Kaoru Yachigusa: movies and TV shows
Kaoru Yachigusa has 111 credits in the archive: 80 films and 31 TV series, from 1953 to 2019. Highest rated: Toshiie and Matsu (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2019 · busiest year: 1956 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Yasuragi no Toki: Michi | TV | 8.0 | 88 | |
| 2018 | Butler Saionji’s Great Reasoning | TV | 7.8 | 87 | |
| 2017 | Tokyo Phoenix | (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 86 |
| 2017 | Yasuragi no Sato | TV | 9.0 | 86 | |
| 2016 | Love That Makes You Cry | Shizue Sendo | TV | 8.1 | 85 |
| 2016 | Mifune: The Last Samurai | Self - Actress | Film | 7.1 | 85 |
| 2016 | Kidnap Tour | Kiyoe | Film | 6.8 | 85 |
| 2015 | Candy House | Sakurai Akiko | TV | 8.0 | 84 |
| 2015 | Before The Leaves Fall | Ichiko Ogawa | Film | — | 84 |
| 2015 | Three Moons | Aya Kosaka | Film | — | 84 |
| 2014 | Miyamoto Musashi | TV | 7.3 | 83 | |
| 2014 | Giovanni's Island | Older Sawako (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 83 |
| 2014 | A Pierrot Praying for the Moon | Sakura Tamai | Film | — | 83 |
| 2013 | Matrimonial Chaos | Aiko Hamasaki | TV | 7.8 | 82 |
| 2013 | The Great Passage | Chie Matsumoto | Film | 7.2 | 82 |
| 2013 | Don't Lose Heart | Toyo Shibata | Film | 8.0 | 82 |
| 2013 | Mother and Son | TV | — | 82 | |
| 2012 | Until the Break of Dawn | Tsuru Hatada | Film | 6.7 | 81 |
| 2012 | Gaku | Kazama Kaya | Film | — | 81 |
| 2011 | The Tempest | King's mother | TV | 5.5 | 80 |
| 2009 | Ordinary Miracles | Shizue Nakazo | TV | 7.7 | 78 |
| 2009 | Dear Doctor | Kaduko Torikai | Film | 6.6 | 78 |
| 2009 | Toad's Oil | Hikari's Grandmother | Film | 7.0 | 78 |
| 2009 | Listen to My Heart | Akiko Matsuda | Film | — | 78 |
| 2008 | Flavor of Happiness | Yuriko Nagata | Film | 6.3 | 77 |
| 2007 | Dear Father | Sakashita Yumeko | TV | 8.3 | 76 |
| 2007 | Only You Can Hear Me | Sachi Nozaki | Film | 6.5 | 76 |
| 2007 | Juken no Kamisama | Nobuko Umezawa | TV | 7.0 | 76 |
| 2007 | Talk, Talk, Talk | Haruko Toyama | Film | 5.9 | 76 |
| 2006 | Into the White Night | Karasawa Reiko | TV | 7.4 | 75 |
| 2005 | Time for Love | Kyoko Kitami | TV | — | 74 |
| 2005 | Negotiator | Film | 7.4 | 74 | |
| 2005 | 実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還 | Film | — | 74 | |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple | Miss Marple (voice) | TV | 6.7 | 73 |
| 2004 | To the One I Love | Yoshie Azumi | TV | 8.0 | 73 |
| 2003 | Like Asura | Takezawa Fuji | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 2002 | Toshiie and Matsu | Tae | TV | 8.3 | 71 |
| 2002 | Big Money | Teruko Hatano | TV | 6.0 | 71 |
| 2001 | Antique: Western Antique Cake Shop | Fukiko Shirai | TV | 7.4 | 70 |
| 2001 | 恋人はスナイパー | TV | 5.0 | 70 | |
| 2000 | Food Fight | Miyoshi Yuuko | TV | 7.3 | 69 |
| 2000 | おかしな二人～のほほん奥様とお気楽弁護士 | TV | — | 69 | |
| 1998 | Yanchakure | 水嶋ハル | TV | — | 67 |
| 1996 | The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa | Iti Miyazawa | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1993 | Saiyūki | 观世音菩萨 | Film | 9.0 | 62 |
| 1993 | A Samurai's Sorrow | Film | — | 62 | |
| 1992 | Sometime, Somewhere | Chairman's wife | Film | — | 61 |
| 1989 | Four Days of Snow and Blood | Taka Suzuki | Film | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1989 | さよなら李香蘭 | TV | — | 58 | |
| 1987 | Hachiko | Shizuko Ueno | Film | 7.8 | 56 |
| 1986 | The Tailor-Made Shirt | TV | — | 55 | |
| 1983 | Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi | 芦名隆子 | Film | — | 52 |
| 1983 | Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1981 | The Tale of Genji | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1979 | Ashura no Gotoku | TV | 3.7 | 48 | |
| 1979 | The Last Game | Film | 9.0 | 48 | |
| 1978 | Blood Type: Blue | Film | 6.1 | 47 | |
| 1977 | The Album on the Shore | TV | 1.0 | 46 | |
| 1976 | Stars and Storms | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1976 | The Corporation | Film | 3.7 | 45 | |
| 1975 | Red Suspicion | TV | 8.3 | 44 | |
| 1975 | Oretachi no Tabi | TV | — | 44 | |
| 1975 | A Bird of Africa | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1974 | Pastoral: To Die in the Country | Married woman | Film | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1972 | Tora-san's Dream-Come-True | Chiyo | Film | 8.3 | 41 |
| 1971 | Morning Fog | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1969 | The Song from My Heart | Film | 7.0 | 38 | |
| 1969 | Inu to Asachan | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1967 | The Sisters and I | Shima | Film | — | 36 |
| 1966 | The Betrayal | Namie | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 1965 | Samurai Assassin | Mitsu | Film | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1965 | Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy | Film | 6.3 | 34 | |
| 1965 | With Beauty and Sorrow | Otoko Ueno | Film | 5.7 | 34 |
| 1965 | The Domain: The Naniwa Story | Film | 4.8 | 34 | |
| 1965 | Bad Reputation: Invincible Notorious Men | Film | 8.0 | 34 | |
| 1964 | Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins | 6th Sin & 7th Sin | Film | — | 33 |
| 1964 | Hello, Baby | Fujiko Tachikawa | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1963 | Life of a Flower | Masako no Kata | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1960 | The Human Vapor | Fujichiyo Kasuga | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1959 | The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung | Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1959 | Temptation on Glamour Island | Tomiko | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1958 | Gendai Mushuku | Hisako Kurata | Film | — | 27 |
| 1958 | Tabi sugata nezumi kozō | Film | 9.0 | 27 | |
| 1958 | Epic Crash | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1958 | Holiday in Tokyo | Film | 9.0 | 27 | |
| 1958 | Yajikita dōchū sugoroku | Film | 8.0 | 27 | |
| 1958 | Nuregami kenpo | Film | 8.0 | 27 | |
| 1957 | The Living Koheiji | Ochika | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1957 | Snow Country | Yôko | Film | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1957 | Atarashii Sebiro | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1956 | The Legend of the White Serpent | Xiaoqing | Film | 6.1 | 25 |
| 1956 | The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1956 | Pure Love | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1956 | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island | Otsu | Film | 7.2 | 25 |
| 1956 | The President Talks Bank | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1956 | Settlement of Love | Asako | Film | 9.0 | 25 |
| 1956 | The President's Boss | Film | 8.0 | 25 | |
| 1956 | The Maiden Courtesan | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1955 | Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | Otsu | Film | 7.2 | 24 |
| 1955 | Stray Sheep | Mineko | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1954 | The Princess Sen | Dancing waiting-girl | Film | 5.0 | 23 |
| 1954 | Young Eyes | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1954 | One Night of Love | Oharu | Film | — | 23 |
| 1954 | Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto | Otsu | Film | 7.2 | 23 |
| 1954 | Madame Butterfly | Cio-Cio-San | Film | 8.0 | 23 |
| 1953 | Moth Lamp | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1953 | Mr. Pu | Film | 6.7 | 22 | |
| 1953 | Princess Finds Her Prince | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1953 | Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker | Ohikari | Film | 10.0 | 22 |
| 1953 | Traveling with Breeze | Film | — | 22 | |
| 俺たちの祭 | TV | — | — |