Kaoru Yachigusa
Acting
Born: January 6, 1931 · Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Died: October 24, 2019 (aged 88)
Highest Rated
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
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
Hachiko
1987
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Giovanni's Island
2014
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974
Samurai Assassin
1965
The Great Passage
2013
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
The Human Vapor
1960
Dear Doctor
2009
Into the White Night
2006
Photos (1)
Movies (74)
Hachiko
Shizuko Ueno
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Otsu
Giovanni's Island
Older Sawako (voice)
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Otsu
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Taka Suzuki
The Human Vapor
Fujichiyo Kasuga
Tokyo Phoenix
(voice)
The Spear Master
1959
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Otsu
The Legend of the White Serpent
Xiaoqing
Like Asura
Takezawa Fuji
The Great Passage
Chie Matsumoto
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Married woman
Blood Type: Blue
1978
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
The Living Koheiji
Ochika
Dear Doctor
Kaduko Torikai
Negotiator
2005
The Betrayal
Namie
Samurai Assassin
Mitsu
The Corporation
Yoshiko Iki
With Beauty and Sorrow
Otoko Ueno
Until the Break of Dawn
Tsuru Hatada
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Chiyo
Saiyūki
观世音菩萨
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
1965
Talk, Talk, Talk
Haruko Toyama
Madame Butterfly
Cio-Cio-San
Before The Leaves Fall
Ichiko Ogawa
A Samurai's Sorrow
1993
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Iti Miyazawa
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
Only You Can Hear Me
Sachi Nozaki
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Snow Country
Yôko
Flavor of Happiness
Yuriko Nagata
The Maiden Courtesan
1956
Gendai Mushuku
Hisako Kurata
The Princess Sen
Dancing waiting-girl
The Last Game
1979
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
Temptation on Glamour Island
Tomiko
Hello, Baby
Fujiko Tachikawa
Toad's Oil
Hikari's Grandmother
Atarashii Sebiro
1957
Mr. Pu
1953
Settlement of Love
Asako
Moth Lamp
1953
Don't Lose Heart
Toyo Shibata
Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
1965
Listen to My Heart
Akiko Matsuda
The Sisters and I
Shima
Stars and Storms
1976
The President's Boss
1956
Pure Love
1956
One Night of Love
Oharu
Kidnap Tour
Kiyoe
The Tale of Genji
1981
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
A Pierrot Praying for the Moon
Sakura Tamai
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
Gaku
Kazama Kaya
Traveling with Breeze
1953
Princess Finds Her Prince
1953
Sometime, Somewhere
Chairman's wife
Epic Crash
1958
Morning Fog
1971
A Bird of Africa
1975
The President Talks Bank
1956
Three Moons
Aya Kosaka
Nuregami kenpo
1958
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
Ohikari
The Song from My Heart
1969
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
6th Sin & 7th Sin
TV Shows (28)
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
Miss Marple (voice) · 39 eps
Yanchakure
水嶋ハル · 150 eps
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
50 eps
Into the White Night
Karasawa Reiko · 11 eps
Life of a Flower
Masako no Kata · 39 eps
Toshiie and Matsu
Tae · 51 eps
Love That Makes You Cry
Shizue Sendo · 10 eps
Red Suspicion
29 eps
To the One I Love
Yoshie Azumi · 11 eps
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
Fukiko Shirai · 11 eps
Matrimonial Chaos
Aiko Hamasaki · 11 eps
Dear Father
Sakashita Yumeko · 11 eps
Yasuragi no Sato
2 eps
Miyamoto Musashi
2 eps
Big Money
Teruko Hatano · 12 eps
Food Fight
Miyoshi Yuuko · 11 eps
Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
16 eps
Ordinary Miracles
Shizue Nakazo · 11 eps
Ashura no Gotoku
7 eps
The Tempest
King's mother · 10 eps
The Album on the Shore
15 eps
さよなら李香蘭
2 eps
Candy House
Sakurai Akiko · 10 eps
Time for Love
Kyoko Kitami · 10 eps
The Tailor-Made Shirt
6 eps
Oretachi no Tabi
2 eps
Mother and Son
1 eps
Juken no Kamisama
Nobuko Umezawa · 10 eps