Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko Kuga (久我 美子, Kuga Yoshiko) (born January 21, 1931) is a Japanese actress.

Yoshiko Kuga
久我 美子
Kuga in 1953
Born	久我 美子 (Haruko Koga) (1931-01-21) January 21, 1931 Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	小野田 美子 (Haruko Onoda)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1947–2000
Spouse(s)	Akihiko Hirata (m. 1961-until death 1984)

Biography and personal life

Kuga was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her father, Michiaki Koga (久我通顕), was a marquis and a member of the House of Peers.[1]

In 1946, when she was in her third year in Gakushuin Girls' Junior High School, she became an actress under exclusive contract with Toho. In 1947, she made her debut as one of the lead actresses in an omnibus movie Four Love Stories (四つの恋の物語, Yottsu no Koi no Monogatari).

In 1961, Kuga married Akihiko Hirata. They were known as a very harmonious couple until Hirata's death in 1984.

Awards

• 1954 - Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
• 1956 - Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress
• 1994 - Kinuyo Tanaka Memorial Award at Mainichi Film Awards
• 1995 - The Golden Glory Award

Selected filmography

• Drunken Angel (1948)
• The Idiot (1951)
• Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953)
• The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
• The Garden of Women (1954)
• Farewell to Dream (1956)
• Yellow Crow (1957)
• Equinox Flower (1958)
• Good Morning (1959)
• Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
• Zero Focus (1961)
• The Story of Osaka Castle (1961) as Kobue[2]
• Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
• Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1997)

References

1. 霞会館華族家系大成編輯委員会, ed. (September 1996). 平成新修旧華族家系大成 (in Japanese). 上巻. 東京: 吉川弘文館. p. 588. ISBN 9784642036702. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
2. Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.

External links

• Yoshiko Kuga on IMDb
• Yoshiko Kuga at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)