
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.

as 竹田静

as 室伏はる子(伊東はる子)
1967

as Tatsuo's mother
1976

as 竹田静
1986

as Takahara Chie
1986

as Onobu (Kaishu's mother)
1974

as Prime Minister's Wife
1989

as Ayako
1951

as Setsuko Arita
1959

1973

as Suzuko Watanabe
1989

as Hamako Abe
1950

as Schoolgirl
1948
1997

as Yuki Shiokawa
2000

as Michie Yoshiyama
1997

1997

1994

as Fumi Kobayshi
1993

as Women's clothing store manager
1992

as Lady who walks
1991

as Prime Minister's Wife
1989

as Suzuko Watanabe
1989

1988
as Matsuko's Mother
1969

1969

as Kikusato
1964

as Yaeno Kurumiya
1964

1962

as Chiyo
1962

1962

as Nobuko Sato
1961

1961

as Teiko Uhara
1961

1961

as Kobue
1961

as Yuki
1960

as Kazuko Yasugi
1960
as 竹田静
150 ep.