Kaoru Yachigusa
Acting
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.
Filmography 110
Movies (79)
Tokyo Phoenix2017(voice)
Mifune: The Last Samurai2016Self - Actress
Kidnap Tour2016Kiyoe
Three Moons2015Aya Kosaka
Before The Leaves Fall2015Ichiko Ogawa- A Pierrot Praying for the Moon2014Sakura Tamai
Giovanni's Island2014Older Sawako (voice)
Don't Lose Heart2013Toyo Shibata
The Great Passage2013Chie Matsumoto
Until the Break of Dawn2012Tsuru Hatada
Gaku2012Kazama Kaya
Listen to My Heart2009Akiko Matsuda
Dear Doctor2009Kaduko Torikai
Toad's Oil2009Hikari's Grandmother
Flavor of Happiness2008Yuriko Nagata
Only You Can Hear Me2007Sachi Nozaki
Talk, Talk, Talk2007Haruko Toyama- 実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還2005
Negotiator2005
Like Asura2003Takezawa Fuji
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa1996Iti Miyazawa
A Samurai's Sorrow1993
Saiyūki1993观世音菩萨
Sometime, Somewhere1992Chairman's wife
Four Days of Snow and Blood1989Taka Suzuki
Hachiko1987Shizuko Ueno- Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi1983芦名隆子
The Tale of Genji1981
The Last Game1979
Blood Type: Blue1978
Shows (31)
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi2019
Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning2018
Yasuragi no Sato2017
Love That Makes You Cry2016Shizue Sendo
Candy House2015Sakurai Akiko
Miyamoto Musashi2014
Mother and Son2013
Matrimonial Chaos2013滨崎亚以子
The Tempest2011King's mother
Ordinary Miracles2009Shizue Nakazo
Juken no Kamisama2007Nobuko Umezawa
Dear Father2007Sakashita Yumeko
Into the White Night2006Karasawa Reiko
Time for Love2005Kyoko Kitami
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple2004Miss Marple (voice)
To the One I Love2004Yoshie Azumi
Big Money2002Teruko Hatano
Toshiie and Matsu2002Tae- 恋人はスナイパー2001
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop2001Fukiko Shirai
Food Fight2000Miyoshi Yuuko- おかしな二人～のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士2000
Yanchakure1998水嶋ハル
さよなら李香蘭1989
The Tailor-Made Shirt1986
Ashura no Gotoku1979
The Album on the Shore1977
Oretachi no Tabi1975
Red Suspicion1975
Life of a Flower1963Masako no Kata