Kaoru Yachigusa
Known for: Acting
Born: January 6, 1931
Died: October 24, 2019
Place of birth: Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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.
Advertisement
Filmography
81 movies · 31 TV shows, newest first
8.0
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019
7.8
Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
2018
7.5
Tokyo Phoenix
2017
9.0
Yasuragi no Sato
2017
7.0
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
6.8
Kidnap Tour
2016
8.1
Love That Makes You Cry
2016
8.0
Candy House
2015
NR
Three Moons
2015
NR
Before The Leaves Fall
2015NR
A Pierrot Praying for the Moon
2014
7.3
Miyamoto Musashi
2014
7.5
Giovanni's Island
2014
8.0
Don't Lose Heart
2013
7.2
The Great Passage
2013
NR
Mother and Son
2013
7.8
Matrimonial Chaos
2013
6.6
Until the Break of Dawn
2012
NR
Gaku
2012
5.5
The Tempest
2011
NR
Listen to My Heart
2009
6.6
Dear Doctor
2009
7.0
Toad's Oil
2009
7.7
Ordinary Miracles
2009
6.3
Flavor of Happiness
2008
6.5
Only You Can Hear Me
2007
7.0
Juken no Kamisama
2007
5.9
Talk, Talk, Talk
2007
8.3
Dear Father
2007
7.4
Into the White Night
2006
NR
Time for Love
2005NR
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
2005
7.0
Negotiator
2005
6.7
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
2004
8.0
To the One I Love
2004
6.6
Like Asura
2003
6.0
Big Money
2002
8.3
Toshiie and Matsu
20025.0
恋人はスナイパー
2001
7.4
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
2001
7.3
Food Fight
2000NR
おかしな二人～のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士
2000
NR
Yanchakure
1998
8.0
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
1996
NR
A Samurai's Sorrow
1993
9.0
Saiyūki
1993
NR
Sometime, Somewhere
1992
NR
さよなら李香蘭
1989
7.3
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
7.8
Hachiko
1987
NR
The Tailor-Made Shirt
1986NR
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
1983
NR
The Tale of Genji
1981
9.0
The Last Game
1979
3.7
Ashura no Gotoku
1979
6.1
Blood Type: Blue
1978
1.0
The Album on the Shore
1977
NR
Stars and Storms
1976
3.7
The Corporation
1976
NR
Oretachi no Tabi
1975
8.3
Red Suspicion
1975
NR
A Bird of Africa
1975
7.5
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974
8.3
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
NR
Morning Fog
1971
7.0
The Song from My Heart
1969NR
Inu to Asachan
1969
NR
The Sisters and I
1967
6.5
The Betrayal
1966
8.0
Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
1965
6.3
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
1965
5.7
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
4.8
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
7.3
Samurai Assassin
1965
NR
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
10.0
Hello, Baby
1964
NR
New Marital Relations
1963
7.0
Life of a Flower
1963
7.1
The Human Vapor
1960
NR
The Spear Master
1959
10.0
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
1959
7.0
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
8.0
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
8.0
Nuregami kenpo
1958
NR
Epic Crash
1958
9.0
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958
NR
Gendai Mushuku
1958
9.0
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
NR
Atarashii Sebiro
1957
7.0
The Living Koheiji
1957
6.7
Snow Country
1957
NR
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
NR
Pure Love
1956
6.1
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
9.0
Settlement of Love
1956
NR
The President Talks Bank
1956
NR
The Maiden Courtesan
1956
7.2
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
8.0
The President's Boss
19567.0
Stray Sheep
1955
7.2
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
8.0
Madame Butterfly
1954
5.0
The Princess Sen
1954
7.2
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954NR
Young Eyes
1954
NR
One Night of Love
1954
NR
Princess Finds Her Prince
1953
10.0
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953
NR
Moth Lamp
1953
NR
Traveling with Breeze
1953
6.5
Mr. Pu
1953NR
俺たちの祭
—