Yoshiko Kuga

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Yoshiko Kuga
久我 美子
Born
久我 美子 (Haruko Koga)

(1931-01-21) January 21, 1931 (age 93)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other names小野田 美子 (Haruko Onoda)
OccupationActress
Years active1947–2000
SpouseAkihiko Hirata (m. 1961-1984)

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

In 1961, Kuga married Akihiko Hirata.

References[change | change source]

  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.

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