Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko Kuga
Yoshiko Kuga
久我美子
	Kuga in 1953
Born	Haruko Koga; 21 January 1931; Tokyo, Japan
Died	9 June 2024 (aged 93)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1947–2000
Spouse	Akihiko Hirata (m. 1961; died 1984)

Yoshiko Kuga (久我美子, Kuga Yoshiko, 21 January 1931 – 9 June 2024), was a Japanese actress.. 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).

Kuga is known for her roles in Drunken Angel (1948), The Idiot (1951), Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953), The Woman in the Rumor (1954), Equinox Flower (1958), Good Morning (1959), Cruel Story of Youth (1960), Zero Focus (1961), The Story of Osaka Castle (1961) as Kobue^[1] and Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1997).

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.^[2]

References

↑ 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.
↑ 女優久我美子さん死去　93歳　誤嚥性肺炎　第１期東宝ニューフェイス　「３時のあなた」司会も (in Japanese)

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[1] 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.

[2] 女優久我美子さん死去　93歳　誤嚥性肺炎　第１期東宝ニューフェイス　「３時のあなた」司会も (in Japanese)

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