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
| Birth Location | Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
|---|---|
| Born | 1931-01-06 |
| Died | 2019-10-24 |
Movies
2017
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actress
2016
Kidnap Tour
as Kiyoe
2016
Three Moons
as Kosaka Aya
2015
Before The Leaves Fall
as Ichiko Ogawa
2015
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
學
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
2005
Like Asura
as Takezawa Fuji
2003
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
as Iti Miyazawa
1996
1993
1993
Sometime, Somewhere
as Chairman's wife
1992
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Taka Suzuki
1989
Hachiko
as Shizuko Ueno
1987
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
as 芦名隆子
1983
1981
1979
1978
1975
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Married woman
1974
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as Chiyo
1972
1971
1969
The Sisters and I
as Shima
1967
The Betrayal
as Namie
1966
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Otoko Ueno
1965
Samurai Assassin
as Mitsu
1965
こんにちは赤ちゃん
as Fujiko Tachikawa
1964
The Human Vapor
as Fujichiyo Kasuga
1960
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
as Tomiko
1959
1958
1958
The Living Koheiji
as Ochika
1957
Snow Country
as Yôko
1957
The Legend of the White Serpent
as Xiaoqing
1956
Settlement of Love
as Asako
1956
1956
1956
1956
Stray Sheep
as Mineko
1955
1955
Madama Butterfly
as Cio-Cio-San
1955
The Princess Sen
as Dancing waiting-girl
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Otsu
1954
1953
1953
Kaoru Yachigusa hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
