Yoshiko Kuga
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.0287 |
| Birthday | 1931-01-21 |
| Place of Birth | Ushigome, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Also Known As | Kuga Yoshiko, Ёсико Куга, یوشیکو کوگا, |
1950
Golden Beast
0/0
On a Sunday morning, young dentist Toshio Ezaki wakes up with a hangover, on a bench in his office. He finds a poisoned woman in a green-striped Weste...
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Golden Beast
1951
The Idiot
6.98/127
A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a volatile tangle of love and pity between the disgrac...
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The Idiot
1948
Drunken Angel
7.607/309
In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the...
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Drunken Angel
1958
Equinox Flower
7.436/165
Wataru's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares her love for a coworker and is adamant to live her own way...
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Equinox Flower
1959
Good Morning
7.711/310
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of...
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Good Morning
1955
Taira Clan Saga
6.797/32
Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.
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Taira Clan Saga
1954
The Woman in the Rumor
7.256/45
After living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, runs a brothel, which upsets Yukiko very much.
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The Woman in the Rumor
1950
Portrait of Madame Yuki
6.696/28
A young woman takes up her new job as the servant of a noblewoman and soon discovers that underneath her facade of luxury lies great unhappiness.
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Portrait of Madame Yuki
1988
Goryokaku
0/0
After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the...
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Goryokaku
1989
Godzilla vs. Biollante
7.4/296
After the previous Godzilla attack, a miniature arms race ensues to collect his cells. Concerned over Godzilla's possible return, the Japanese governm...
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Godzilla vs. Biollante
1960
Cruel Story of Youth
6.567/67
A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.
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Cruel Story of Youth
1962
Umineko ga tonde
0/0
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Umineko ga tonde
1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
6.5/6
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disas...
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1961
Zero Focus
6.35/20
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to...
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Zero Focus
1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
5.375/8
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disas...
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1953
Brother and Sister
6.316/19
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that...
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Brother and Sister
1954
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
6.571/7
A Tokyo family running a liquor store overcome impotence and dysfunction as they induce an understanding through each other of how to deal with their...
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Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1959
The Snow Flurry
6.9/10
After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.
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The Snow Flurry
1955
Beautiful Days
6.75/8
A romantic drama depicting the lives of two generations of a family who run a Tokyo florist shop.
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Beautiful Days
1956
Farewell to Dream
7.1/10
A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmonger...
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Farewell to Dream
1954
A Billionaire
6.75/4
An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.
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A Billionaire
1958
The Eternal Rainbow
7.25/4
Two men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job, while the other finds himself falling for a co-worker.
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The Eternal Rainbow
1954
The Garden of Women
6.636/11
A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.
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The Garden of Women
1959
Thus Another Day
5.714/7
A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out t...
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Thus Another Day
1960
Spring Dreams
6/8
When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous frien...
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Spring Dreams
1952
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
0/0
A Japanese soldier who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Hawaii entrusted Henry Gray with an unfinished score and promised to complete it.
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I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1961
Daredevil in the Castle
7.318/11
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyoto...
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Daredevil in the Castle
1947
Spring Awakens
6.833/6
Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.
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Spring Awakens
1957
Elegy of the North
6.111/9
Reiko, a young woman with a physical disability, begins a clandestine affair with the married architect Katsuragi, but also becomes dangerously obses...
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Elegy of the North
1969
Samurai Banners
7.352/27
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He co...
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Samurai Banners
1947
Four Love Stories
6.2/5
Omnibus of love stories from 1947 directed by famous directors, featuring big stars.
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Four Love Stories
1953
Love Letter
6.845/29
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
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Love Letter
1953
An Inlet of Muddy Water
6.25/8
A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself...
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An Inlet of Muddy Water
1957
Yellow Crow
6.714/7
Ichiro Yoshida, the father of the boy Kiyoshi, who has been repatriated from China, returns home after a ten-year separation. The father, who has been...
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Yellow Crow
1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
8/1
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Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
Mune yori mune ni
10/1
Japanese drama
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Mune yori mune ni
1997
Tokyo Fair Weather
7.25/8
This is a biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of Japan's leading photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki.
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Tokyo Fair Weather
1994
119
6.333/3
In Harari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for nearly twenty years. Each day passes eventlessly... unt...
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119
2000
As the River Flows
9/1
2000 live-action Japanese film.
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As the River Flows
1992
Okoge
6/9
A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.
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Okoge
1952
The Paths of Two Maidens
0/0
Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.
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The Paths of Two Maidens
1950
Guntō nanban-sen
8/1
1950 Japanese movie
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Guntō nanban-sen
1991
Nowhere Man
6.167/6
Sukezo, a former manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed by the river. He tries hard to be successful, but b...
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Nowhere Man
1950
Till We Meet Again
6.7/10
Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.
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Till We Meet Again
1950
The Angry Street
6.714/7
University students Sudo and Mori make money by picking up rich girls in dance clubs and conning them into giving them cash. Mori is the brains of the...
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The Angry Street
1949
Rinchi
0/0
Japanese noir.
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Rinchi
1956
The Rose on His Arm
5.75/8
Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.
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The Rose on His Arm
1962
Ballad of a Workman
6.143/7
A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is to...
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Ballad of a Workman
1997
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
7.5/2
A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1964
Whirlwind
6.6/10
Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle...
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Whirlwind
1949
Akireta musumetachi
0/0
Japanese comedy film.
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Akireta musumetachi
1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood
7.4/10
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading pol...
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
1958
Beyond the Seasonal Wind
9/1
Japanese drama film.
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Beyond the Seasonal Wind
1993
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
9/1
Kantarou Kobayashi is an ordinary businessman who has multiple troubles on hand. He's been having an affair with a woman working in the same company,...
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Sky Cannot Be This Blue
1958
Woman Unveiled
8/2
A childless lawyer and his wife take in the quiet daughter of an imprisoned client, whose presence eventually creates romantic tension with the husban...
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Woman Unveiled
1949
Delinquent Girl
7/1
A melodramatic love story, a would-be apprenticeship between the titular bad girl and the optimistic scholar returning from the big city. It is presum...
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Delinquent Girl
1951
Honoo no hada
0/0
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Honoo no hada
1952
This Way, That Way
8.5/2
An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has run away from home, turns up unexpectedly to stay...
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This Way, That Way
1951
The Bitch
8/1
The fall of an accountant enthralled by the sexual charms of a cabaret dancer.
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The Bitch
1962
Mother Country
6.8/5
In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married s...
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Mother Country
1956
Women in Prison
4/3
The woman prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There is an employee who is divorced after her husband had...
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Women in Prison
1957
A Case of Honor
0/0
The obstinate black market trader Okyo lives together with her son Seitaro, who works as a mechanic for a bus company. She also looks after her son's...
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A Case of Honor
1955
If Indeed One Loves
10/1
The film consists of three short stories. Tomiko, the heroine of the first story, "The Flower Girl" (dir. Kozaburo Yoshimura), is a little girl who be...
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If Indeed One Loves
1961
Haitoku no mesu
7/1
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Haitoku no mesu
1949
Jakoman and Tetsu
10/1
In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one o...
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Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
0/0
Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog soldier. He joins the army and winds up sent overse...
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To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1953
Reunion
6/1
If two clouds go away, the eyes of a maiden who gets wet in tears, Tsukaman Aise who earnestly wished, and the two who cried under the harsh trials of...
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Reunion
1961
Hijō no otoko
0/0
1961 Japanese movie
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Hijō no otoko
1961
Moonlight in the Rain
9/1
A home drama about a mother and her three daughters, based on the novel by Fumiko Hayashi.
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Moonlight in the Rain
1954
Aku no tanoshisa
0/0
Film directed by Yasuki Chiba.
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Aku no tanoshisa
1969
Through Days and Months
8/1
Young and beautiful Matsuko lives alone with her father in old Kamakura. Matsuko experienced love once, with Munehiro, who married another girl. But n...
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Through Days and Months
1955
Bride in the Kitchen
0/0
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