Name
Kaoru Yachigusa
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1931-01-06
Deathday
2019-10-24 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
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
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A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral sam...
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In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny i...
7.3
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical...
7.3
Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around ...
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After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo ret...
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Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the...
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Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to...
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A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance...
- 1954 Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Otsu
- 1955 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Otsu
- 1956 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Otsu
- 1987 Hachiko as Shizuko Ueno
- 1966 The Betrayal as Namie
- 1981 The Tale of Genji
- 1983 Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi as 芦名隆子
- 1992 Sometime, Somewhere as Chairman's wife
- 1956 The President Talks Bank
- 1965 Samurai Assassin as Mitsu
- 1971 Morning Fog
- 1974 Pastoral: To Die in the Country as Married woman
- 2013 The Great Passage as Chie Matsumoto
- 2016 Kidnap Tour as Kiyoe
- 1958 Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
- 1996 The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa as Iti Miyazawa
- 1965 With Beauty and Sorrow as Otoko Ueno
- 1972 Tora-san's Dream-Come-True as 志村千代
- 1960 The Human Vapor as Fujichiyo Kasuga
- 1969 Inu to Asachan
- 2012 Until the Break of Dawn as Tsuru Hatada
- 1956 Settlement of Love as Asako
- 2009 Toad's Oil as Hikari's Grandmother
- 2009 Dear Doctor as Kaduko Torikai
- 1956 The President's Boss
- 1958 Epic Crash
- 1957 The Living Koheiji as Ochika
- 2007 Talk, Talk, Talk as Haruko Toyama
- 2014 A Pierrot Praying for the Moon as Sakura Tamai
- 2008 Flavor of Happiness as Yuriko Nagata
- 2014 Giovanni's Island as Older Sawako (voice)
- 2009 Listen to My Heart as Akiko Matsuda
- 2005 実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
- 2012 Gaku as Kazama Kaya
- 1983 Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
- 1978 Blood Type: Blue as Mrs. Hyodo
- 1956 The Legend of the White Serpent as Xiaoqing
- 2016 Mifune: The Last Samurai as Self - Actress
- 1953 Mr. Pu
- 1955 Stray Sheep as Mineko
- 1954 Madame Butterfly as Cio-Cio-San
- 1959 Temptation on Glamour Island as Tomiko
- 1965 Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
- 1964 Hello, Baby as Fujiko Tachikawa
- 1957 Snow Country as Yôko
- 2013 Don't Lose Heart as Toyo Shibata
- 1989 Four Days of Snow and Blood as Taka Suzuki
- 1967 The Sisters and I as Shima
- 1956 The Maiden Courtesan
- 1959 The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
- 2007 Only You Can Hear Me as Sachi Nozaki
- 2017 Tokyo Phoenix as (voice)
- 2015 Three Moons as Aya Kosaka
- 2015 Before The Leaves Fall as Ichiko Ogawa
- 1993 A Samurai's Sorrow
- 1965 The Domain: The Naniwa Story
- 1954 The Princess Sen as Dancing waiting-girl
- 1958 Nuregami kenpo
- 1953 Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker as Ohikari
- 1953 Princess Finds Her Prince
- 2003 Like Asura as Takezawa Fuji
- 1979 The Last Game
- 1953 Traveling with Breeze
- 1965 Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
- 1975 A Bird of Africa
- 2005 Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi
- 1958 Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
- 1993 Saiyūki as 观世音菩萨
- 1957 Atarashii Sebiro
- 1958 Holiday in Tokyo
- 1976 The Corporation as Yoshiko Iki
- 1964 Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins as 6th Sin & 7th Sin
- 1969 The Song from My Heart
- 1956 Pure Love
- 1954 Young Eyes
- 1956 The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
- 1953 Moth Lamp
- 1954 One Night of Love as Oharu
- 1958 Gendai Mushuku as Hisako Kurata
- 1976 Stars and Storms
- 1959 The Spear Master
- 1963 New Marital Relations
- 1960 The Five Jolly Thieves
- 1959 Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
- 1958 Big Edo's 1,000 Ryo Festival
- 1958 Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: hachi-nin no hanayome
- Soon さよなら李香蘭 as 演员
- 1963 Life of a Flower ( 39 episodes ) as Masako no Kata
- 2001 Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop ( 11 episodes ) as Fukiko Shirai
- 2004 Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple ( 39 episodes ) as Miss Marple (voice)
- 2005 Time for Love ( 10 episodes ) as Kyoko Kitami
- 2006 Into the White Night ( 11 episodes ) as Karasawa Reiko
- 2002 Toshiie and Matsu ( 51 episodes ) as Tae
- 2000 おかしな二人～のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士 ( 1 episode )
- 2007 Dear Father ( 11 episodes ) as Sakashita Yumeko
- 2013 Matrimonial Chaos ( 11 episodes ) as Aiko Hamasaki
- 2004 To the One I Love ( 11 episodes ) as Yoshie Azumi
- 1975 Red Suspicion ( 29 episodes )
- 2016 Love That Makes You Cry ( 10 episodes ) as Shizue Sendo
- 2017 Yasuragi no Sato ( 2 episodes )
- 2009 Ordinary Miracles ( 11 episodes ) as Shizue Nakazo
- 2015 Candy House ( 10 episodes ) as Sakurai Akiko
- 2014 Miyamoto Musashi ( 2 episodes )
- 1989 さよなら李香蘭 ( 2 episodes )
- 1977 The Album on the Shore ( 15 episodes )
- 1998 Yanchakure ( 150 episodes ) as 水嶋ハル
- 1975 Oretachi no Tabi ( 2 episodes )
- 2001 恋人はスナイパー ( 1 episode )
- 2007 Juken no Kamisama ( 10 episodes ) as Nobuko Umezawa
- 2019 Yasuragi no Toki: Michi ( 50 episodes )
- 1979 Ashura no Gotoku ( 7 episodes )
- 2002 Big Money ( 12 episodes ) as Teruko Hatano
- 2000 Food Fight ( 11 episodes ) as Miyoshi Yuuko
- 2018 Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning ( 16 episodes )
- 2011 The Tempest ( 10 episodes ) as King's mother
- 1986 The Tailor-Made Shirt ( 6 episodes )
- 2013 Mother and Son ( 1 episode )
- Soon 俺たちの祭 ( 1 episode )
