Acting
Kaoru Yachigusa
- Titles
- 50movies31TV shows
- Career
Active from 1953 to 2018, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 29top three billing
- Average score
73/100
- Highest rated
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.4average 2.6
- Warfare3.7average 1.2
- Biographical3.4average 1.0
- Melancholy7.0average 4.7
- Spiritual4.2average 2.0
- Pathos7.1average 5.2
- Social Commentary6.5average 4.9
- Catharsis6.6average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Situational Comedy1.3, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy1.1, average 2.4
- Scare1.5, average 2.6
- Pop Culture1.1, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 6
- Japanese Drama 6
- Character Study 5
- Slice of Life 4
- Emotional Journey 3
- Heartwarming 3
- Japanese Cinema 3
- Japanese Culture 3
- Martial Arts 3
- Sword Fighting 3
- Samurai Film 3
- Tragic Love Story 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Ikuma DanComposerSamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island, The Legend of the White Serpent, Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, Snow Country, +2 more
Tatsuya NakadaiActorHachiko, Blood Type: Blue, Like Asura, Before The Leaves Fall, The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa, +1 more
Toshirō MifuneActorSamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island, Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, Settlement of Love
Mariko OkadaActorSamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island, Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, Gendai Mushuku- KKôichi IwashitaEditorSamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island, The Legend of the White Serpent, Hello, Baby, Snow Country
Hisashi IgawaActorOrdinary Miracles, The Tailor-Made Shirt, The Living Koheiji
Eita NagayamaActorMatrimonial Chaos, Dear Doctor, Toad's Oil
Yutaka MatsushigeActorOrdinary Miracles, Dear Doctor, Talk, Talk, Talk- KKurôemon OnoeActorSamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island, Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Koji TsurutaActorSamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island, The Tailor-Made Shirt, Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple- JJun YasumotoCinematographerSamurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, Snow Country
Hiroshi InagakiDirectorSamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island, Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Movies and TV shows
80Upcoming
1 title
TV show
2010s
19 titles · average score 71
as (voice)
TV show · as Shizue Sendo
TV show · as Sakurai Akiko
as Ichiko Ogawa
as Older Sawako (voice)
TV show
as Sakura Tamai
TV show · as Aiko Hamasaki
as Toyo Shibata
as Chie Matsumoto
as Tsuru Hatada
2000s
20 titles · average score 69
as Kaduko Torikai
TV show · as Shizue Nakazo
as Hikari's Grandmother
as Yuriko Nagata
as Sachi Nozaki
as Haruko Toyama
TV show · as Nobuko Umezawa
TV show · as Miss Marple (voice)
TV show · as Yoshie Azumi
as Takezawa Fuji
TV show · as Fukiko Shirai
TV show · as Miyoshi Yuuko
1990s
4 titles
TV show · as 水嶋ハル
as Iti Miyazawa
as 观世音菩萨
as Chairman's wife
1980s
5 titles · average score 73
as Taka Suzuki
TV show
as Shizuko Ueno
TV show
1970s
8 titles · average score 80
TV show
as Mrs. Hyodo
as Yoshiko Iki
TV show
TV show
as Married woman
1960s
8 titles · average score 69
as Shima
as Namie
as Otoko Ueno
as Mitsu
as Fujiko Tachikawa
as 6th Sin & 7th Sin
TV show · as Masako no Kata
as Fujichiyo Kasuga
1950s
15 titles · average score 77
as Tsui Lan, the maiden in distress
as Tomiko
as Yôko
as Ochika
as Xiaoqing
as Asako
as Mineko
as Cio-Cio-San
as Otsu
