Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko Kuga
photo Kuga in Drunken Angel (1948)
Native name	久我 美子
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. 1961-1984)

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

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.

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)
• Equinox Flower (1958)
• Good Morning (1959)
• Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
• The Story of Osaka Castle (1961) as Kobue
• Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1997)

External links

• Yoshiko Kuga at the Internet Movie Database
• Yoshiko Kuga at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)