Actor

Yoshiko Kuga

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Movies: 68Series: 8Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 82873

IMDb ID: nm0473984

Known for: Acting

Born: January 21, 1931

Died: June 9, 2024

Age: 93

Place of birth: Ushigome, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1947 - 2007

Years active: 61

Average TMDB rating: 7.14

Wikidata: Q2698639

Also known as

Kuga Yoshiko • Ёсико Куга • یوشیکو کوگا

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Mechanical Designer (1)

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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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