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Kaoru Yachigusa
Actor
Died October 24, 2019 (88 years)
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.
Yachigusa died on October 24, 2019, at a Tokyo hospital from pancreatic cancer, aged 88.
Known For
Filmography
| 2018 | Butler Saionji's Great Reasoning (TV Series) |
| 2017 | Yasuragi no Sato (TV Series) |
| 2017 | A Speechwriter (TV Series) · as Kikuyo Ninomiya |
| 2016 | Kidnap Tour · as Kiyoe |
| 2016 | Love That Makes You Cry (TV Series) · as Shizue Sendo |
| 2015 | House of Sweets (TV Series) · as Sakurai Akiko |
| 2014 | Musashi Miyamoto (TV Series) |
| 2014 | Giovanni's Island · as Older Sawako (voice) |
| 2013 | Don't Lose Heart · as Toyo Shibata |
| 2013 | Pierrot Praying to the Moon (TV Series) · as Sakura Tamai |
| 2013 | The Great Passage · as Chie Matsumoto |
| 2013 | Saikô no Rikon (TV Series) · as 滨崎亚以子 |
| 2012 | Until the Break of Dawn · as Tsuru Hatada |
| 2011 | The Legacy of the Sun · as Cast |
| 2011 | Tempest (TV Series) · as King's Mother |
| 2009 | Listen to My Heart · as Akiko Matsuda |
| 2009 | Dear Doctor · as Kaduko Torikai |
| 2009 | Toad's Oil · as Hikari's Grandmother |
| 2009 | Ordinary Miracles (TV Series) · as Shizue Nakazo |
| 2008 | Flavor of Happiness · as Yuriko Nagata |
| 2007 | Kimi ni shika kikoenai · as Sachi Nozaki |
| 2007 | Talk, Talk, Talk · as Haruko Toyama |
| 2007 | Dear Father (TV Series) · as Sakashita Yumeko |
| 2006 | Into the White Night (TV Series) · as Karasawa Reiko |
| 2005 | Time for Love (TV Series) · as Kyoko Kitami |
| 2005 | Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi · as Kataoka |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (TV Series) · as Miss Marple |
| 2003 | Like Asura · as Takezawa Fuji |
| 2001 | Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop (TV Series) · as Fukiko Shirai |
| 2001 | Satorare · as Kiyo Satomi |
| 1989 | Four Days of Snow and Blood · as Taka Suzuki |
| 1987 | Hachi-ko · as Shizuko Ueno |
| 1987 | Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon (TV Series) · as Lady Ne-Ne (hideyoshi's Wife) |
| 1983 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1976 | Fumô chitai · as Cast |
| 1974 | Pastoral: To Die in the Country · as Married Woman |
| 1972 | Tora-san's Dream-Come-True · as Chiyo |
| 1971 | |
| 1967 | Nihon Kyokaku-den: Shira-ha no Sakazuki · as Cast |
| 1966 | The Betrayal · as Namie |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | With Beauty and Sorrow · as Otoko Ueno |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | Samurai Assassin · as Mitsu |
| 1964 | Kon'nichiwa akachan · as Fujiko Tachikawa |
| 1960 | The Human Vapor · as Fujichiyo Kasuga |
| 1959 | Temptation on Glamour Island · as Tomiko |
| 1958 | |
| 1957 | Snow Country · as Yôko |
| 1956 | Madame White Snake · as Xiaoqing |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island · as Otsu |
| 1955 | Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple · as Otsu |
| 1954 | Madame Butterfly · as Cio-Cio-San |
| 1954 | Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto · as Otsu |
| 1953 |