Kaoru Yachigusa

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.

Cast

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

(Otsu)

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

(Otsu)

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

(Otsu)

Hachiko

(Shizuko Ueno)

The Betrayal

(Namie)

The Tale of Genji

Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi

(芦名隆子)

Sometime, Somewhere

(Chairman's wife)

The President Talks Bank

Samurai Assassin

(Mitsu)

Morning Fog

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

(Married woman)

The Great Passage

(Chie Matsumoto)

Kidnap Tour

(Kiyoe)

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa

(Iti Miyazawa)

With Beauty and Sorrow

(Otoko Ueno)

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

(Chiyo)

The Human Vapor

(Fujichiyo Kasuga)

Inu to Asachan

Until the Break of Dawn

(Tsuru Hatada)

Settlement of Love

(Asako)

Dear Doctor

(Kaduko Torikai)

Toad's Oil

(Hikari's Grandmother)

The President's Boss

Epic Crash

The Living Koheiji

(Ochika)

Talk, Talk, Talk

(Haruko Toyama)

The Pierrot Prays to the Moon

Flavor of Happiness

(Yuriko Nagata)

Giovanni's Island

(Older Sawako (voice))

Listen to My Heart

(Akiko Matsuda)

実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還

Gaku

(Kazama Kaya)

Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi

Blood Type: Blue

The Legend of the White Serpent

(Xiaoqing)

Mifune: The Last Samurai

(Self - Actress)

Mr. Pu

Stray Sheep

(Mineko)

Madama Butterfly

(Cio-Cio-San)

Temptation on Glamour Island

(Tomiko)

Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy

こんにちは赤ちゃん

(Fujiko Tachikawa)

Snow Country

(Yôko)

Don't Lose Heart

(Toyo Shibata)

Four Days of Snow and Blood

(Taka Suzuki)

The Sisters and I

(Shima)

The Maiden Courtesan

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung

(Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress)

Only You Can Hear Me

(Sachi Nozaki)

Tokyo Phoenix

((voice))

Three Moons

(Kosaka Aya)

Before The Leaves Fall

(Ichiko Ogawa)

A Samurai's Sorrow

The Domain: The Naniwa Story

The Princess Sen

(Dancing waiting-girl)

Nuregami kenpo

Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker

(Ohikari)

Princess Finds Her Prince

Like Asura

(Takezawa Fuji)

The Last Game

Traveling with Breeze

Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men

A Bird of Africa

Negotiator

Pierrot Praying to the Moon

(Sakura Tamai)

Life of a Flower

(Masako no Kata)

Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop

(Fukiko Shirai)

Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple

(Miss Marple)

Time for Love

(Kyoko Kitami)

Into the White Night

(Karasawa Reiko)

Toshiie and Matsu

(Tae)

おかしな二人~のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士

Dear Father

(Sakashita Yumeko)

Matrimonial Chaos

(滨崎亚以子)

To the One I Love

(Yoshie Azumi)

Red Suspicion

Love That Makes You Cry

(Shizue Sendo)

Yasuragi no Sato A Peaceful Place

Ordinary Miracles

(Shizue Nakazo)

Candy House

(Sakurai Akiko)

Miyamoto Musashi

さよなら李香蘭

The Album on the Shore

Yanchakure

(水嶋ハル)

Oretachi no Tabi

恋人はスナイパー

Juken no Kamisama

(Nobuko Umezawa)

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

Ashura no Gotoku

Big Money

(Teruko Hatano)

Food Fight

(Miyoshi Yuuko)

Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning

The Tempest

(King's mother)

The Tailor-Made Shirt