Cast
Kaoru Yachigusa
Acting
Cast
Kaoru Yachigusa
Known for
Acting
Born
1931-01-06
From
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Died
2019-10-24
Also known as 谷口瞳, Hitomi Taniguchi, 松田瞳
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.
Hachiko
as Shizuko Ueno
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Otsu
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Otsu
Samurai Assassin
as Mitsu
Giovanni's Island
as Older Sawako (voice)
The Human Vapor
as Fujichiyo Kasuga
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Taka Suzuki
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Otsu
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actress
The Great Passage
as Chie Matsumoto
Dear Doctor
as Kaduko Torikai
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Married woman
Snow Country
as Yôko
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Otoko Ueno
Blood Type: Blue
Holiday in Tokyo
Tokyo Phoenix
as (voice)
Temptation on Glamour Island
as Tomiko
Until the Break of Dawn
as Tsuru Hatada
Kidnap Tour
as Kiyoe
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
The Living Koheiji
as Ochika
Like Asura
as Takezawa Fuji
Negotiator
The Legend of the White Serpent
as Xiaoqing
The Princess Sen
as Dancing waiting-girl
The Corporation
Flavor of Happiness
as Yuriko Nagata
Mr. Pu
Listen to My Heart
as Akiko Matsuda
Stray Sheep
as Mineko
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
Talk, Talk, Talk
as Haruko Toyama
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
Inu to Asachan
Before The Leaves Fall
as Ichiko Ogawa
Only You Can Hear Me
as Sachi Nozaki
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
as 芦名隆子
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
The Betrayal
as Namie
Don't Lose Heart
as Toyo Shibata
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as Chiyo
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
as Iti Miyazawa
The Last Game
The President Talks Bank
Princess Finds Her Prince
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
Morning Fog
Saiyūki
as 观世音菩萨
The President's Boss
A Pierrot Praying for the Moon
as Sakura Tamai
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
Settlement of Love
as Asako
The Sisters and I
as Shima
Gaku
as Kazama Kaya
Hello, Baby
as Fujiko Tachikawa
A Samurai's Sorrow
Toad's Oil
as Hikari's Grandmother
Pure Love
Sometime, Somewhere
as Chairman's wife
Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
Madame Butterfly
as Cio-Cio-San
The Tale of Genji
Atarashii Sebiro
The Maiden Courtesan
Nuregami kenpo
Traveling with Breeze
The Song from My Heart
A Bird of Africa
Young Eyes
Moth Lamp
Three Moons
as Aya Kosaka
Epic Crash
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
as Ohikari
Gendai Mushuku
as Hisako Kurata
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
One Night of Love
as Oharu
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
as 6th Sin & 7th Sin