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Yoshiko Kuga is a Actor Japonaise born on 21 january 1931 at Tokyo (Japon)

Yoshiko Kuga

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Birth name 久我 美子(Haruko Koga)
Nationality Japon
Birth 21 january 1931 (93 years) at Tokyo (Japon)

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

Biography

Yoshiko Kuga, née Haruko Koga à Tokyo est la fille de Michiaki Koga (久我通顕), un marquis membre de la Chambre des pairs du Japon.

En 1946, elle devient actrice avec un contrat d'exclusivité avec la Toho.

En 1961, elle épouse Akihiko Hirata. Ils resteront mariés jusqu'à la mort d'Hirata en 1984.

Yoshiko Kuga a tourné dans près de 100 films entre 1947 et 2000.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Yoshiko Kuga (24 films)

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Actress

Four Days of Snow and Blood, 1h54
Directed by Hideo Gosha
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Tomokazu Miura, Masahiro Motoki, Hiroshi Katsuno, Naoto Takenaka, Narimi Arimori, Shinsuke Ashida
Roles Suzuko Watanabe
Rating64% 3.239323.239323.239323.239323.23932
En 1936, à la veille de la guerre sino-japonaise, le Japon de l'ère Showa est un pays pauvre dominé par un régime totalitaire. Des officiers japonais de la Kodoha décident de changer les choses et provoquent un coup d'État qui passera à la postérité sous le nom d'Incident du 26 février.
Godzilla vs. Biollante, 1h45
Directed by Kazuki Ōmori
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, War, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Giant monster films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Megumi Odaka, Yoshiko Tanaka, Masanobu Takashima, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Demon Kakka, Tōru Minegishi
Roles Prime Minister's Wife
Rating65% 3.260933.260933.260933.260933.26093
In the aftermath of Godzilla's attack on Tokyo and his later imprisonment at Mt. Mihara. a team of scientists discovers cells left in the rubble by the monster and collects them. A group of American militants takes a sample of their own. They attempt to escape with them, but are killed by a lone assassin codenamed SSS9, who steals the sample and departs. He boards a cruise liner and heads to the Republic of Saradia to deliver the cells to the Saradia Institute of Technology and Science. The president of the institute wants to use the cells to merge with genetically modified plants, hoping to transform Saradia's deserts to vast greenery and end the country's dependence on oil wells for wealth. Dr. Genshiro Shiragami and his daughter, Erika, are enlisted to aid with the ambitious project. However, a terrorist bombing destroys the institute's laboratory, ruining the cells and killing Erika.
Samurai Banners, 2h45
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Origin Japon
Genres War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Akihiko Hirata, Yujiro Ishihara, Katsuo Nakamura, Masakazu Tamura
Rating70% 3.541993.541993.541993.541993.54199
Yamamoto Kansuke (Toshiro Mifune) is a general of warlord Takeda Shingen (Yorozuya Kinnosuke), whose titular red banners are his trademark. Yamamoto has a ruthless but effective approach to battle and politics, and advises Takeda Shingen on almost everything he does, including the assassination of Suwa Yorishige (Akihiko Hirata). Of Lord Suwa's household, Princess Yu (Yoshiko Sakuma) refuses to commit suicide, and the film comes to center on a love triangle between the lord, his general, and the princess.
Daredevil in the Castle, 1h35
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Genres War, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Kyōko Kagawa, Akihiko Hirata, Yuriko Hoshi, Yoshiko Kuga, Isuzu Yamada
Roles Kobue
Rating63% 3.1502853.1502853.1502853.1502853.150285
The plot is set about a decade after the battle of Sekigahara. Toshiro Mifune's character, Mohei is a contumacious wandering samurai with his very own point of view. He arrives in the city of Osaka to look for new beginning. As a background, unfolds a conspiracy of the Toyotomi clan to stop Lord Ieyasu Tokugawa's ambition for personal domination of Japan.
Zero Focus
Zero Focus (1961)
, 1h35
Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Yoshiko Kuga, Ineko Arima, Koji Nanbara, Kō Nishimura, Yoshi Katō, Sadako Sawamura
Roles Teiko Uhara
Rating69% 3.4892853.4892853.4892853.4892853.489285
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and doesn't return. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With only a pair of old photographs among his belongings to go off of, Teiko tries to figure out what has happened to him.
Cruel Story of Youth, 1h36
Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Yoshiko Kuga, Jun Hamamura, Kei Satō, Kyū Sazanka
Roles Yuki
Rating69% 3.495083.495083.495083.495083.49508
After Makoto Shinjo hitchhikes a ride, the driver tries to molest her, but is stopped by Kiyoshi Fuji. He takes her on a date, first to watch protests against the Anpo treaty, and then later to ride a motorboat on a river, where he rapes her. One day, after trying to wait for him at a bar he frequents, she is targeted by gangsters who prostitute women, but Kiyoshi fights them and they leave them alone in exchange for a payment. The two fall in love and Makoto spends more time with him, causing her to be rebuked by her older sister Yuki, resulting in her deciding to live with him. To make money, the two re-enact how they met, with Makoto seducing a driver and, when he comes on to her, Kiyoshi extorting him. In one case, a politician named Horio picks her up, but makes her feel happy so she doesn't do it.
Good Morning, 1h34
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about children
Actors Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishū Ryū, Kuniko Miyake, Haruko Sugimura, Sadako Sawamura
Roles Setsuko Arita
Rating77% 3.897613.897613.897613.897613.89761
The film takes place in suburban Tokyo, and begins with a group of boy students going home.
Equinox Flower, 1h58
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiko Kuga, Ineko Arima, Keiji Sada, Chishū Ryū
Roles Fumiko Mikami
Rating77% 3.8921753.8921753.8921753.8921753.892175
Wataru Hirayama (Shin Saburi) is a wealthy Tokyo businessman who acts as a go-between for couples seeking marriages. When an old schoolmate Mikami (Chishū Ryū) approaches him for help concerning his daughter Fumiko (Yoshiko Kuga), who has run off owing to a conflict with her father, he agrees. Finding her in a bar where she now works, he listens to her side of the story. Fumiko complains that her father is stubborn, insisting on arranging her marriage, whereas she has now fallen in love with a musician and is adamant to lead life her own way.
Yagyu Secret Scrolls, 1h46
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Kuga, Mariko Okada, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Kyōko Kagawa
Roles Yuhime
Rating62% 3.1436853.1436853.1436853.1436853.143685
Les Chroniques Martiales du clan des Yagyû, un parchemin primordial pour garder la paix, ont été volé par le maître d'armes du clan Nabeshima poursuivi par Jûbei Yagyû. Tasaburo, ninja Kasumi de l'école Kage, s'interpose mais le maître d'armes est assassiné par Jûbei, et le parchemin est récupéré par la Pincesse Yû du clan Ryûzôji. Celle-ci pense ainsi avoir trouver un moyen de rétablir son clan dissout. Mais Tasaburo doit à tout prix récupérer le parchemin pour son clan qui ne souhaite que respecter la justice du pays...
Elegy of the North, 1h56
Directed by Heinosuke Gosho
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Yoshiko Kuga, Masayuki Mori, Mieko Takamine, Tatsuo Saitō, Kumeko Urabe, Sanae Takasugi
Roles Reiko Hyodo
Rating68% 3.427913.427913.427913.427913.42791
Reiko Hyodo est une jeune fille tourmentée qui a perdu sa mère durant son enfance et qui souffre d'arthrite au bras gauche, ce qui la complexe. Lors d'un séjour en montagne, elle fait la rencontre fortuite de Setsuo Katsuragi. L'homme, un architecte plus âgé qu'elle, est marié et malheureux en ménage. Reiko qui s'est démenée pour le revoir se jette dans ses bras.
Yellow Crow, 1h44
Directed by Heinosuke Gosho
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Kinuyo Tanaka, Chikage Awashima, Yūnosuke Itō, Yoshiko Kuga, Jun Tatara, Chōko Iida
Roles Yasuko Ashihara
Rating68% 3.4405853.4405853.4405853.4405853.440585
Ichiro Yoshida est rapatrié de Chine après huit ans de guerre et de captivité. Son fils Kiyoshi né peu après son départ ne l'a jamais connu. Les retrouvailles ne se passent pas comme l'avait rêvé le jeune garçon, les relations avec son père sont distantes et il se sent négligé par sa mère Machiko qui se démène pour trouver un difficile nouvel équilibre dans la vie de la famille. Les choses empirent à la naissance d'une petite sœur, Kiyoshi et son père se disputent souvent.
Taira Clan Saga, 1h48
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Michiyo Kogure, Koreya Senda, Eijirō Yanagi, Akitake Kōno, Tamao Nakamura
Roles Tokiko
Rating72% 3.640043.640043.640043.640043.64004
Japon, XII siècle, moines et nobles s'opposent. Le clan Taïra, dirigé par Tadamori, a du mal à être considéré à sa juste valeur par la cour. Le fils de Tadamori, Kiyomori, apprend qu'il est peut-être en réalité le fils de l'ancien empereur, qui était l'amant de sa mère, une courtisane.
Woman of Rumor, 1h24
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiko Kuga, Eitarō Shindō, Haruo Tanaka, Chieko Naniwa, Saburo Date
Roles Yukiko Mabuchi
Rating73% 3.6932653.6932653.6932653.6932653.693265
Hatsuko dirige une maison de geisha à Kyoto, elle est veuve. Sa fille Yukiko revient de Tokyo après une tentative de suicide, quand son amant l'a abandonné. Hatsuko est la maîtresse du jeune docteur Matoba, qui s'occupe des geishas de la maison. Le médecin est attiré par Yukiko, qui d'abord le méprise, comme tout ce qui concerne la maison des courtisanes de haut-rang (太夫, tayū) et geisha. Mais Yukiko change d'attitude ; sans le savoir, les deux femmes aiment le même homme.