Kaoru Yachigusa - Movies, Bio & Filmography

Meet Kaoru Yachigusa

★ 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.