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.
Hachiko
as Shizuko UenoThe tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno,...
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as OtsuAfter years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns...
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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as OtsuA humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and...
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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as OtsuStruggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to...
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Giovanni's Island
as Older Sawako (voice)In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island...
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Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Married womanA director faces creative block while working on his latest film - a reimagination of his...
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Samurai Assassin
as MitsuJapan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the...
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The Great Passage
as Chie MatsumotoMajime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team...
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Dear Doctor
as Kaduko TorikaiOsamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication...
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Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
as uncredited[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no...
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The Human Vapor
as Fujichiyo KasugaA librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into 'The...
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Taka SuzukiBased on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical...
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Talk, Talk, Talk
as Haruko ToyamaThe movie revolves around Mitsuba, who studies traditional art of rakugo. Rakugo is a form of...
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Mr. Pu
as uncreditedA math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.
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Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - ActressAn account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most...
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Blood Type: Blue
as uncreditedUFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned...
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The Domain: The Naniwa Story
as uncreditedSecond film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as...
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The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distressThe mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of...
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Listen to My Heart
as Akiko MatsudaA radio DJ, Mai starts a new program called, "Love Letters from the Drawer" to assist people who...
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The Betrayal
as NamieA naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai...
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Settlement of Love
as AsakoLiving in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child....
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Until the Break of Dawn
as Tsuru HatadaHigh school student Ayumi is trained by his grandmother to act as a "tsunagu," an intermediary...
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Only You Can Hear Me
as Sachi NozakiRyou is a girl isolated by everyone else in her class, she doesn't even have a cell phone...
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Snow Country
as YôkoIt's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He...
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The Pierrot Prays to the Moon
as uncreditedShizuru Tamai (Takako Tokiwa) lives in a small mountain town in rural Japan with her mother and...
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Temptation on Glamour Island
as TomikoComedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer,...
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Like Asura
as Takezawa FujiThe four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a...
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Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as ChiyoWhen Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor...
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Morning Fog
as uncreditedKyoko and her mother Yuki returned to their hometown of Fukui. Yuki runs a dressmaker's store in...
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Kidnap Tour
as KiyoeHaru is a rather cool fifth-grade elementary school student who shares the same tastes as her...
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The President's Boss
as uncreditedA new third-class president wins an appointment thanks to his marriage with the former...
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The Princess Sen
as Dancing waiting-girlDuring the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with...
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With Beauty and Sorrow
as Otoko UenoWhen the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling...
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Don't Lose Heart
as Toyo ShibataDepicts the life of best-selling Japanese poet Toyo Shibata. Toyo Shibata first began writing...
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A Samurai's Sorrow
as uncreditedA rare grouping of the three Tamura brothers, Masakazu, Takahiro, and Ryu highlight this...
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Flavor of Happiness
as Yuriko NagataYamashita Takako works in the food section of a department store. She pays frequent visits to a...
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The Last Game
as uncreditedAfter the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of...
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The Living Koheiji
as OchikaThe actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro;...
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Epic Crash
as uncreditedUtaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and...
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Toad's Oil
as Hikari's grandmotherThe Yazawa family consists of the father Takuro (Koji Yakusho) - who is always busy day trading,...
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The Legend of the White Serpent
as XiaoqingLavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in...
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Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
as Ohikari1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame.
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Tokyo Phoenix
as uncreditedIn 150 years, twice marked by total destruction —a terrible earthquake in 1923 and incendiary...
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The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
as Iti MiyazawaA biographical drama depicting the life full of love and suffering of the writer and poet Kenji...
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The President Talks Bank
as uncreditedThe president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing...
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Before The Leaves Fall
as Ichiko OgawaAn elderly woman sets out to see in person a painting by a famous artist.She believes she was...
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Three Moons
as Kosaka AyaA sequel to "The Pierrot Prays to the Moon", which won the "Gold Medal Prize" at the Chicago...
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as Cio-Cio-SanJapanese-Italian adaptation of Puccini's opera.
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Sometime, Somewhere
as Chairman's wifeThe story follows Mamoru Masaki, a resort developer, and Koai, a career woman at a rival...
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A Bird of Africa
as uncreditedA group of kids find interest in birdwatching.
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Life of a Flower
as Masako no KataThe story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke.
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Toshiie and Matsu
as TaeThe 41st NHK Taiga Drama is Toshiie to Matsu. During the turbulent Warring States Era, one man's...
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Yanchakure
as 水嶋ハルThe 59th NHK Asadora Drama is Yanchakure. Location includes Osaka. In Osaka, "yanchakure" is a...
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Red Suspicion
as uncreditedSachiko is the 17-year old daughter of radiotherapist Professor Oshima. After exposure to...
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Into the White Night
as Karasawa ReikoWhat happens with two children commit two different muders in order to protect each other? Does...
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Love That Makes You Cry
as Shizue SendoFollows the story of love, friendship and growth of six young men and women who move from...
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Matrimonial Chaos
as 滨崎亚以子Ordinary salaryman Hamasaki Mitsuo works for a company which installs vending machines. He...
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Dear Father
as Sakashita YumekoSet in an old prestigious ryotei (Japanese-style restaurant) in a small town in the center of...
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Big Money
as Teruko Hatano"Big Money!" is a human drama with a suspense twist about a young man who learns the tricks of...
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Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop
as Fukiko ShiraiThis story is about four men who work in a confectionary. Tachibana Keiichiro (Shiina Kippei) is...
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Ordinary Miracles
as Shizue NakazoOne day, a middle-aged man, Fujimoto Makoto, is standing on a train platform, about to jump in...
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Miyamoto Musashi
as uncreditedMusashi Miyamoto left his village and ended up fighting in the battle of Sekigahara with his...
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The Tempest
as King's motherSet in the Ryukyu Kingdom during the latter days of the Tokugawa shogunate, a woman takes the...
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Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
as Miss MarpleMabel West, Miss Marple's great-niece, becomes Poirot's junior assistant.
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Time for Love
as Kyoko KitamiWhen their mother falls ill, two sisters are faced not only with her extended care, but with the...
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Yasuragi no Sato A Peaceful Place
as uncreditedThe drama is set in an retirement home named "Yasuragi no Sato La Strada" where only those who...
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Candy House
as Sakurai AkikoSakurai Taro’s parents died young. His grandmother, Akiko, has been making great effort to...
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To the One I Love
as Yoshie AzumiWhat if the one you love were destined to lose his eyesight in three months? What would you like...
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Oretachi no Tabi
as uncreditedA milestone in Japanese teen drama, representing the 1970s. It questions the meaning of life,...
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The Album on the Shore
as uncreditedThe drama depicts the crisis of a couple in the midst of a malaise, the anguish of their...
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Ashura no Gotoku
as uncreditedKuniko Mukōda's masterpiece, a poignant and subtle portrait of the jealousy and suspicion that...
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Pierrot Praying to the Moon
as Sakura Tamai41-year-old Shizuru (Takako Tokiwa) lives with her mother and grandmother in a mountain village...
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Juken no Kamisama
as Nobuko Umezawa35 year old Umezawa Isamu works for a major trading firm and is a single dad to his only son,...
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Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning
as uncreditedSaionji Hajime is the perfect butler and he works for a madame who is elegant. The madame is...
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