Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko Kuga

Known for: Acting

Born: January 21, 1931

Died: June 9, 2024

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 Kinosh…

Known for

Zero Focus
Zero Focus
1961
Elegy of the North
Elegy of the North
1957
Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again
1950
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1958
This Way, That Way
This Way, That Way
1952
Reunion
Reunion
1953
Autumn Interlude
Autumn Interlude
1954
群狼の街
1952
Golden Beast
1950
Good Morning
Good Morning
1959
Taira Clan Saga
Taira Clan Saga
1955
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days
1955
A Billionaire
A Billionaire
1954
Thus Another Day
Thus Another Day
1959
Spring Dreams
Spring Dreams
1960
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
Four Love Stories
Four Love Stories
1947
Love Letter
Love Letter
1953
An Inlet of Muddy Water
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Woman Unveiled
Woman Unveiled
1958
A Case of Honor
A Case of Honor
1957
Haitoku no mesu
Haitoku no mesu
1961
月の出船
1950
The Woman in the Rumor
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
Cruel Story of Youth
Cruel Story of Youth
1960
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
Brother and Sister
Brother and Sister
1953
The Snow Flurry
The Snow Flurry
1959
The Eternal Rainbow
The Eternal Rainbow
1958
Spring Awakens
Spring Awakens
1947
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
Mune yori mune ni
Mune yori mune ni
1955
Rinchi
Rinchi
1949
Ballad of a Workman
Ballad of a Workman
1962
Akireta musumetachi
Akireta musumetachi
1949
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
1993
Delinquent Girl
Delinquent Girl
1949
Honoo no hada
1951
Moonlight in the Rain
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
Through Days and Months
1969
Tomorrow's Happiness
Tomorrow's Happiness
1955
The Idiot
The Idiot
1951
Equinox Flower
Equinox Flower
1958
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
Umineko ga tonde
Umineko ga tonde
1962
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
Farewell to Dream
Farewell to Dream
1956
The Garden of Women
The Garden of Women
1954
Daredevil in the Castle
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
Yellow Crow
Yellow Crow
1957
The Paths of Two Maidens
The Paths of Two Maidens
1952
Guntō nanban-sen
Guntō nanban-sen
1950
The Rose on His Arm
The Rose on His Arm
1956
The Bitch
The Bitch
1951
Mother Country
Mother Country
1962
Women in Prison
Women in Prison
1956
Hijō no otoko
Hijō no otoko
1961
The Angry Street
The Angry Street
1950
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997
Jakoman and Tetsu
Jakoman and Tetsu
1949
Aku no tanoshisa
Aku no tanoshisa
1954
Tokyo Fair Weather
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
As the River Flows
As the River Flows
2000
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
Bride in the Kitchen
1955
Whirlwind
Whirlwind
1964
Nowhere Man
Nowhere Man
1991
Drunken Angel
Drunken Angel
1948
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989
Samurai Banners
Samurai Banners
1969
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
My Love on the Other Side of the Mountain
1948
119
119
1994
Okoge
Okoge
1992
If Indeed One Loves
If Indeed One Loves
1955
Goryokaku
Goryokaku
1988
The Roads Men Travel
The Roads Men Travel
1976
Miyako no kaze
Miyako no kaze
1986
Tabiji
Tabiji
1967
Katsu Kaishu
Katsu Kaishu
1974
Inochi
Inochi
1986
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
1988
Pieces of Autumn
Pieces of Autumn
1973