Kaoru Yachigusa
50Movies
10.0 Best Rating
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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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Tokyo Phoenix | (voice) | HIT | |
| 2016 | Mifune: The Last Samurai | Self - Actress | HIT | |
| 2016 | Kidnap Tour | Kiyoe | HIT | |
| 2014 | A Pierrot Praying for the Moon | Sakura Tamai | FLOP | |
| 2014 | Giovanni's Island | Older Sawako (voice) | HIT | |
| 2013 | Don't Lose Heart | Toyo Shibata | HIT | |
| 2013 | The Great Passage | Chie Matsumoto | HIT | |
| 2012 | Until the Break of Dawn | Tsuru Hatada | HIT | |
| 2009 | Listen to My Heart | Akiko Matsuda | FLOP | |
| 2009 | Dear Doctor | Kaduko Torikai | FLOP | |
| 2009 | Toad's Oil | Hikari's Grandmother | HIT | |
| 2008 | Flavor of Happiness | Yuriko Nagata | FLOP | |
| 2007 | Only You Can Hear Me | Sachi Nozaki | FLOP | |
| 2007 | Talk, Talk, Talk | Haruko Toyama | FLOP | |
| 2005 | 実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還 | - | FLOP | |
| 2005 | Negotiator | - | HIT | |
| 2003 | Like Asura | Takezawa Fuji | HIT | |
| 1996 | The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa | Iti Miyazawa | FLOP | |
| 1992 | Sometime, Somewhere | Chairman's wife | FLOP | |
| 1989 | Four Days of Snow and Blood | Taka Suzuki | HIT | |
| 1987 | Hachiko | Shizuko Ueno | HIT | |
| 1983 | Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi | 芦名隆子 | FLOP | |
| 1981 | The Tale of Genji | - | FLOP | |
| 1978 | Blood Type: Blue | - | FLOP | |
| 1976 | The Corporation | - | FLOP | |
| 1974 | Pastoral: To Die in the Country | Married woman | HIT | |
| 1972 | Tora-san's Dream-Come-True | Chiyo | HIT | |
| 1971 | Morning Fog | - | FLOP | |
| 1969 | Inu to Asachan | - | FLOP | |
| 1966 | The Betrayal | Namie | FLOP | |
| 1965 | Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy | - | FLOP | |
| 1965 | With Beauty and Sorrow | Otoko Ueno | FLOP | |
| 1965 | The Domain: The Naniwa Story | - | FLOP | |
| 1965 | Samurai Assassin | Mitsu | HIT | |
| 1964 | Hello, Baby | Fujiko Tachikawa | HIT | |
| 1960 | The Human Vapor | Fujichiyo Kasuga | HIT | |
| 1959 | Temptation on Glamour Island | Tomiko | FLOP | |
| 1958 | Yajikita dōchū sugoroku | - | FLOP | |
| 1958 | Epic Crash | - | FLOP | |
| 1957 | The Living Koheiji | Ochika | FLOP | |
| 1957 | Snow Country | Yôko | HIT | |
| 1956 | The Legend of the White Serpent | Xiaoqing | FLOP | |
| 1956 | Settlement of Love | Asako | FLOP | |
| 1956 | The President Talks Bank | - | FLOP | |
| 1956 | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island | Otsu | HIT | |
| 1956 | The President's Boss | - | FLOP | |
| 1955 | Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | Otsu | HIT | |
| 1954 | The Princess Sen | Dancing waiting-girl | FLOP | |
| 1954 | Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto | Otsu | HIT | |
| 1953 | Mr. Pu | - | HIT |