Kaoru Yachigusa

Kaoru Yachigusa
Born	January 6, 1931 (1931-01-06) (age 81) Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actress

Yachigusa Kaoru (八千草 薫, Yachigusa Kaoru^?, born January 6, 1931) is a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture. From 1947 to 1957 she was a member of the Takarazuka Revue. Since leaving the Revue, she has been active in film, television, and narration.

Her husband, director Senkichi Taniguchi, died on October 29, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. The couple had been married since 1957.^[1]

Contents 1 Awards 2 Filmography 2.1 Film 2.2 Television 2.3 Anime 3 References 4 External links

Awards

• Japanese Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ashura no Gotoku (2004)
• Mainichi Cinema Concours: Tanaka Kinuyo Prize (2004)
• Japanese Government: Shiju Award (1997)

Filmography

Film

(incomplete)

• Samurai Trilogy as Otsu (1954–1956)
  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (続宮本武蔵　一乗寺の決闘 Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) (1955)
• Utsukushisa to kanashimi to as Ueno Otoko (1955)
• Rangiku monogatari (乱菊物語) (1956)
• Nuregami kenpo (1958)
• The Human Vapor (Toho, 1960)
• Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirō no Yumemakura as the "Madonna" (1972)
• Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)

Television

• Zenigata Heiji as Oshizu (the leading lady) (Fuji Television 1966)
• Ashura no Gotoku (NHK 1979)
• The Tale of Genji (television drama) as both Kiritsubo and Fujitsubo (Tokyo Broadcasting System 1980)
• Dokuganryū Masamune (Taiga drama) as Nene (the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi) (NHK 1987)
• Yanchakure (morning drama) (NHK 1998)
• Tokyo Story (Fuji Television 2002)

Anime

• Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple as Miss Marple (NHK 2004)

References

External links

• Kaoru Yachigusa at the Internet Movie Database

Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Kiwako Taichi (1976) · Ayumi Ishida (1977) · Shinobu Ōtake (1978) · Mayumi Ogawa (1979) · Yoko Agi (1980) · Yūko Tanaka (1981) · Miyako Yamaguchi (1982) · Mitsuko Baisho (1983) · Kin Sugai (1984) · Yoshiko Mita (1985) · Mieko Harada (1986) · Junko Sakurada (1987) · Eri Ishida (1988) · Hideko Yoshida (1989) · Kanako Higuchi (1990) · Jun Fubuki (1991) · Miwako Fujitani (1992) · Junko Sakurada (1993) · Shigeru Muroi (1994) · Meiko Kaji (1995) · Eriko Watanabe (1996) · Mitsuko Baisho (1997) · Kumiko Aso (1998) · Junko Fuji (1999) · Naomi Nishida (2000) · Kou Shibasaki (2001) · Miho Kanno (2002) · Eri Fukatsu (2003) · Masami Nagasawa (2004) · Hiroko Yakushimaru (2005) · Yū Aoi (2006) · Hiromi Nagasaku (2007) · Kirin Kiki (2008) · Kaoru Yachigusa (2009)

Persondata
Name	Yachigusa, Kaoru
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese actor
Date of birth	January 6, 1931
Place of birth	Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Date of death
Place of death