Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko Kuga 久我 美子 Kuga Yoshiko 21 January 1931 9 June 2024 was a Japanese actress Kuga was born in Tokyo Japan In 1946 while still attending Gakushuin Junior High School she became an actress for Toho studios In 1947 she made her debut as one of the lead actresses in the omnibus movie Four Love Stories 四つの恋の物語 Yottsu no Koi no Monogatari In the 1950s she started working independently and starred in many productions of the Shochiku studios under the direction of Keisuke Kinoshita Other important directors include Kenji Mizoguchi The Woman in the Rumor Yasujirō Ozu Equinox Flower and Tadashi Imai An Inlet of Muddy Water Since the 1970s she appeared mainly on television and on stage 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