Kaoru Yachigusa
Acting
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
2017Tokyo Phoenix
(voice)
2016Kidnap Tour
Kiyoe
2016Mifune: The Last Samurai
Self - Actress
2015Three Moons
Aya Kosaka
2015Before The Leaves Fall
Ichiko Ogawa
2014A Pierrot Praying for the Moon
Sakura Tamai
2014Giovanni's Island
Older Sawako (voice)
2013The Great Passage
Chie Matsumoto
2013Don't Lose Heart
Toyo Shibata
2012Until the Break of Dawn
Tsuru Hatada
2012Gaku
Kazama Kaya
2009Dear Doctor
Kaduko Torikai
2009Toad's Oil
Hikari's Grandmother
2009Listen to My Heart
Akiko Matsuda
2008Flavor of Happiness
Yuriko Nagata
2007Talk, Talk, Talk
Haruko Toyama
2007Only You Can Hear Me
Sachi Nozaki
2005Negotiator
2003Like Asura
Takezawa Fuji
1996The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Iti Miyazawa
1993A Samurai's Sorrow
1993Saiyūki
观世音菩萨
1992Sometime, Somewhere
Chairman's wife
1989Four Days of Snow and Blood
Taka Suzuki