Kaoru Yachigusa
January 6, 1931 (93 years old) in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2019 · Yasuragi no Toki: Michi as
- 2018 · Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning as
- 2017 · Tokyo Phoenix as (voice)
- 2017 · Yasuragi no Sato A Peaceful Place as
- 2016 · Mifune: The Last Samurai as Self - Actress
- 2016 · Kidnap Tour as Kiyoe
- 2016 · Love That Makes You Cry as Shizue Sendo
- 2015 · Candy House as Sakurai Akiko
- 2015 · Three Moons as Kosaka Aya
- 2015 · Before The Leaves Fall as Ichiko Ogawa
- 2014 · Miyamoto Musashi as
- 2014 · Giovanni's Island as Older Sawako (voice)
- 2013 · Don't Lose Heart as Toyo Shibata
- 2013 · Pierrot Praying to the Moon as Sakura Tamai
- 2013 · The Pierrot Prays to the Moon as
- 2013 · The Great Passage as Chie Matsumoto
- 2013 · Matrimonial Chaos as 滨崎亚以子
- 2012 · Until the Break of Dawn as Tsuru Hatada
- 2012 · Gaku as Kazama Kaya
- 2011 · The Tempest as King's mother
- 2009 · Listen to My Heart as Akiko Matsuda
- 2009 · Dear Doctor as Kaduko Torikai
- 2009 · Toad's Oil as Hikari's Grandmother
- 2009 · Ordinary Miracles as Shizue Nakazo
- 2008 · Flavor of Happiness as Yuriko Nagata
- 2007 · Only You Can Hear Me as Sachi Nozaki
- 2007 · Juken no Kamisama as Nobuko Umezawa
- 2007 · Talk, Talk, Talk as Haruko Toyama
- 2007 · Dear Father as Sakashita Yumeko
- 2006 · Into the White Night as Karasawa Reiko
- 2005 · Time for Love as Kyoko Kitami
- 2005 · 実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還 as
- 2005 · Negotiator as
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple as Miss Marple
- 2004 · To the One I Love as Yoshie Azumi
- 2003 · Like Asura as Takezawa Fuji
- 2002 · Big Money as Teruko Hatano
- 2002 · Toshiie and Matsu as Tae
- 2001 · 恋人はスナイパー as
- 2001 · Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop as Fukiko Shirai
- 2000 · Food Fight as Miyoshi Yuuko
- 2000 · おかしな二人～のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士 as
- 1998 · Yanchakure as 水嶋ハル
- 1996 · The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa as Iti Miyazawa
- 1993 · A Samurai's Sorrow as
- 1992 · Sometime, Somewhere as Chairman's wife
- 1989 · さよなら李香蘭 as
- 1989 · Four Days of Snow and Blood as Taka Suzuki
- 1987 · Hachiko as Shizuko Ueno
- 1986 · The Tailor-Made Shirt as
- 1983 · Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi as 芦名隆子
- 1983 · Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi as
- 1981 · The Tale of Genji as
- 1979 · The Last Game as
- 1979 · Ashura no Gotoku as
- 1978 · Blood Type: Blue as
- 1977 · The Album on the Shore as
- 1975 · Oretachi no Tabi as
- 1975 · Red Suspicion as
- 1975 · A Bird of Africa as
- 1974 · Pastoral: To Die in the Country as Married woman
- 1972 · Tora-san's Dream-Come-True as Chiyo
- 1971 · Morning Fog as
- 1969 · Inu to Asachan as
- 1967 · The Sisters and I as Shima
- 1966 · The Betrayal as Namie
- 1965 · Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men as
- 1965 · Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy as
- 1965 · With Beauty and Sorrow as Otoko Ueno
- 1965 · The Domain: The Naniwa Story as
- 1965 · Samurai Assassin as Mitsu
- 1964 · こんにちは赤ちゃん as Fujiko Tachikawa
- 1963 · Life of a Flower as Masako no Kata
- 1960 · The Human Vapor as Fujichiyo Kasuga
- 1959 · The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
- 1959 · Temptation on Glamour Island as Tomiko
- 1958 · Yajikita dōchū sugoroku as
- 1958 · Nuregami kenpo as
- 1958 · Epic Crash as
- 1957 · The Living Koheiji as Ochika
- 1957 · Snow Country as Yôko
- 1956 · The Legend of the White Serpent as Xiaoqing
- 1956 · Settlement of Love as Asako
- 1956 · The President Talks Bank as
- 1956 · The Maiden Courtesan as
- 1956 · Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Otsu
- 1956 · The President's Boss as
- 1955 · Stray Sheep as Mineko
- 1955 · Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Otsu
- 1954 · Madame Butterfly as Cio-Cio-San
- 1954 · The Princess Sen as Dancing waiting-girl
- 1954 · Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Otsu
- 1953 · Princess Finds Her Prince as
- 1953 · Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker as Ohikari
- 1953 · Traveling with Breeze as
- 1953 · Mr. Pu as