Kaoru Yachigusa
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1931-01-06
Day of Death
2019-10-24 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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
Acting
(2017)
Tokyo Phoenix
as (voice)
(2016)
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actress
(2016)
Kidnap Tour
as Kiyoe
(2015)
Before The Leaves Fall
as Ichiko Ogawa
(2015)
Three Moons
as Kosaka Aya
(2014)
Giovanni's Island
as Older Sawako (voice)
(2013)
The Great Passage
as Chie Matsumoto
(2013)
(2013)
Don't Lose Heart
as Toyo Shibata
(2012)
Until the Break of Dawn
as Tsuru Hatada
(2012)
Gaku
as Kazama Kaya
(2009)
Listen to My Heart
as Akiko Matsuda
(2009)
Dear Doctor
as Kaduko Torikai
(2009)
Toad's Oil
as Hikari's Grandmother
(2008)
Flavor of Happiness
as Yuriko Nagata
(2007)
Talk, Talk, Talk
as Haruko Toyama
(2007)
Only You Can Hear Me
as Sachi Nozaki
(2005)
(2005)
(2003)
Like Asura
as Takezawa Fuji
(1996)
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
as Iti Miyazawa
(1993)
Saiyūki
as 观世音菩萨
(1993)
(1992)
Sometime, Somewhere
as Chairman's wife
(1989)
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Taka Suzuki
(1987)
Hachiko
as Shizuko Ueno
(1983)
(1983)
(1981)
(1979)
(1978)
(1975)
(1974)
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Married woman
(1972)
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as Chiyo
(1971)
(1969)
(1967)
The Sisters and I
as Shima
(1966)
The Betrayal
as Namie
(1965)
Samurai Assassin
as Mitsu
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Otoko Ueno
(1965)
(1964)
こんにちは赤ちゃん
as Fujiko Tachikawa
(1960)
The Human Vapor
as Fujichiyo Kasuga
(1959)
Temptation on Glamour Island
as Tomiko
(1959)
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
Snow Country
as Yôko
(1957)
The Living Koheiji
as Ochika
(1956)
(1956)
Settlement of Love
as Asako
(1956)
The Legend of the White Serpent
as Xiaoqing
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1955)
(1955)
Stray Sheep
as Mineko
(1954)
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Otsu
(1954)
Madame Butterfly
as Cio-Cio-San
(1954)
The Princess Sen
as Dancing waiting-girl
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)