Acting
Kaoru Yachigusa
ZH, FR, JA, EN cinema · 86 credits
Born
6 January 1931
Died
24 October 2019 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Also known as 谷口瞳 · Hitomi Taniguchi · 松田瞳 · Hitomi Matsuda · Каору Ятигуса
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
Filmography
Tokyo Phoenix
as (voice)
Kidnap Tour
as Kiyoe
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actress
Three Moons
as Aya Kosaka
Before The Leaves Fall
as Ichiko Ogawa
A Pierrot Praying for the Moon
as Sakura Tamai
Giovanni's Island
as Older Sawako (voice)
The Great Passage
as Chie Matsumoto
Don't Lose Heart
as Toyo Shibata
Until the Break of Dawn
as Tsuru Hatada
Gaku
as Kazama Kaya
Dear Doctor
as Kaduko Torikai
Toad's Oil
as Hikari's Grandmother
Listen to My Heart
as Akiko Matsuda
Flavor of Happiness
as Yuriko Nagata
Talk, Talk, Talk
as Haruko Toyama
Only You Can Hear Me
as Sachi Nozaki
Like Asura
as Takezawa Fuji
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
as Iti Miyazawa
Saiyūki
as 观世音菩萨
Sometime, Somewhere
as Chairman's wife
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Taka Suzuki
Hachiko
as Shizuko Ueno
Blood Type: Blue
as Mrs. Hyodo
The Corporation
as Yoshiko Iki
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Married woman
The Betrayal
as Namie
Samurai Assassin
as Mitsu
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Otoko Ueno
Hello, Baby
as Fujiko Tachikawa
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
as 6th Sin & 7th Sin
The Human Vapor
as Fujichiyo Kasuga
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
Gendai Mushuku
as Hisako Kurata
The Living Koheiji
as Ochika
Snow Country
as Yôko
Settlement of Love
as Asako
The Legend of the White Serpent
as Xiaoqing
夏目漱石の三四郎
1955
Stray Sheep
as Mineko
Madame Butterfly
as Cio-Cio-San
The Princess Sen
as Dancing waiting-girl
Mr. Pu
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