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
Yanchakure
1998
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
2004
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
2019
Toshiie and Matsu
2002
Miyamoto Musashi
2014
Into the White Night
2006
Life of a Flower
1963
Food Fight
2000
Love That Makes You Cry
2016
Red Suspicion
1975
Dear Father
2007
Matrimonial Chaos
2013
Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
2018
Giovanni's Island
2014
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
2001
The Tempest
2011
Ordinary Miracles
2009
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
Big Money
2002
Yasuragi no Sato
2017
Hachiko
1987
The Album on the Shore
1977
To the One I Love
2004
Time for Love
2005
Ashura no Gotoku
1979
Oretachi no Tabi
1975
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
さよなら李香蘭
1989
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
The Human Vapor
1960
Candy House
2015
The Tailor-Made Shirt
1986
Juken no Kamisama
2007
The Great Passage
2013