
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 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

as Matsuko's Mother

as Yoshie Matsumoto

as Kikusato

as Yaeno Kurumiya

as Chiyo

as Nobuko Sato

as Teiko Uhara

as Kobue

as Yuki

as Kazuko Yasugi

as Yasuko Satô

as Setsuko Arita

as Sakura

as Chie

as Fumiko Mikami

as Fumie Namura

as Reiko Hyodo

as Yuhime

as Yasuko Ashihara

as Keiko Hase

as Senko Minami, prisoner

as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko

as Harue Kawazoe

as Reiko

as Tokiko

as Yumiko (segment 3)

as Sakurako

as Tomiko

as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife

as Sute Kagami

as Yasuyo Uematsu

as Yukiko Mabuchi

as Akiko Hayashino

as Setsuko Fushimi

as Michiko Kubota

as San

as 宇和島見奈子

as Yukiko

as Ayako

as Kozue Takenaka

as Hamako Abe

as Keiko Ono

as 荻原静江

as Kuwako

as Girl at church

as Schoolgirl

as Kumiko Hirobe