Acting credits
95
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Kaoru Yachigusa
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 67Series: 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: 7.28
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.
7.5
Tokyo Phoenix
as (voice)
2017 Movie
7.2
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actress
2016 Movie
6.8
Kidnap Tour
as Kiyoe
2016 Movie
Three Moons
as Aya Kosaka
2015 Movie
Before The Leaves Fall
as Ichiko Ogawa
2015 Movie
A Pierrot Praying for the Moon
as Sakura Tamai
2014 Movie
7.5
Giovanni's Island
as Older Sawako (voice)
2014 Movie
8.0
Don't Lose Heart
as Toyo Shibata
2013 Movie
7.3
The Great Passage
as Chie Matsumoto
2013 Movie
6.7
Until the Break of Dawn
as Tsuru Hatada
2012 Movie
Gaku
as Kazama Kaya
2012 Movie
Listen to My Heart
as Akiko Matsuda
2009 Movie
6.6
Dear Doctor
as Kaduko Torikai
2009 Movie
7.0
Toad's Oil
as Hikari's Grandmother
2009 Movie
6.3
Flavor of Happiness
as Yuriko Nagata
2008 Movie
6.4
Only You Can Hear Me
as Sachi Nozaki
2007 Movie
5.9
Talk, Talk, Talk
as Haruko Toyama
2007 Movie
6.8
Negotiator
2005 Movie
6.5
Like Asura
as Takezawa Fuji
2003 Movie
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
as Iti Miyazawa
1996 Movie
A Samurai's Sorrow
1993 Movie
Saiyūki
as 观世音菩萨
1993 Movie
Sometime, Somewhere
as Chairman's wife
1992 Movie
6.8
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Taka Suzuki
1989 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kaoru Yachigusa.
8.0
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
50 eps
2019 Series
7.8
Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
16 eps
2018 Series
9.0
Yasuragi no Sato
2 eps
2017 Series
8.1
Love That Makes You Cry
as Shizue Sendo • 10 eps
2016 Series
8.0
Candy House
as Sakurai Akiko • 10 eps
2015 Series
7.3
Miyamoto Musashi
2 eps
2014 Series
Mother and Son
1 eps
2013 Series
7.7
Matrimonial Chaos
as 滨崎亚以子 • 11 eps
2013 Series
5.5
The Tempest
as King's mother • 10 eps
2011 Series
7.7
Ordinary Miracles
as Shizue Nakazo • 11 eps
2009 Series
7.0
Juken no Kamisama
as Nobuko Umezawa • 10 eps
2007 Series
8.3
Dear Father
as Sakashita Yumeko • 11 eps
2007 Series
7.4
Into the White Night
as Karasawa Reiko • 11 eps
2006 Series
Time for Love
as Kyoko Kitami • 10 eps
2005 Series
6.7
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
as Miss Marple (voice) • 39 eps
2004 Series
8.0
To the One I Love
as Yoshie Azumi • 11 eps
2004 Series
6.0
Big Money
as Teruko Hatano • 12 eps
2002 Series
8.0
Toshiie and Matsu
as Tae • 51 eps
2002 Series
6.8
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
as Fukiko Shirai • 11 eps
2001 Series
7.3
Food Fight
as Miyoshi Yuuko • 11 eps
2000 Series
Yanchakure
as 水嶋ハル • 150 eps
1998 Series
さよなら李香蘭
2 eps
1989 Series
The Tailor-Made Shirt
6 eps
1986 Series
3.7
Ashura no Gotoku
7 eps
1979 Series