
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 titles people know Yoshiko from.
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

as Yuki Shiokawa

as Michie Yoshiyama



as Fumi Kobayshi

as Women's clothing store manager

as Lady who walks
as Prime Minister's Wife
as Suzuko Watanabe


1 episode

as 竹田静 · 150 episodes

as Takahara Chie · 50 episodes

as Tatsuo's mother · 3 episodes

as Onobu (Kaishu's mother) · 52 episodes

15 episodes
as Matsuko's Mother

as 室伏はる子(伊東はる子) · 309 episodes

as Yoshie Matsumoto
as Kikusato

as Yaeno Kurumiya


as Chiyo

as Yasuko Satô
as Setsuko Arita
as Sakura

as Chie
as Fumiko Mikami



as Yuhime

as Kuwako



as Girl at church


as Shizu
as Schoolgirl

as Kumiko Hirobe
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