Cast

Yoshiko Kuga

1931 – 2024

Active years (films on this site)

1950–1991

Genres

DramaRomanceCrimeComedyWar

Schools and movements

Japanese Golden AgeJapanese New WaveContemporary Asian Cinema

Directors worked with

Kenji Mizoguchi3 filmsKeisuke Kinoshita2 filmsYasujiro Ozu2 filmsTadashi Imai1 filmAkira Kurosawa1 filmMikio Naruse1 filmKinuyo Tanaka1 filmNagisa Oshima1 filmYoshitarō Nomura1 filmNaoto Takenaka1 film

Biography

Yoshiko Kuga was a Japanese actress. She starred in The Woman in the Rumor (1954), Equinox Flower (1958), and An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953). She won a Mainichi Film Award in 1954, and a Blue Ribbon Award in 1956. She was the wife of actor Akihiko Hirata.

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Awards and honours

National / local

• Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress 1957
• Kinuyo Tanaka Award 1995

14 films on this site

1. Portrait of Madame Yuki 1950 · Kenji Mizoguchi · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
2. Until We Meet Again 1950 · Tadashi Imai · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
3. The Idiot 1951 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
4. Brother and Sister (1953) 1953 · Mikio Naruse · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
5. Love Letter (1953) 1953 · Kinuyo Tanaka · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
6. The Garden of Women 1954 · Keisuke Kinoshita · IMDb 6.9 · Cast
7. The Woman of Rumour 1954 · Kenji Mizoguchi · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
8. Taira Clan Saga 1955 · Kenji Mizoguchi · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
9. The Rose on His Arm 1956 · Keisuke Kinoshita · IMDb 6.5 · Cast
10. Equinox Flower 1958 · Yasujiro Ozu · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
11. Good Morning 1959 · Yasujiro Ozu · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
12. Cruel Story of Youth 1960 · Nagisa Oshima · IMDb 6.9 · Cast
13. Zero Focus 1961 · Yoshitarō Nomura · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
14. Nowhere Man 1991 · Naoto Takenaka · IMDb 6.7 · Cast