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.
As actor 115
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019
Yanchakure
1998
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
2004
Toshiie and Matsu
2002
Into the White Night
2006
Life of a Flower
1963
Red Suspicion
1975
Love That Makes You Cry
2016
Miyamoto Musashi
2014
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
Dear Father
2007
Food Fight
2000
Matrimonial Chaos
2013
Yasuragi no Sato
2017
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
2001
Ordinary Miracles
2009
Giovanni's Island
2014
Hachiko
1987
To the One I Love
2004
Time for Love
2005
The Tempest
2011
Candy House
2015
Big Money
2002
The Album on the Shore
1977
Ashura no Gotoku
1979
The Tailor-Made Shirt
1986
Negotiator
2005
Oretachi no Tabi
1975
Tokyo Phoenix
2017
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
さよなら李香蘭
1989
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
The Human Vapor
1960
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
2018
Juken no Kamisama
2007
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
Big Edo's 1,000 Ryo Festival
1958
Samurai Assassin
1965
Mother and Son
2013
The Five Jolly Thieves
1960
Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
1959
Like Asura
2003
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
1965
New Marital Relations
1963
Blood Type: Blue
1978
The Great Passage
2013
A Samurai's Sorrow
1993
Snow Country
1957
Don't Lose Heart
2013
Talk, Talk, Talk
2007
Flavor of Happiness
2008
The Spear Master
1959
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
The Betrayal
1966
Dear Doctor
2009
The Corporation
1976
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
Until the Break of Dawn
2012
Kidnap Tour
2016
The Song from My Heart
1969
Saiyūki
1993
Madame Butterfly
1954
Only You Can Hear Me
2007
俺たちの祭
Gendai Mushuku
1958
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
Mr. Pu
1953
The Princess Sen
1954
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Gaku
2012
恋人はスナイパー
2001
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
1996
Pure Love
1956
Toad's Oil
2009
Moth Lamp
1953
The Last Game
1979
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
1959
Hello, Baby
1964
One Night of Love
1954
Settlement of Love
1956
Princess Finds Her Prince
1953
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
Stars and Storms
1976
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
Listen to My Heart
2009
Stray Sheep
1955
The President Talks Bank
1956
The Living Koheiji
1957
Inu to Asachan
1969
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
2005
Before The Leaves Fall
2015
おかしな二人～のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士
2000
Young Eyes
1954
The Tale of Genji
1981
A Pierrot Praying for the Moon
2014
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
1983
The President's Boss
1956
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
The Sisters and I
1967
The Maiden Courtesan
1956
Sometime, Somewhere
1992
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
Epic Crash
1958
Morning Fog
1971
Three Moons
2015
A Bird of Africa
1975
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953
Nuregami kenpo
1958
Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
1965
Traveling with Breeze
1953
Atarashii Sebiro
1957