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