Kaoru Yachigusa
Department: 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.
Known For
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Hachiko
1987
The Betrayal
1966
The Tale of Genji
1981
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
1983
Sometime, Somewhere
1992
The President Talks Bank
1956
Samurai Assassin
1965
Morning Fog
1971
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974
The Great Passage
2013
Kidnap Tour
2016
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
1996
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
The Human Vapor
1960
Inu to Asachan
1969
Until the Break of Dawn
2012
Settlement of Love
1956
Toad's Oil
2009
Dear Doctor
2009
The President's Boss
1956
Epic Crash
1958
The Living Koheiji
1957
Talk, Talk, Talk
2007
A Pierrot Praying for the Moon
2014
Flavor of Happiness
2008
Giovanni's Island
2014
Listen to My Heart
2009
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
2005
Gaku
2012
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
1983
Blood Type: Blue
1978
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
Mr. Pu
1953
Stray Sheep
1955
Madame Butterfly
1954
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
1965
Hello, Baby
1964
Snow Country
1957
Don't Lose Heart
2013
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
The Sisters and I
1967
The Maiden Courtesan
1956
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
1959
Only You Can Hear Me
2007
Tokyo Phoenix
2017
Three Moons
2015
Before The Leaves Fall
2015
A Samurai's Sorrow
1993
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
The Princess Sen
1954
Nuregami kenpo
1958
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953
Princess Finds Her Prince
1953
Like Asura
2003
The Last Game
1979
Traveling with Breeze
1953
Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
1965
A Bird of Africa
1975
Negotiator
2005
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
Saiyūki
1993
Atarashii Sebiro
1957
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
The Corporation
1976
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
Waga koi waga uta
1969
Life of a Flower
1963
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
2001
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
2004
Time for Love
2005
Into the White Night
2006
Toshiie and Matsu
2002
おかしな二人～のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士
2000
Dear Father
2007
Matrimonial Chaos
2013
To the One I Love
2004
Red Suspicion
1975
Love That Makes You Cry
2016
Yasuragi no Sato
2017
Ordinary Miracles
2009
Candy House
2015
Miyamoto Musashi
2014
さよなら李香蘭
1989
The Album on the Shore
1977
Yanchakure
1998
Oretachi no Tabi
1975
恋人はスナイパー
2001
Juken no Kamisama
2007
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019
Ashura no Gotoku
1979
Big Money
2002
Food Fight
2000
Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
2018
The Tempest
2011
The Tailor-Made Shirt
1986
Mother and Son
2013
俺たちの祭
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