Yoshiko Kuga [82873] Gender: Female Popularity: 1.6062 Birthplace: Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan Birthday: 1931-01-21 Deathday: 2024-06-09 Age: 93 years Movies: 69 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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. As the River Flows2000-04-29 The Girl Who Leapt Thro1997-11-08 Tokyo Fair Weather1997-10-18 1191994-11-05 Sky Cannot Be This Blue1993-02-20 Okoge1992-05-26 Nowhere Man1991-11-02 Godzilla vs. Biollante1989-12-16 Four Days of Snow and B1989-06-17 Goryokaku1988-12-30 Samurai Banners1969-03-01 Whirlwind1964-07-26 To Your Majesty, The Em1964-01-01 Umineko ga tonde1962-12-05 Ballad of a Workman1962-08-12 Mother Country1962-04-29 Haitoku no mesu1961-08-06 Moonlight in the Rain1961-05-16 Zero Focus1961-03-19 Hijō no otoko1961-02-13 Daredevil in the Castle1961-01-03 Cruel Story of Youth1960-06-03 Spring Dreams1960-01-03 Thus Another Day1959-09-27 Good Morning1959-05-12 The Snow Flurry1959-01-03 The Eternal Rainbow1958-10-28 Equinox Flower1958-09-07 Beyond the Seasonal Win1958-06-10 Woman Unveiled1958-01-15 Yagyu Secret Scrolls: N1958-01-03 Elegy of the North1957-09-01 Yagyu Secret Scrolls1957-04-14 Yellow Crow1957-02-27 A Case of Honor1957-02-20 The Rose on His Arm1956-11-14 Women in Prison1956-09-11 Farewell to Dream1956-04-17 Mune yori mune ni1955-12-06 Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire1955-10-05 Taira Clan Saga1955-09-21 Ai Sureba Koso1955-07-05 Beautiful Days1955-05-25 Somewhere Beneath the W1954-11-23 A Billionaire1954-11-22 The Woman in the Rumor1954-06-20 The Garden of Women1954-03-16 Love Letter1953-12-13 An Inlet of Muddy Water1953-11-23 Brother and Sister1953-08-19 Reunion1953-07-07 This Way, That Way1952-12-23 The Paths of Two Maiden1952-08-07 I'll Not Forget the Son1952-03-27 Honoo no hada1951-10-19 The Bitch1951-08-10 The Idiot1951-05-23 Oogonju1950-11-04 Portrait of Madame Yuki1950-10-21 Guntō nanban-sen1950-06-13 The Angry Street1950-05-14 Till We Meet Again1950-03-21 Rinchi1949-12-20 Akireta musumetachi1949-10-11 Jakoman and Tetsu1949-07-11 Delinquent Girl1949-03-22 Drunken Angel1948-04-27 Spring Awakens1947-11-02 Four Love Stories1947-04-01