Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1/6/1931
Place of Birth
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
谷口瞳Hitomi Taniguchi松田瞳
Kaoru Yachigusa
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.
Known For
Hachiko
as Shizuko Ueno
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Otsu
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Married woman
Until the Break of Dawn
as Tsuru Hatada
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Otsu
The Great Passage
as Chie Matsumoto
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Otsu
The Betrayal
as Namie
A Samurai's Sorrow
Unknown Role
Samurai Assassin
as Mitsu
The Tale of Genji
Unknown Role
The Human Vapor
as Fujichiyo Kasuga
Saiyūki
as 观世音菩萨
The Princess Sen
as Dancing waiting-girl
Morning Fog
Unknown Role
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Otoko Ueno
Only You Can Hear Me
as Sachi Nozaki
Like Asura
as Takezawa Fuji
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
Unknown Role
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
Unknown Role