Kaoru Yachigusa - Movies, Bio & Filmography

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★ Acting🎥 73 films📺 31 TV shows📅 1953–2019🔥 1

Also known as: 谷口瞳, Hitomi Taniguchi, 松田瞳, Hitomi Matsuda...

Born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

1931-01-06 (age 88 at death)

Died 2019-10-24

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.From Wikipedia
Kaoru Yachigusa (八千草 薫, Yachigusa Kaoru; 6 January 1931 – 24 October 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 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.
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