Kaoru Yachigusa
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.119 |
| Birthday | 1931-01-06 |
| Place of Birth | Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As | 谷口瞳, Hitomi Taniguchi, 松田瞳, Hitomi Matsuda, Каору Ятигуса, |
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
7.2/174
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
7.2/113
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
7.2/110
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He'...
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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1987
Hachiko
7.7/159
The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
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Hachiko
1966
The Betrayal
6.4/14
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The Betrayal
1981
The Tale of Genji
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The Tale of Genji
1983
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
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Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
1992
Sometime, Somewhere
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Sometime, Somewhere
1956
The President Talks Bank
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The President Talks Bank
1965
Samurai Assassin
7.3/52
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Samurai Assassin
1971
Morning Fog
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Kyoko and her mother Yuki returned to their hometown of Fukui. Yuki runs a dressmaker's store in the city, and Kyoko has taken a job as a nurse at a p...
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1974
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
7.5/93
A director faces creative block while working on his latest film - a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.
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Pastoral: To Die in the Country
2013
The Great Passage
7.2/56
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The Great Passage
2016
Kidnap Tour
6.8/4
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Kidnap Tour
1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
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1958 Japanese movie
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Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1996
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
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The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
1965
With Beauty and Sorrow
5.5/13
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With Beauty and Sorrow
1972
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
7.6/5
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Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1960
The Human Vapor
6.4/15
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The Human Vapor
1969
Inu to Asachan
0/0
A daughter from an island in the Seto Inland Sea takes a job as a nanny in Tokyo. She thrills the hearts of fishmongers and milkmen.
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Inu to Asachan
2012
Until the Break of Dawn
6.9/12
High school student Ayumi is trained by his grandmother to act as a "tsunagu," an intermediary for people who want to reach the dead.
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Until the Break of Dawn
1956
Settlement of Love
0/0
Living in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child. Four of the dead man's friends gather to have an annive...
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Settlement of Love
2009
Dear Doctor
6.2/17
Osamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication make an equally strong impression on his reluctant medic...
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Dear Doctor
2009
Toad's Oil
7/3
The story of Takuro Yazawa, a day trader who claims he can earn hundreds of millions of yen in one day, and those around him as they attempt to cope w...
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Toad's Oil
1956
The President's Boss
0/0
A new third-class president wins an appointment thanks to his marriage with the former president's daughter.
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The President's Boss
1958
Epic Crash
0/0
Utaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and opposes power and tyranny with his will and spirit.
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Epic Crash
1957
The Living Koheiji
0/0
The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro; to get her, he would even kill Takuro.
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The Living Koheiji
2007
Talk, Talk, Talk
5.9/7
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Talk, Talk, Talk
2013
The Pierrot Prays to the Moon
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Shizuru Tamai (Takako Tokiwa) lives in a small mountain town in rural Japan with her mother and grandmother. Her grandmother is partially unable to m...
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The Pierrot Prays to the Moon
2008
Flavor of Happiness
6.3/3
Yamashita Takako works in the food section of a department store. She pays frequent visits to a reputable local Chinese restaurant about opening an in...
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Flavor of Happiness
2014
Giovanni's Island
7.5/98
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Giovanni's Island
2009
Listen to My Heart
0/0
A radio DJ, Mai starts a new program called, "Love Letters from the Drawer" to assist people who need an extra push to send out their simple yet very...
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Listen to My Heart
2005
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
0/0
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2012
Gaku
0/0
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Gaku
1983
Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
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Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi
1978
Blood Type: Blue
6.2/5
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1956
The Legend of the White Serpent
5.6/7
Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.
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The Legend of the White Serpent
2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai
7.2/45
An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.
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Mifune: The Last Samurai
1953
Mr. Pu
6.5/2
A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.
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Mr. Pu
1955
Stray Sheep
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Stray Sheep
1954
Madame Butterfly
0/0
Japanese-Italian adaptation of Puccini's opera.
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Madame Butterfly
1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
6/1
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1965
Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
6.2/8
[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no Mono films! This film tells the story of Saizo’s son, K...
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Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
1964
こんにちは赤ちゃん
10/3
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1957
Snow Country
6.7/10
It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous t...
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Snow Country
2013
Don't Lose Heart
8/1
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Don't Lose Heart
1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood
6.9/7
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading pol...
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
1967
The Sisters and I
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Two sisters, Kyoko and Hisako, run a restaurant in Kyoto. But an incident with the latter's fiancé puts their relationship, and the future of their cu...
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The Sisters and I
1956
The Maiden Courtesan
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Period romantic drama.
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The Maiden Courtesan
1959
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
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The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his fellow...
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The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
2007
Only You Can Hear Me
6.4/16
Ryou is a girl isolated by everyone else in her class, she doesn't even have a cell phone because no one would call her anyway. One day, she suddenly...
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Only You Can Hear Me
2017
Tokyo Phoenix
8/2
In 150 years, twice marked by total destruction —a terrible earthquake in 1923 and incendiary bombings in 1945— followed by a spectacular rebirth, Tok...
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Tokyo Phoenix
2015
Three Moons
0/0
A sequel to "The Pierrot Prays to the Moon", which won the "Gold Medal Prize" at the Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards. A beautif...
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Three Moons
2015
Before The Leaves Fall
0/0
An elderly woman sets out to see in person a painting by a famous artist.She believes she was the inspiration for the painting.
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Before The Leaves Fall
1993
A Samurai's Sorrow
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A rare grouping of the three Tamura brothers, Masakazu, Takahiro, and Ryu highlight this exciting tale of a series of attempts on the life of Shogun Y...
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A Samurai's Sorrow
1965
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
3.2/2
Second film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as "The Domain" Each a stand alone film in it's own, none...
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The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1954
The Princess Sen
5/1
During the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with other members of her family in Osaka Castle, by a riv...
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The Princess Sen
1958
Nuregami kenpo
0/0
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Nuregami kenpo
1953
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
0/0
1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame.
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Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953
Princess Finds Her Prince
0/0
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Princess Finds Her Prince
2003
Like Asura
6.7/11
The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.
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Like Asura
1979
The Last Game
0/0
After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Waseda and Keio universities play one final game befo...
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The Last Game
1953
Traveling with Breeze
0/0
1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie.
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Traveling with Breeze
1965
Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
0/0
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Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men
1975
A Bird of Africa
0/0
A group of kids find interest in birdwatching.
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A Bird of Africa
2005
Negotiator
6/2
In this movie, Japan's top negotiator confronts a formidable foe threatening Tokyo's subways. As high-stakes tension brews, Mashita must outsmart an a...
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