Kaoru Yachigusa
- Acting
- January 6, 1931 · Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- October 24, 2019
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
- Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
- Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
- Tokyo Phoenix · Voice
- Yasuragi no Sato
- Mifune: The Last Samurai · Self
- Kidnap Tour · Kiyoe
- Love That Makes You Cry · Shizue Sendo
- Candy House · Sakurai Akiko
- Three Moons · Aya Kosaka
- Before The Leaves Fall · Ichiko Ogawa
- A Pierrot Praying for the Moon · Sakura Tamai
- Miyamoto Musashi
- Giovanni's Island · Older Sawako (Voice)
- Don't Lose Heart · Toyo Shibata
- The Great Passage · Chie Matsumoto
- Mother and Son
- Matrimonial Chaos · Aiko Hamasaki
- Until the Break of Dawn · Tsuru Hatada
- Gaku · Kazama Kaya
- The Tempest · King's mother
- Listen to My Heart · Akiko Matsuda
- Dear Doctor · Kaduko Torikai
- Toad's Oil · Hikari's Grandmother
- Ordinary Miracles · Shizue Nakazo
- Flavor of Happiness · Yuriko Nagata
- Only You Can Hear Me · Sachi Nozaki
- Juken no Kamisama · Nobuko Umezawa
- Talk, Talk, Talk · Haruko Toyama
- Dear Father · Sakashita Yumeko
- Into the White Night · Karasawa Reiko
- Time for Love · Kyoko Kitami
- 実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
- Negotiator
- Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple · Miss Marple (Voice)
- To the One I Love · Yoshie Azumi
- Like Asura · Takezawa Fuji
- Big Money · Teruko Hatano
- Toshiie and Matsu · Tae
- 恋人はスナイパー
- Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop · Fukiko Shirai
- Food Fight · Miyoshi Yuuko
- おかしな二人～のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士
- Yanchakure · 水嶋ハル
- The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa · Iti Miyazawa
- A Samurai's Sorrow
- Saiyūki · 观世音菩萨
- Sometime, Somewhere · Chairman's wife
- さよなら李香蘭
- Four Days of Snow and Blood · Taka Suzuki
- Hachiko · Shizuko Ueno
- The Tailor-Made Shirt
- Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi · 芦名隆子
- The Tale of Genji
- The Last Game
- Ashura no Gotoku
- Blood Type: Blue · Mrs. Hyodo
- The Album on the Shore
- Stars and Storms
- The Corporation · Yoshiko Iki
- Oretachi no Tabi
- Red Suspicion
- A Bird of Africa
- Pastoral: To Die in the Country · Married woman
- Tora-san's Dream-Come-True · 志村千代
- Morning Fog
- The Song from My Heart
- Inu to Asachan
- The Sisters and I · Shima
- The Betrayal · Namie
- Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
- Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
- With Beauty and Sorrow · Otoko Ueno
- The Domain: The Naniwa Story
- Samurai Assassin · Mitsu
- Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins · 6th Sin & 7th Sin
- Hello, Baby · Fujiko Tachikawa
- New Marital Relations
- Life of a Flower · Masako no Kata
- The Human Vapor · Fujichiyo Kasuga
- The Five Jolly Thieves