久我 美子, Kuga Yoshiko, born 21 January 1931) is 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.
Known For
Godzilla vs. Biollante
(1989)
Prime Minister's Wife
Good Morning
(1959)
Setsuko Arita
Drunken Angel
(1948)
Schoolgirl
Equinox Flower
(1958)
Fumiko Mikami
The Idiot
(1951)
Ayako
Full Filmography
Acting
Spring Awakens
(1947)
Kumiko Hirobe
Four Love Stories
(1947)
Drunken Angel
(1948)
Schoolgirl
Rinchi
(1949)
Kuwako
Delinquent Girl
(1949)
Jakoman and Tetsu
(1949)
Girl at church
Akireta musumetachi
(1949)
Portrait of Madame Yuki
(1950)
Hamako Abe
The Angry Street
(1950)
Golden Beast
(1950)
Kozue Takenaka
Till We Meet Again
(1950)
Keiko Ono
Guntō nanban-sen
(1950)
The Idiot
(1951)
Ayako
Honoo no hada
(1951)
The Bitch
(1951)
Yukiko
This Way, That Way
(1952)
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
(1952)
The Paths of Two Maidens
(1952)
Brother and Sister
(1953)
San
An Inlet of Muddy Water
(1953)
Reunion
(1953)
Love Letter
(1953)
Michiko Kubota
The Garden of Women
(1954)
Akiko Hayashino
A Billionaire
(1954)
Sute Kagami
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
(1954)
Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
The Woman in the Rumor
(1954)
Yukiko Mabuchi
Ai Sureba Koso
(1955)
Yumiko (segment 3)
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
(1955)
Reiko
Taira Clan Saga
(1955)
Tokiko
Beautiful Days
(1955)
Mune yori mune ni
(1955)
Harue Kawazoe
Farewell to Dream
(1956)
Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
Women in Prison
(1956)
Senko Minami, prisoner
The Rose on His Arm
(1956)
Keiko Hase
Yellow Crow
(1957)
Yasuko Ashihara
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
(1957)
Yuhime
A Case of Honor
(1957)
Elegy of the North
(1957)
Reiko Hyodo
The Eternal Rainbow
(1958)
Chie
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
(1958)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
(1958)
Yuhime
Equinox Flower
(1958)
Fumiko Mikami
Woman Unveiled
(1958)
The Snow Flurry
(1959)
Sakura
Thus Another Day
(1959)
Yasuko Satô
Good Morning
(1959)
Setsuko Arita
Spring Dreams
(1960)
Kazuko Yasugi
Cruel Story of Youth
(1960)
Yuki
Haitoku no mesu
(1961)
Nobuko Sato
Daredevil in the Castle
(1961)
Kobue
Zero Focus
(1961)
Teiko Uhara
Ballad of a Workman
(1962)
Chiyo
Umineko ga tonde
(1962)
Mother Country
(1962)
Whirlwind
(1964)
Kikusato
Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama
(1964)
Yaeno Kurumiya
Samurai Banners
(1969)
Goryokaku
(1988)
Four Days of Snow and Blood
(1989)
Suzuko Watanabe
Godzilla vs. Biollante
(1989)
Prime Minister's Wife
Nowhere Man
(1991)
Lady who walks
Okoge
(1992)
Women's clothing store manager
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
(1993)
Fumi Kobayshi
119
(1994)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
(1997)
Michie Yoshiyama
Tokyo Fair Weather
(1997)
As the River Flows
(2000)
Yuki Shiokawa