Yoshiko Kuga
Birthday: 1931-01-21
Place of Birth: Ushigome, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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.
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The Idiot
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Drunken Angel
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Equinox Flower
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Good Morning
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The Woman in the Rumor
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Taira Clan Saga
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Portrait of Madame Yuki
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Goryokaku
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Godzilla vs. Biollante
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Cruel Story of Youth
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls
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Zero Focus
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
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Brother and Sister
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Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
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The Snow Flurry
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Beautiful Days
Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists....
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Farewell to Dream
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A Billionaire
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The Eternal Rainbow
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The Garden of Women
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Thus Another Day
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Spring Dreams
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I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
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Daredevil in the Castle
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Spring Awakens
Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl....
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Elegy of the North
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Samurai Banners
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Four Love Stories
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Love Letter
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Yellow Crow
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An Inlet of Muddy Water
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Tokyo Fair Weather
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119
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Okoge
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Nowhere Man
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Till We Meet Again
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The Angry Street
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The Rose on His Arm
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Ballad of a Workman
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel....
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Whirlwind
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
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Sky Cannot Be This Blue
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Woman Unveiled
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Delinquent Girl
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This Way, That Way
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The Bitch
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Mother Country
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Women in Prison
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A Case of Honor
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Ai Sureba Koso
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Jakoman and Tetsu
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To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
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Reunion
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Moonlight in the Rain
A home drama about a mother and her three daughters, based on the novel by Fumiko Hayashi....
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