Acting
Kaoru Yachigusa
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.
Titles
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
2004
Into the White Night
2006
Toshiie and Matsu
2002
Yanchakure
1998
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
2001
Matrimonial Chaos
2013
Red Suspicion
1975
Love That Makes You Cry
2016
Life of a Flower
1963
Hachiko
1987
Food Fight
2000
Miyamoto Musashi
2014
Giovanni's Island
2014
Yasuragi no Sato
2017
Big Money
2002
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Dear Father
2007
To the One I Love
2004
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
Ashura no Gotoku
1979
Time for Love
2005
Candy House
2015
Ordinary Miracles
2009
Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
2018
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
Samurai Assassin
1965
The Human Vapor
1960
The Album on the Shore
1977
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974
The Tempest
2011
Oretachi no Tabi
1975
Like Asura
2003
Mother and Son
2013