Kaoru Yachigusa
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 6, 1931
- Died
- October 24, 2019 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Biography
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
Filmography
さよなら李香蘭
Movie · as 演员
俺たちの祭
TV · 1 ep
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
TV · 50 eps
Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
TV · 16 eps
Tokyo Phoenix
Movie · as (voice)
Yasuragi no Sato
TV · 2 eps
Kidnap Tour
Movie · as Kiyoe
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Movie · as Self - Actress
Love That Makes You Cry
TV · as Shizue Sendo · 10 eps
Three Moons
Movie · as Aya Kosaka
Before The Leaves Fall
Movie · as Ichiko Ogawa
Candy House
TV · as Sakurai Akiko · 10 eps
A Pierrot Praying for the Moon
Movie · as Sakura Tamai
Giovanni's Island
Movie · as Older Sawako (voice)
Miyamoto Musashi
TV · 2 eps
The Great Passage
Movie · as Chie Matsumoto
Don't Lose Heart
Movie · as Toyo Shibata
Matrimonial Chaos
TV · as Aiko Hamasaki · 11 eps
Mother and Son
TV · 1 ep
Until the Break of Dawn
Movie · as Tsuru Hatada
Gaku
Movie · as Kazama Kaya
The Tempest
TV · as King's mother · 10 eps
Toad's Oil
Movie · as Hikari's Grandmother
Dear Doctor
Movie · as Kaduko Torikai
Listen to My Heart
Movie · as Akiko Matsuda
Ordinary Miracles
TV · as Shizue Nakazo · 11 eps
Flavor of Happiness
Movie · as Yuriko Nagata
Talk, Talk, Talk
Movie · as Haruko Toyama
Only You Can Hear Me
Movie · as Sachi Nozaki
Dear Father
TV · as Sakashita Yumeko · 11 eps
Juken no Kamisama
TV · as Nobuko Umezawa · 10 eps
Into the White Night
TV · as Karasawa Reiko · 11 eps
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
Movie
Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi
Movie · as Kataoka's mother
Time for Love
TV · as Kyoko Kitami · 10 eps
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
TV · as Miss Marple (voice) · 39 eps
To the One I Love
TV · as Yoshie Azumi · 11 eps
Like Asura
Movie · as Takezawa Fuji
Toshiie and Matsu
TV · as Tae · 51 eps
Big Money
TV · as Teruko Hatano · 12 eps
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
TV · as Fukiko Shirai · 11 eps
恋人はスナイパー
TV · 1 ep
おかしな二人～のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士
TV · 1 ep
Food Fight
TV · as Miyoshi Yuuko · 11 eps
Yanchakure
TV · as 水嶋ハル · 150 eps
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Movie · as Iti Miyazawa
A Samurai's Sorrow
Movie
Saiyūki
Movie · as 观世音菩萨
Sometime, Somewhere
Movie · as Chairman's wife
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Movie · as Taka Suzuki
さよなら李香蘭
TV · 2 eps
Hachiko
Movie · as Shizuko Ueno
The Tailor-Made Shirt
TV · 6 eps
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
Movie · as 芦名隆子
The Tale of Genji
Movie
The Last Game
Movie
Ashura no Gotoku
TV · 7 eps
Blood Type: Blue
Movie · as Mrs. Hyodo
The Album on the Shore
TV · 15 eps
The Corporation
Movie · as Yoshiko Iki
Stars and Storms
Movie
A Bird of Africa
Movie
Red Suspicion
TV · 29 eps
Oretachi no Tabi
TV · 2 eps
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Movie · as Married woman
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Movie · as 志村千代
Morning Fog
Movie
Inu to Asachan
Movie
The Song from My Heart
Movie
The Sisters and I
Movie · as Shima
The Betrayal
Movie · as Namie
Samurai Assassin
Movie · as Mitsu
With Beauty and Sorrow
Movie · as Otoko Ueno
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
Movie
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
Movie
Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
Movie
Hello, Baby
Movie · as Fujiko Tachikawa
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie · as 6th Sin & 7th Sin
New Marital Relations
Movie
Life of a Flower
TV · as Masako no Kata · 39 eps
The Human Vapor
Movie · as Fujichiyo Kasuga
The Five Jolly Thieves
Movie
Temptation on Glamour Island
Movie · as Tomiko
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
Movie · as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
The Spear Master
Movie
Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
Movie
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Movie
Epic Crash
Movie
Nuregami kenpo
Movie
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
Movie
Holiday in Tokyo
Movie
Gendai Mushuku
Movie · as Hisako Kurata
Big Edo's 1,000 Ryo Festival
Movie
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome
Movie
The Living Koheiji
Movie · as Ochika
Snow Country
Movie · as Yôko
Atarashii Sebiro
Movie
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Movie · as Otsu
The President Talks Bank
Movie
Settlement of Love
Movie · as Asako
The President's Boss
Movie
The Legend of the White Serpent
Movie · as Xiaoqing
The Maiden Courtesan
Movie
Pure Love
Movie
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Movie
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Movie · as Otsu
Stray Sheep
Movie · as Mineko
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Movie · as Otsu
Madame Butterfly
Movie · as Cio-Cio-San
The Princess Sen
Movie · as Dancing waiting-girl
Young Eyes
Movie
One Night of Love
Movie · as Oharu
Mr. Pu
Movie
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
Movie · as Ohikari
Princess Finds Her Prince
Movie
Traveling with Breeze
Movie
Moth Lamp
Movie