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.
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Movies (26)
Tokyo Phoenix
as (voice)
2017
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actress
2016
Kidnap Tour
as Kiyoe
2016
Three Moons
as Aya Kosaka
2015
Before The Leaves Fall
as Ichiko Ogawa
2015
A Pierrot Praying for the Moon
as Sakura Tamai
2014
Giovanni's Island
as Older Sawako (voice)
2014
Don't Lose Heart
as Toyo Shibata
2013
The Great Passage
as Chie Matsumoto
2013
Until the Break of Dawn
as Tsuru Hatada
2012
Gaku
as Kazama Kaya
2012
Listen to My Heart
as Akiko Matsuda
2009
Dear Doctor
as Kaduko Torikai
2009
Toad's Oil
as Hikari's Grandmother
2009
Flavor of Happiness
as Yuriko Nagata
2008
Only You Can Hear Me
as Sachi Nozaki
2007
Talk, Talk, Talk
as Haruko Toyama
2007
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
2005
Negotiator
2005
Like Asura
as Takezawa Fuji
2003
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
as Iti Miyazawa
1996
A Samurai's Sorrow
1993
Saiyūki
as 观世音菩萨
1993
Sometime, Somewhere
as Chairman's wife
1992
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Taka Suzuki
1989
Hachiko
as Shizuko Ueno
1987
TV Shows (24)
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019
Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
2018
Yasuragi no Sato
2017
Love That Makes You Cry
as Shizue Sendo
2016
Candy House
as Sakurai Akiko
2015
Miyamoto Musashi
2014
Mother and Son
2013
Matrimonial Chaos
as 滨崎亚以子
2013
The Tempest
as King's mother
2011
Ordinary Miracles
as Shizue Nakazo
2009
Juken no Kamisama
as Nobuko Umezawa
2007
Dear Father
as Sakashita Yumeko
2007
Into the White Night
as Karasawa Reiko
2006
Time for Love
as Kyoko Kitami
2005
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
as Miss Marple (voice)
2004
To the One I Love
as Yoshie Azumi
2004
Big Money
as Teruko Hatano
2002
Toshiie and Matsu
as Tae
2002
恋人はスナイパー
2001
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
as Fukiko Shirai
2001
Food Fight
as Miyoshi Yuuko
2000
おかしな二人～のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士
2000
Yanchakure
as 水嶋ハル
1998
さよなら李香蘭
1989