Yoshiko Kuga
January 21, 1931 · 95 years old
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…
Known For
8 titles
Drunken Angel
A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond.
Good Morning
Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Desolate by the loss of his daughter, a geneticist creates a monstrous new mutation.
The Idiot
A Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman.
Equinox Flower
A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband.
Samurai Banners
A shrewd 16th Century samurai helps a daimyo expand his realm.
Love Letter
Explores the wounds of war, the limits of love and the need to forgive. A sad and troubled man, Reikichi Mayumi finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki
After defeat at the Siege of Osaka several survivors attempt to deliver a young prince to safety.