Kaoru Yachigusa
Born: 1931-01-06 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Died: 2019-10-24
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2017
- Yasuragi no Sato
- Tokyo Phoenix as (voice)
2016
- Love That Makes You Cry as Shizue Sendo
- Mifune: The Last Samurai as Self - Actress
- Kidnap Tour as Kiyoe
2015
- Candy House as Sakurai Akiko
- Before The Leaves Fall as Ichiko Ogawa
- Three Moons as Aya Kosaka
2014
- Miyamoto Musashi
- Giovanni's Island as Older Sawako (voice)
- A Pierrot Praying for the Moon as Sakura Tamai
2013
- Matrimonial Chaos as 滨崎亚以子
- Mother and Son
- The Great Passage as Chie Matsumoto
- Don't Lose Heart as Toyo Shibata
2012
- Until the Break of Dawn as Tsuru Hatada
- Gaku as Kazama Kaya
2011
- The Tempest as King's mother
2009
- Ordinary Miracles as Shizue Nakazo
- Dear Doctor as Kaduko Torikai
- Listen to My Heart as Akiko Matsuda
- Toad's Oil as Hikari's Grandmother
2008
- Flavor of Happiness as Yuriko Nagata
2007
- Dear Father as Sakashita Yumeko
- Juken no Kamisama as Nobuko Umezawa
- Talk, Talk, Talk as Haruko Toyama
- Only You Can Hear Me as Sachi Nozaki
2006
- Into the White Night as Karasawa Reiko
2005
- Time for Love as Kyoko Kitami
- Negotiator
- 実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
2004
- Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple as Miss Marple (voice)
- To the One I Love as Yoshie Azumi
2003
- Like Asura as Takezawa Fuji
2002
- Toshiie and Matsu as Tae
- Big Money as Teruko Hatano
2001
- Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop as Fukiko Shirai
- 恋人はスナイパー
2000
- Food Fight as Miyoshi Yuuko
- おかしな二人～のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士
1998
- Yanchakure as 水嶋ハル
1996
- The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa as Iti Miyazawa
1993
- A Samurai's Sorrow
- Saiyūki as 观世音菩萨
1992
- Sometime, Somewhere as Chairman's wife
1989
- さよなら李香蘭
- Four Days of Snow and Blood as Taka Suzuki
1987
- Hachiko as Shizuko Ueno
1983
- Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi as 芦名隆子
1981
1978
1976
1974
- Pastoral: To Die in the Country as Married woman
1972
- Tora-san's Dream-Come-True as Chiyo
1971
1967
- The Sisters and I as Shima
1966
- The Betrayal as Namie
1965
1964
- Hello, Baby as Fujiko Tachikawa
- Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins as 6th Sin & 7th Sin
1963
- Life of a Flower as Masako no Kata
1960
- The Human Vapor as Fujichiyo Kasuga
1959
- The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
- Temptation on Glamour Island as Tomiko
1957
- Snow Country as Yôko
- Atarashii Sebiro
- The Living Koheiji as Ochika
1956
1955
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Otsu
- Stray Sheep as Mineko
1954
- Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Otsu
- Madame Butterfly as Cio-Cio-San
- The Princess Sen as Dancing waiting-girl
- Young Eyes
- One Night of Love as Oharu