People
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.
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Tokyo Phoenix as (voice) | 2017-05-20 |
| Mifune: The Last Samurai as Self - Actress | 2016-12-02 |
| Kidnap Tour as Kiyoe | 2016-08-02 |
| Three Moons as Aya Kosaka | 2015-10-03 |
| Before The Leaves Fall as Ichiko Ogawa | 2015-05-23 |
| A Pierrot Praying for the Moon as Sakura Tamai | 2014-04-01 |
| Giovanni's Island as Older Sawako (voice) | 2014-02-22 |
| Don't Lose Heart as Toyo Shibata | 2013-11-16 |
| The Great Passage as Chie Matsumoto | 2013-04-13 |
| Until the Break of Dawn as Tsuru Hatada | 2012-11-10 |
| Gaku as Kazama Kaya | 2012-01-01 |
| Listen to My Heart as Akiko Matsuda | 2009-11-10 |
| Dear Doctor as Kaduko Torikai | 2009-07-27 |
| Toad's Oil as Hikari's Grandmother | 2009-06-06 |
| Flavor of Happiness as Yuriko Nagata | 2008-10-11 |
| Only You Can Hear Me as Sachi Nozaki | 2007-10-28 |
| Talk, Talk, Talk as Haruko Toyama | 2007-05-26 |
| 実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還 | 2005-08-13 |
| Negotiator | 2005-05-07 |
| Like Asura as Takezawa Fuji | 2003-11-08 |
| The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa as Iti Miyazawa | 1996-09-14 |
| A Samurai's Sorrow | 1993-04-07 |
| Saiyūki as 观世音菩萨 | 1993-03-28 |
| Sometime, Somewhere as Chairman's wife | 1992-02-01 |
| Four Days of Snow and Blood as Taka Suzuki | 1989-06-17 |
| Hachiko as Shizuko Ueno | 1987-08-01 |
| Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi as 芦名隆子 | 1983-01-08 |
| Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi | 1983-01-08 |
| The Tale of Genji | 1981-01-03 |
| The Last Game | 1979-11-03 |
| Blood Type: Blue | 1978-11-23 |
| The Corporation | 1976-08-14 |
| A Bird of Africa | 1975-09-14 |
| Pastoral: To Die in the Country as Married woman | 1974-12-28 |
| Tora-san's Dream-Come-True as Chiyo | 1972-12-29 |
| Morning Fog | 1971-09-18 |
| Waga koi waga uta | 1969-10-29 |
| Inu to Asachan | 1969-05-13 |
| The Sisters and I as Shima | 1967-04-14 |
| The Betrayal as Namie | 1966-07-02 |
| Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men | 1965-10-27 |
| Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy | 1965-06-12 |
| With Beauty and Sorrow as Otoko Ueno | 1965-02-28 |
| The Domain: The Naniwa Story | 1965-01-30 |
| Samurai Assassin as Mitsu | 1965-01-03 |
| Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins as 6th Sin & 7th Sin | 1964-12-09 |
| Hello, Baby as Fujiko Tachikawa | 1964-03-20 |
| The Human Vapor as Fujichiyo Kasuga | 1960-12-11 |
| The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress | 1959-04-19 |
| Temptation on Glamour Island as Tomiko | 1959-01-15 |
| Yajikita dōchū sugoroku | 1958-12-07 |
| Nuregami kenpo | 1958-11-08 |
| Epic Crash | 1958-09-23 |
| Tabi sugata nezumi kozō | 1958-07-22 |
| Holiday in Tokyo | 1958-04-15 |
| Atarashii Sebiro | 1957-08-27 |
| The Living Koheiji as Ochika | 1957-08-04 |
| Snow Country as Yôko | 1957-04-30 |
| The Legend of the White Serpent as Xiaoqing | 1956-06-22 |
| Settlement of Love as Asako | 1956-03-28 |
| The President Talks Bank | 1956-03-20 |
| The Maiden Courtesan | 1956-01-22 |
| The President's Boss | 1956-01-03 |
| Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Otsu | 1956-01-03 |
| Stray Sheep as Mineko | 1955-08-31 |
| Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Otsu | 1955-07-12 |
| Madame Butterfly as Cio-Cio-San | 1954-12-29 |
| The Princess Sen as Dancing waiting-girl | 1954-10-20 |
| Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Otsu | 1954-09-25 |
| Princess Finds Her Prince | 1953-10-02 |
| Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker as Ohikari | 1953-07-29 |
| Traveling with Breeze | 1953-05-07 |
| Mr. Pu | 1953-04-15 |

