What is Yoshiko Kuga?
{{Infobox person | name = Yoshiko Kuga | image = Yoshiko Kuga 530406 Scan10007.JPG | alt = photo | caption = Kuga in 1953 | native_name = 久我 美子 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = Haruko Koga | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|1|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Tokyo]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|6|9|1931|1|21|df=y}} | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Actress | spouse = {{marriage|[[Akihiko Hirata]]|1961|1984|end=died}} | years_active = 1947–2000 | known_for = | credits = }} {{nihongo|'''Yoshiko Kuga'''|久我 美子|Kuga Yoshiko|extra=21 January 1931 – 9 June 2024}}, was a Japanese actress.. In 1947, she made her debut as one of the lead actresses in an omnibus movie {{nihongo|''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 movie)|The Idiot]]'' (1951), ''[[Older Brother, Younger Sister]]'' (1953), ''[[The Woman in the Rumor]]'' (1954), ''[[Equinox Flower]]'' (1958), ''[[Good Morning (movie)|Good Morning]]'' (1959), ''[[Cruel Story of Youth]]'' (1960), ''[[Zero Focus]]'' (1961), ''[[The Story of Osaka Castle]]'' (1961) as Kobue<ref>{{cite book|author=Stuart Galbraith IV|title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f7o8pq6G_dYC&pg=PA168|date=16 May 2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-1-4616-7374-3|page=177}}</ref> and ''[[Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1997 movie)|Toki o Kakeru Shōjo]]'' (1997). 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.<ref>[https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202406140000558.html 女優久我美子さん死去 93歳 誤嚥性肺炎 第１期東宝ニューフェイス 「３時のあなた」司会も] {{in lang|ja}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline