Acting credits
102
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Kaoru Yachigusa
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 74Series: 28
TMDB ID: 108020
IMDb ID: nm0944779
Known for: Acting
Born: January 6, 1931
Died: October 24, 2019
Age: 88
Place of birth: Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2019
Years active: 67
Average TMDB rating: 7.25
Wikidata: Q3546783
Also known as
谷口瞳 • Hitomi Taniguchi • 松田瞳 • Hitomi Matsuda • Каору Ятигуса
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kaoru Yachigusa.
as (voice)
Tokyo Phoenix
2017 • Movie
as Self - Actress
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016 • Movie
as Kiyoe
Kidnap Tour
2016 • Movie
as Aya Kosaka
Three Moons
2015 • Movie
as Ichiko Ogawa
Before The Leaves Fall
2015 • Movie
as Sakura Tamai
A Pierrot Praying for the Moon
2014 • Movie
as Older Sawako (voice)
Giovanni's Island
2014 • Movie
as Toyo Shibata
Don't Lose Heart
2013 • Movie
as Chie Matsumoto
The Great Passage
2013 • Movie
as Tsuru Hatada
Until the Break of Dawn
2012 • Movie
as Kazama Kaya
Gaku
2012 • Movie
as Akiko Matsuda
Listen to My Heart
2009 • Movie
as Kaduko Torikai
Dear Doctor
2009 • Movie
as Hikari's Grandmother
Toad's Oil
2009 • Movie
as Yuriko Nagata
Flavor of Happiness
2008 • Movie
as Sachi Nozaki
Only You Can Hear Me
2007 • Movie
as Haruko Toyama
Talk, Talk, Talk
2007 • Movie
Negotiator
2005 • Movie
as Takezawa Fuji
Like Asura
2003 • Movie
as Iti Miyazawa
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
1996 • Movie
A Samurai's Sorrow
1993 • Movie
as 观世音菩萨
Saiyūki
1993 • Movie
as Chairman's wife
Sometime, Somewhere
1992 • Movie
as Taka Suzuki
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kaoru Yachigusa.
50 eps
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019 • Series
16 eps
Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
2018 • Series
2 eps
Yasuragi no Sato
2017 • Series
as Shizue Sendo • 10 eps
Love That Makes You Cry
2016 • Series
as Sakurai Akiko • 10 eps
Candy House
2015 • Series
2 eps
Miyamoto Musashi
2014 • Series
1 eps
Mother and Son
2013 • Series
as 滨崎亚以子 • 11 eps
Matrimonial Chaos
2013 • Series
as King's mother • 10 eps
The Tempest
2011 • Series
as Shizue Nakazo • 11 eps
Ordinary Miracles
2009 • Series
as Nobuko Umezawa • 10 eps
Juken no Kamisama
2007 • Series
as Sakashita Yumeko • 11 eps
Dear Father
2007 • Series
as Karasawa Reiko • 11 eps
Into the White Night
2006 • Series
as Kyoko Kitami • 10 eps
Time for Love
2005 • Series
as Miss Marple (voice) • 39 eps
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
2004 • Series
as Yoshie Azumi • 11 eps
To the One I Love
2004 • Series
as Teruko Hatano • 12 eps
Big Money
2002 • Series
as Tae • 51 eps
Toshiie and Matsu
2002 • Series
as Fukiko Shirai • 11 eps
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
2001 • Series
as Miyoshi Yuuko • 11 eps
Food Fight
2000 • Series
as 水嶋ハル • 150 eps
Yanchakure
1998 • Series
2 eps
さよなら李香蘭
1989 • Series
6 eps
The Tailor-Made Shirt
1986 • Series
7 eps
Ashura no Gotoku
1979 • Series