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Kaoru Yachigusa
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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 Re…
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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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2019
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
TV show
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2018
Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
TV show
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2017
Tokyo Phoenix
Movie (voice)
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2017
Yasuragi no Sato
TV show
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2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Movie Self - Actress
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2016
Kidnap Tour
Movie Kiyoe
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2016
Love That Makes You Cry
TV show Shizue Sendo
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2015
Candy House
TV show Sakurai Akiko
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2015
Three Moons
Movie Aya Kosaka
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2015
Before The Leaves Fall
Movie Ichiko Ogawa
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2014
A Pierrot Praying for the Moon
Movie Sakura Tamai
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2014
Miyamoto Musashi
TV show
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2014
Giovanni's Island
Movie Older Sawako (voice)
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2013
Don't Lose Heart
Movie Toyo Shibata
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2013
The Great Passage
Movie Chie Matsumoto
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2013
Mother and Son
TV show
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2013
Matrimonial Chaos
TV show Aiko Hamasaki
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2012
Until the Break of Dawn
Movie Tsuru Hatada
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2012
Gaku
Movie Kazama Kaya
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2011
The Tempest
TV show King's mother
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2009
Listen to My Heart
Movie Akiko Matsuda
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2009
Dear Doctor
Movie Kaduko Torikai
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2009
Toad's Oil
Movie Hikari's Grandmother
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2009
Ordinary Miracles
TV show Shizue Nakazo
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2008
Flavor of Happiness
Movie Yuriko Nagata
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2007
Only You Can Hear Me
Movie Sachi Nozaki
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2007
Juken no Kamisama
TV show Nobuko Umezawa
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2007
Talk, Talk, Talk
Movie Haruko Toyama
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2007
Dear Father
TV show Sakashita Yumeko
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2006
Into the White Night
TV show Karasawa Reiko
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2005
Time for Love
TV show Kyoko Kitami
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2005
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
Movie
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2005
Negotiator
Movie
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2004
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
TV show Miss Marple (voice)
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2004
To the One I Love
TV show Yoshie Azumi
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2003
Like Asura
Movie Takezawa Fuji
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2002
Big Money
TV show Teruko Hatano
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2002
Toshiie and Matsu
TV show Tae
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2001
恋人はスナイパー
TV show
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2001
Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
TV show Fukiko Shirai
