Kaoru Yachigusa
Kaoru Yachigusa was a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture. From 1947 to 1957 she was a member of the Takarazuka Revue. Since leaving the Revue, she was active in film, television, and narration.
She famously quit part way through the filming of the television series Akai Giwaku outraged at being forced to work at times dictated by idol Momoe Yamaguchi's schedule.
Her husband, director Senkichi Taniguchi, died on October 29, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. The couple had been married since 1957.
Yachigusa died on October 24, 2019 at a Tokyo hospital from pancreatic cancer, aged 88.Awards and honours
Film
- Madame Butterfly as Cio Cio San, dubbed by an Italian soprano
- Samurai Trilogy as Otsu
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- Rangiku monogatari
- Snow Country
- Nuregami kenpo
- The Human Vapor
- With Beauty and Sorrow
- Dai Satsujin Orochi - The Betrayal
- Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirō no Yumemakura as the "Madonna"
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- Hachiko Monogatari
- Calling You
- Dear Doctor
- The Great Passage
- Giovanni's Island
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Television
- Hana no Shōgai
- Zenigata Heiji, Oshizu
- Akai Giwaku
- Ashura no Gotoku
- The Tale of Genji, both Kiritsubo and Fujitsubo
- Dokuganryū Masamune, Nene
- Yanchakure
- Tokyo Story
- Kidnap Tour
- Itsuka Kono Koi o Omoidashite Kitto Naite Shimau, Shizue Sendō
- Yasuragi no Sato, Setsuko
- Honjitsu wa, Ohigara mo Yoku
- Yasuragi no Toki Michi, Setuko
Anime
- Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple as Miss Marple
