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Years active. 1947–2019. 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 famously quit part way through the filming ...
Both women attempt to seduce Takezo but are rejected. The widow then tells Matahachi that Takezo tried to assault her and convinces him to escort her and her daughter to Kyoto . Matahachi agrees even though he loves (and is betrothed to) Otsu ( Kaoru Yachigusa ), a woman from his village.
In thinking back on the film career of Kaoru Yachigusa (who died on October 24 th this year, age 88), the dominant image that again and again comes to mind is one not identical but somewhat akin to what one imagines through recalling her marriage to Taniguchi: one chiefly remembers the many times she played passionate—sometimes even self-sacrificing—women unrelentingly supportive and ...
Oct 28, 2019 · (Kaoru Yachigusa pictured in October 1997.) Yachigusa, who started her career in the all-women Takarazuka Revue, gained popularity through her role as Otsu in the 1954 film, known as "Miyamoto Musashi" in Japan, which featured Toshiro Mifune as the swordsman Musashi. The film won the Honorary Foreign Language Film Award at the Oscars in 1956.
Nov 3, 2004 · Duel at Ichijoji Temple furthers Miyamoto along his path to spiritual enlightenment, as well as further from the arms of the two women who love him: loyal Otsu (Kaoru Yachigusa) and conniving yet tragic Akemi (Mariko Okada). The film also brings him face to face with hoards of rivals intent on cutting him down, especially his legendary rival ...
Kaoru Yachigusa, a popular actress most widely remembered for playing Mifune’s love interest in Hiroshi Inagaki’s Musashi Miyamoto trilogy, passed away a few months ago. She was married to Senkichi Taniguchi, one of Kurosawa’s colleagues from his assistant directors days at Photo Chemical Laboratory. A short piece on Yachigusa’s career.
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Tazeko (Toshiro Mifune) and Matahachi (Rentarô Mikuni) are fighters who find themselves on the losing side of a battle between two large clan groups. On the run, they end up in the care of a widow and her daughter. While Matahachi has a betrothed waiting for him back home, Otsu (Kaoru Yachigusa), he ultimately runs off with the two women.
