Kaoru Yachigusa

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

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple

Life of a Flower

Toshiie and Matsu

Into the White Night

Love That Makes You Cry

Red Suspicion

Ordinary Miracles

All Movies (80)

• Tokyo Phoenix2017 · as (voice)
• Mifune: The Last Samurai2016 · as Self - Actress
• Kidnap Tour2016 · as Kiyoe
• Three Moons2015 · as Aya Kosaka
• Before The Leaves Fall2015 · as Ichiko Ogawa
• A Pierrot Praying for the Moon2014 · as Sakura Tamai
• Giovanni's Island2014 · as Older Sawako (voice)
• Don't Lose Heart2013 · as Toyo Shibata
• The Great Passage2013 · as Chie Matsumoto
• Until the Break of Dawn2012 · as Tsuru Hatada
• Gaku2012 · as Kazama Kaya
• Listen to My Heart2009 · as Akiko Matsuda
• Dear Doctor2009 · as Kaduko Torikai
• Toad's Oil2009 · as Hikari's Grandmother
• Flavor of Happiness2008 · as Yuriko Nagata
• Only You Can Hear Me2007 · as Sachi Nozaki
• Talk, Talk, Talk2007 · as Haruko Toyama
• 実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還2005
• Negotiator2005
• Like Asura2003 · as Takezawa Fuji
• The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa1996 · as Iti Miyazawa
• A Samurai's Sorrow1993
• Saiyūki1993 · as 观世音菩萨
• Sometime, Somewhere1992 · as Chairman's wife
• Four Days of Snow and Blood1989 · as Taka Suzuki
• Hachiko1987 · as Shizuko Ueno
• Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi1983 · as 芦名隆子
• Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi1983
• The Tale of Genji1981
• The Last Game1979
• Blood Type: Blue1978
• Stars and Storms1976
• The Corporation1976
• A Bird of Africa1975
• Pastoral: To Die in the Country1974 · as Married woman
• Tora-san's Dream-Come-True1972 · as Chiyo
• Morning Fog1971
• The Song from My Heart1969
• Inu to Asachan1969
• The Sisters and I1967 · as Shima
• The Betrayal1966 · as Namie
• Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men1965
• Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy1965
• With Beauty and Sorrow1965 · as Otoko Ueno
• The Domain: The Naniwa Story1965
• Samurai Assassin1965 · as Mitsu
• Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins1964 · as 6th Sin & 7th Sin
• Hello, Baby1964 · as Fujiko Tachikawa
• The Human Vapor1960 · as Fujichiyo Kasuga
• The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung1959 · as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
• Temptation on Glamour Island1959 · as Tomiko
• Yajikita dōchū sugoroku1958
• Nuregami kenpo1958
• Epic Crash1958
• Tabi sugata nezumi kozō1958
• Gendai Mushuku1958 · as Hisako Kurata
• Holiday in Tokyo1958
• Atarashii Sebiro1957
• The Living Koheiji1957 · as Ochika
• Snow Country1957 · as Yôko
• The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji1956
• Pure Love1956
• The Legend of the White Serpent1956 · as Xiaoqing
• Settlement of Love1956 · as Asako
• The President Talks Bank1956
• The Maiden Courtesan1956
• Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island1956 · as Otsu
• The President's Boss1956
• Stray Sheep1955 · as Mineko
• Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955 · as Otsu
• Madame Butterfly1954 · as Cio-Cio-San
• The Princess Sen1954 · as Dancing waiting-girl
• Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto1954 · as Otsu
• Young Eyes1954
• One Night of Love1954 · as Oharu
• Princess Finds Her Prince1953
• Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker1953 · as Ohikari
• Moth Lamp1953
• Traveling with Breeze1953
• Mr. Pu1953

All TV Shows (31)

• Yasuragi no Toki: Michi2019
• Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning2018
• Yasuragi no Sato2017
• Love That Makes You Cry2016 · as Shizue Sendo
• Candy House2015 · as Sakurai Akiko
• Miyamoto Musashi2014
• Mother and Son2013
• Matrimonial Chaos2013 · as 滨崎亚以子
• The Tempest2011 · as King's mother
• Ordinary Miracles2009 · as Shizue Nakazo
• Juken no Kamisama2007 · as Nobuko Umezawa
• Dear Father2007 · as Sakashita Yumeko
• Into the White Night2006 · as Karasawa Reiko
• Time for Love2005 · as Kyoko Kitami
• Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple2004 · as Miss Marple (voice)
• To the One I Love2004 · as Yoshie Azumi
• Big Money2002 · as Teruko Hatano
• Toshiie and Matsu2002 · as Tae
• 恋人はスナイパー2001
• Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop2001 · as Fukiko Shirai
• Food Fight2000 · as Miyoshi Yuuko
• おかしな二人～のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士2000
• Yanchakure1998 · as 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 Flower1963 · as Masako no Kata
• 俺たちの祭—