Kaoru Yachigusa
Kaoru Yachigusa (八千草 薫, Yachigusa Kaoru, January 6, 1931 – October 24, 2019) was a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture. From 1947 to 1957, she was a member of the Takarazuka Revue. After leaving the revue, she was active in film, television, and narration. She has gotten some Japanese awards and honours such as; Medal with Purple Ribbon (1997), Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2003), and Mainichi Film Awards: Tanaka Kinuyo Prize (2004)
Yachigusa died on October 24, 2019, at a Tokyo hospital from pancreatic cancer, aged 88.
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Movies (86)
Tokyo Phoenix
2017 · (voice)
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016 · Self - Actress
Kidnap Tour
2016 · Kiyoe
Three Moons
2015 · Aya Kosaka
Before The Leaves Fall
2015 · Ichiko Ogawa
A Pierrot Praying for the Moon
2014 · Sakura Tamai
Giovanni's Island
2014 · Older Sawako (voice)
Don't Lose Heart
2013 · Toyo Shibata
The Great Passage
2013 · Chie Matsumoto
Until the Break of Dawn
2012 · Tsuru Hatada
Gaku
2012 · Kazama Kaya
Listen to My Heart
2009 · Akiko Matsuda
Dear Doctor
2009 · Kaduko Torikai
Toad's Oil
2009 · Hikari's Grandmother
Flavor of Happiness
2008 · Yuriko Nagata
Only You Can Hear Me
2007 · Sachi Nozaki
Talk, Talk, Talk
2007 · Haruko Toyama
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
2005
Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi
2005 · Kataoka's mother
Like Asura
2003 · Takezawa Fuji
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
1996 · Iti Miyazawa
A Samurai's Sorrow
1993
Saiyūki
1993 · 观世音菩萨
Sometime, Somewhere
1992 · Chairman's wife
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989 · Taka Suzuki
Hachiko
1987 · Shizuko Ueno
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
1983 · 芦名隆子
The Tale of Genji
1981
The Last Game
1979
Blood Type: Blue
1978 · Mrs. Hyodo
Stars and Storms
1976
The Corporation
1976 · Yoshiko Iki
A Bird of Africa
1975
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974 · Married woman
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972 · 志村千代
Morning Fog
1971
The Song from My Heart
1969
Inu to Asachan
1969
The Sisters and I
1967 · Shima
The Betrayal
1966 · Namie
Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
1965
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
1965
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965 · Otoko Ueno
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
Samurai Assassin
1965 · Mitsu
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964 · 6th Sin & 7th Sin
Hello, Baby
1964 · Fujiko Tachikawa
New Marital Relations
1963
The Human Vapor
1960 · Fujichiyo Kasuga
The Five Jolly Thieves
1960
The Spear Master
1959
Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
1959
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
1959 · Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959 · Tomiko
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Nuregami kenpo
1958
Big Edo's 1,000 Ryo Festival
1958
Epic Crash
1958
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
Gendai Mushuku
1958 · Hisako Kurata
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome
1958
Atarashii Sebiro
1957
The Living Koheiji
1957 · Ochika
Snow Country
1957 · Yôko
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Pure Love
1956
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956 · Xiaoqing
Settlement of Love
1956 · Asako
The President Talks Bank
1956
The Maiden Courtesan
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956 · Otsu
The President's Boss
1956
Stray Sheep
1955 · Mineko
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955 · Otsu
Madame Butterfly
1954 · Cio-Cio-San
The Princess Sen
1954 · Dancing waiting-girl
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954 · Otsu
Young Eyes
1954
One Night of Love
1954 · Oharu
Princess Finds Her Prince
1953
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953 · Ohikari
Moth Lamp
1953
Traveling with Breeze
1953
Mr. Pu
1953
さよなら李香蘭
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TV shows (31)
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019
Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
2018
Yasuragi no Sato
2017
Love That Makes You Cry
2016 · Shizue Sendo
Candy House
2015 · Sakurai Akiko
Miyamoto Musashi
2014
Mother and Son
2013
Matrimonial Chaos
2013 · Aiko Hamasaki
The Tempest
2011 · King's mother
Ordinary Miracles
2009 · Shizue Nakazo
Juken no Kamisama
2007 · Nobuko Umezawa
Dear Father
2007 · Sakashita Yumeko
Into the White Night
2006 · Karasawa Reiko
Time for Love
2005 · Kyoko Kitami
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
2004 · Miss Marple (voice)
To the One I Love
2004 · Yoshie Azumi
Big Money
2002 · Teruko Hatano
Toshiie and Matsu
2002 · Tae
恋人はスナイパー
2001
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
2001 · Fukiko Shirai
Food Fight
2000 · Miyoshi Yuuko
おかしな二人～のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士
2000
Yanchakure
1998 · 水嶋ハル
さよなら李香蘭
1989
The Tailor-Made Shirt
1986
Ashura no Gotoku
1979
The Album on the Shore
1977
Oretachi no Tabi
1975
Red Suspicion
1975
Life of a Flower
1963 · Masako no Kata
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