Birthday
1931/01/06
Day of death
2019/10/24 (88 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Also know as
谷口瞳, Hitomi Taniguchi, 松田瞳, Hitomi Matsuda, Каору Ятигуса
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.
(1954) Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Otsu
(1955) Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Otsu
(1956) Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Otsu
(1987) Hachiko
as Shizuko Ueno
(1966) The Betrayal
as Namie
(1981) The Tale of Genji
as ---
(1983) Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
as 芦名隆子
(1992) Sometime, Somewhere
as Chairman's wife
(1956) The President Talks Bank
as ---
(1965) Samurai Assassin
as Mitsu
(1971) Morning Fog
as ---
(1974) Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Married woman
(2013) The Great Passage
as Chie Matsumoto
(2016) Kidnap Tour
as Kiyoe
(1958) Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
as ---
(1996) The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
as Iti Miyazawa
(1965) With Beauty and Sorrow
as Otoko Ueno
(1972) Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as Chiyo
(1960) The Human Vapor
as Fujichiyo Kasuga
(1969) Inu to Asachan
as ---
(2012) Until the Break of Dawn
as Tsuru Hatada
(1956) Settlement of Love
as Asako
(2009) Dear Doctor
as Kaduko Torikai
(2009) Toad's Oil
as Hikari's Grandmother
(1956) The President's Boss
as ---
(1958) Epic Crash
as ---
(1957) The Living Koheiji
as Ochika
(2007) Talk, Talk, Talk
as Haruko Toyama
(2013) The Pierrot Prays to the Moon
as ---
(2008) Flavor of Happiness
as Yuriko Nagata
(2014) Giovanni's Island
as Older Sawako (voice)
(2009) Listen to My Heart
as Akiko Matsuda
(2005) 実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
as ---
(2012) Gaku
as Kazama Kaya
(1983) Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
as ---
(1978) Blood Type: Blue
as ---
(1956) The Legend of the White Serpent
as Xiaoqing
(2016) Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actress
(1953) Mr. Pu
as ---
(1955) Stray Sheep
as Mineko
(1954) Madame Butterfly
as Cio-Cio-San
(1959) Temptation on Glamour Island
as Tomiko
(1965) Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
as ---
(1964) こんにちは赤ちゃん
as Fujiko Tachikawa
(1957) Snow Country
as Yôko
(2013) Don't Lose Heart
as Toyo Shibata
(1989) Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Taka Suzuki
(1967) The Sisters and I
as Shima
(1956) The Maiden Courtesan
as ---
(1959) The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
(2007) Only You Can Hear Me
as Sachi Nozaki
(2017) Tokyo Phoenix
as (voice)
(2015) Three Moons
as Kosaka Aya
(2015) Before The Leaves Fall
as Ichiko Ogawa
(1993) A Samurai's Sorrow
as ---
(1965) The Domain: The Naniwa Story
as ---
(1954) The Princess Sen
as Dancing waiting-girl
(1958) Nuregami kenpo
as ---
(1953) Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
as Ohikari
(1953) Princess Finds Her Prince
as ---
(2003) Like Asura
as Takezawa Fuji
(1979) The Last Game
as ---
(1953) Traveling with Breeze
as ---
(1965) Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
as ---
(1975) A Bird of Africa
as ---
(2005) Negotiator
as ---
(1958) Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
as ---
Saiyûki
as 观世音菩萨
(2013) Pierrot Praying to the Moon
as Sakura Tamai
(1963) Life of a Flower
as Masako no Kata
(2001) Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
as Fukiko Shirai
(2004) Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
as Miss Marple
(2005) Time for Love
as Kyoko Kitami
(2006) Into the White Night
as Karasawa Reiko
(2002) Toshiie and Matsu
as Tae
(2000) おかしな二人~のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士
as ---
(2007) Dear Father
as Sakashita Yumeko
(2013) Matrimonial Chaos
as 滨崎亚以子
(2004) To the One I Love
as Yoshie Azumi
(1975) Red Suspicion
as ---
(2016) Love That Makes You Cry
as Shizue Sendo
(2017) Yasuragi no Sato A Peaceful Place
as ---
(2009) Ordinary Miracles
as Shizue Nakazo
(2015) Candy House
as Sakurai Akiko
(2014) Miyamoto Musashi
as ---
(1989) さよなら李香蘭
as ---
(1977) The Album on the Shore
as ---
(1998) Yanchakure
as 水嶋ハル
(1975) Oretachi no Tabi
as ---
(2001) 恋人はスナイパー
as ---
(2007) Juken no Kamisama
as Nobuko Umezawa
(2019) Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
as ---
(1979) Ashura no Gotoku
as ---
(2002) Big Money
as Teruko Hatano
(2000) Food Fight
as Miyoshi Yuuko
(2018) Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
as ---
(2011) The Tempest
as King's mother
(1986) The Tailor-Made Shirt
as ---
Mother and Son
as ---