Kaoru Yachigusa

Known For: Acting
Born: January 6, 1931
Place of Birth: Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Died: October 24, 2019

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.

Filmography

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

2019

Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning

2018

Tokyo Phoenix

2017 · (voice)

Yasuragi no Sato

2017

Mifune: The Last Samurai

2016 · Self - Actress

Kidnap Tour

2016 · Kiyoe

Love That Makes You Cry

2016 · Shizue Sendo

Candy House

2015 · Sakurai Akiko

Three Moons

2015 · Aya Kosaka

Before The Leaves Fall

2015 · Ichiko Ogawa

A Pierrot Praying for the Moon

2014 · Sakura Tamai

Miyamoto Musashi

2014

Giovanni's Island

2014 · Older Sawako (voice)

Don't Lose Heart

2013 · Toyo Shibata

The Great Passage

2013 · Chie Matsumoto

Mother and Son

2013

Matrimonial Chaos

2013 · 滨崎亚以子

Until the Break of Dawn

2012 · Tsuru Hatada

Gaku

2012 · Kazama Kaya

The Tempest

2011 · King's mother

Listen to My Heart

2009 · Akiko Matsuda

Dear Doctor

2009 · Kaduko Torikai

Toad's Oil

2009 · Hikari's Grandmother

Ordinary Miracles

2009 · Shizue Nakazo

Flavor of Happiness

2008 · Yuriko Nagata

Only You Can Hear Me

2007 · Sachi Nozaki

Juken no Kamisama

2007 · Nobuko Umezawa

Talk, Talk, Talk

2007 · Haruko Toyama

Dear Father

2007 · Sakashita Yumeko

Into the White Night

2006 · Karasawa Reiko

Time for Love

2005 · Kyoko Kitami

実録・小野田少尉遅すぎた帰還

実録・小野田少尉遅すぎた帰還

2005

Negotiator

2005

Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple

2004 · Miss Marple (voice)

To the One I Love

2004 · Yoshie Azumi

Like Asura

2003 · Takezawa Fuji

Big Money

2002 · Teruko Hatano

Toshiie and Matsu

2002 · Tae

恋人はスナイパー

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

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

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

さよなら李香蘭

1989

Four Days of Snow and Blood

1989 · Taka Suzuki

Hachiko

1987 · Shizuko Ueno

The Tailor-Made Shirt

1986

Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi

Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi

1983 · 芦名隆子

The Tale of Genji

1981

The Last Game

1979

Ashura no Gotoku

1979

Blood Type: Blue

1978

The Album on the Shore

1977

Stars and Storms

1976

The Corporation

1976

Oretachi no Tabi

1975

Red Suspicion

1975

A Bird of Africa

1975

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

1974 · Married woman

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

1972 · Chiyo

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

The Human Vapor

1964 · The Dancer

Hello, Baby

1964 · Fujiko Tachikawa

Life of a Flower

1963 · Masako no Kata

The Human Vapor

1960 · Fujichiyo Kasuga

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

Epic Crash

1958

Tabi sugata nezumi kozō

1958

Gendai Mushuku

1958 · Hisako Kurata

Holiday in Tokyo

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

俺たちの祭

俺たちの祭

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