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 110
To the One I Love
2004
Into the White Night
2006
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
2004
Red Suspicion
1975
Toshiie and Matsu
2002
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019
Matrimonial Chaos
2013
Love That Makes You Cry
2016
Life of a Flower
1963
Yanchakure
1998
Food Fight
2000
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
2001
Miyamoto Musashi
2014
Candy House
2015
Big Money
2002
Dear Father
2007
Hachiko
1987
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
The Living Koheiji
1957
Time for Love
2005
The Tempest
2011
Oretachi no Tabi
1975
Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
2018
The Human Vapor
1960
The Album on the Shore
1977
Yasuragi no Sato
2017
Juken no Kamisama
2007
Ordinary Miracles
2009
Giovanni's Island
2014
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
Mother and Son
2013
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974
さよなら李香蘭
1989
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
俺たちの祭
The Great Passage
2013
Samurai Assassin
1965
The Princess Sen
1954
Ashura no Gotoku
1979
Gendai Mushuku
1958
Like Asura
2003
Moth Lamp
1953
The Tailor-Made Shirt
1986
Dear Doctor
2009
One Night of Love
1954
Only You Can Hear Me
2007
The Song from My Heart
1969
Stars and Storms
1976
Blood Type: Blue
1978
恋人はスナイパー
2001
The Betrayal
1966
Don't Lose Heart
2013
Negotiator
2005
Saiyūki
1993
Tokyo Phoenix
2017
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Snow Country
1957
Young Eyes
1954
Pure Love
1956
Morning Fog
1971
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Until the Break of Dawn
2012
Talk, Talk, Talk
2007
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
1965
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
1996
The Corporation
1976
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
Before The Leaves Fall
2015
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
1959
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
2005
おかしな二人～のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士
2000
Flavor of Happiness
2008
Kidnap Tour
2016
The Tale of Genji
1981
Gaku
2012
Madame Butterfly
1954
Mr. Pu
1953
The Maiden Courtesan
1956
The Sisters and I
1967
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
Hello, Baby
1964
Listen to My Heart
2009
Settlement of Love
1956
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
The Last Game
1979
Toad's Oil
2009
Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
1965
Three Moons
2015
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953
Princess Finds Her Prince
1953
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
1983
Stray Sheep
1955
Traveling with Breeze
1953
A Pierrot Praying for the Moon
2014
A Samurai's Sorrow
1993
Nuregami kenpo
1958
Atarashii Sebiro
1957
Sometime, Somewhere
1992
Epic Crash
1958
The President's Boss
1956
The President Talks Bank
1956
Inu to Asachan
1969
A Bird of Africa
1975