Yoshiko Kuga [82873] Gender: Female Popularity: 1.6164 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 Flo2000-04-29 The Girl Who Lea1997-11-08 Tokyo Fair Weath1997-10-18 1191994-11-05 Sky Cannot Be Th1993-02-20 Okoge1992-05-26 Nowhere Man1991-11-02 Godzilla vs. Bio1989-12-16 Four Days of Sno1989-06-17 Goryokaku1988-12-30 Samurai Banners1969-03-01 Whirlwind1964-07-26 To Your Majesty,1964-01-01 Umineko ga tonde1962-12-05 Ballad of a Work1962-08-12 Mother Country1962-04-29 Haitoku no mesu1961-08-06 Moonlight in the1961-05-16 Zero Focus1961-03-19 Hijō no otoko1961-02-13 Daredevil in the1961-01-03 Cruel Story of Y1960-06-03 Spring Dreams1960-01-03 Thus Another Day1959-09-27 Good Morning1959-05-12 The Snow Flurry1959-01-03 The Eternal Rain1958-10-28 Equinox Flower1958-09-07 Beyond the Seaso1958-06-10 Woman Unveiled1958-01-15 Yagyu Secret Scr1958-01-03 Elegy of the Nor1957-09-01 Yagyu Secret Scr1957-04-14 Yellow Crow1957-02-27 A Case of Honor1957-02-20 The Rose on His 1956-11-14 Women in Prison1956-09-11 Farewell to Drea1956-04-17 Mune yori mune n1955-12-06 Tomorrow I'll Be1955-10-05 Taira Clan Saga1955-09-21 Ai Sureba Koso1955-07-05 Beautiful Days1955-05-25 Somewhere Beneat1954-11-23 A Billionaire1954-11-22 The Woman in the1954-06-20 The Garden of Wo1954-03-16 Love Letter1953-12-13 An Inlet of Mudd1953-11-23 Brother and Sist1953-08-19 Reunion1953-07-07 This Way, That W1952-12-23 The Paths of Two1952-08-07 I'll Not Forget 1952-03-27 Honoo no hada1951-10-19 The Bitch1951-08-10 The Idiot1951-05-23 Oogonju1950-11-04 Portrait of Mada1950-10-21 Guntō nanban-se1950-06-13 The Angry Street1950-05-14 Till We Meet Aga1950-03-21 Rinchi1949-12-20 Akireta musumeta1949-10-11 Jakoman and Tets1949-07-11 Delinquent Girl1949-03-22 Drunken Angel1948-04-27 Spring Awakens1947-11-02 Four Love Storie1947-04-01