Yoshiko Kuga
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Yoshiko Kuga has spent most of a working life as an actress with a career measured in decades rather than seasons. Steady employment, rather than one breakout, gives the career its shape. Ask a viewer to place Yoshiko Kuga and the answer usually comes back 'Good Morning'. 'Drunken Angel' is the other credit most often cited. More of the credits fall under drama than under anything else.
Yoshiko Kuga
51 Movies
5 Series
Yoshiko Kuga has spent most of a working life as an actress with a career measured in decades rather than seasons. Steady employment, rather than one breakout, gives the career its shape. Ask a viewer to place Yoshiko Kuga and the answer usually comes back 'Good Morning'. 'Drunken Angel' is the other credit most often cited. More of the credits fall under drama than under anything else.
Movies
Plays Prime Minister's Wife
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989
Plays Setsuko Arita
Good Morning
1959
Plays Chiyo
Ballad of a Workman
1962
Plays Senko Minami, prisoner
Women in Prison
1956
Plays Schoolgirl
Drunken Angel
1948
Plays Ayako
The Idiot
1951
Plays Fumiko Mikami
Equinox Flower
1958
Plays Yuki
Cruel Story of Youth
1960
Plays Hamako Abe
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
Plays Michiko Kubota
Love Letter
1953
Plays Suzuko Watanabe
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
Plays Teiko Uhara
Zero Focus
1961
Plays Yuhime
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
Plays Tokiko
Taira Clan Saga
1955
Plays Yuhime
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
Plays Kazuko Yasugi
Spring Dreams
1960
Plays Yasuko Satô
Thus Another Day
1959
Plays Keiko Ono
Till We Meet Again
1950
Plays San
Brother and Sister
1953
Plays Yukiko Mabuchi
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
Plays Kobue
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
Plays Reiko Hyodo
Elegy of the North
1957
Plays Women's clothing store manager
Okoge
1992
Plays Lady who walks
Nowhere Man
1991
Plays Sakura
The Snow Flurry
1959
Plays Chie
The Eternal Rainbow
1958
Plays Kumiko Hirobe
Spring Awakens
1947
Plays Kikusato
Whirlwind
1964
Plays Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
Plays Keiko Hase
The Rose on His Arm
1956
Plays Yasuko Ashihara
Yellow Crow
1957
Plays Sute Kagami
A Billionaire
1954
Plays Sakurako
Beautiful Days
1955
Plays Akiko Hayashino
The Garden of Women
1954
Plays Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
Farewell to Dream
1956
Plays Nobuko Sato
Haitoku no mesu
1961
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Full Filmography
As the River Flows
Yuki Shiokawa
2000
Film
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Michie Yoshiyama
1997
Film
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
Fumi Kobayshi
1993
Film
Okoge
Women's clothing store manager
1992
Film
Nowhere Man
Lady who walks
1991
Film
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Prime Minister's Wife
1989
Film
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Suzuko Watanabe
1989
Film
Miyako no kaze
竹田静 · 150 episodes
1986–
TV
Inochi
Takahara Chie · 50 episodes
1986–
TV
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Yoshiko Kuga still alive?
Yoshiko Kuga passed away on June 9, 2024 at age 93.
What are the most famous roles of Yoshiko Kuga?
Yoshiko Kuga is best known for roles in Good Morning, Drunken Angel, Godzilla vs. Biollante.
How many movies has Yoshiko Kuga been in?
Over a 77-year career (since 1947), Yoshiko Kuga has appeared in 51 movies and 5 TV shows.
What was Yoshiko Kuga's first movie?
The career of Yoshiko Kuga began with Four Love Stories (1947).
What is Yoshiko Kuga's most recent movie or series?
Yoshiko Kuga's most recent release is As the River Flows, which premiered on April 29, 2000.
What TV shows has Yoshiko Kuga appeared in?
On television, Yoshiko Kuga has appeared in The Roads Men Travel, Miyako no kaze, Tabiji, Katsu Kaishu.
Yoshiko Kuga
1931-01-21 · Ushigome, Japon
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.