What is Kaoru Yachigusa?
[[File:Kaoru Yachigusa 1955 Scan10005.jpg|right|200px]] {{Nihongo|'''Kaoru Yachigusa'''|八千草 薫|Yachigusa Kaoru|extra=6 January 1931 &ndash; 24 October 2019}} was a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[actress]]. From 1947 to 1957 she was a member of the [[Takarazuka Revue]]. She was born in the [[Osaka Prefecture]]. Yachigusa was known for her role as Otsu in the ''[[Samurai Trilogy]]'' and as Miss Marple in ''[[Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple]]''. Yachigusa was married to director [[Senkichi Taniguchi]] until his death in 2007. Yachigusa died on 24 October 2019 at a [[Tokyo]] hospital from [[pancreatic cancer]], aged 88.<ref>[https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20191028/k10012153431000.html 女優の八千草薫さん死去 88歳] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028063304/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20191028/k10012153431000.html |date=2019-10-28 }} at NHK {{in lang|ja}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{official website|1=http://www.hiiragi-kikaku.com/profile-yachigusa.html|2=Official agency profile}} {{in lang|ja}} * {{IMDb name|id=0944779}} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yachigusa, Kaoru}} [[Category:Japanese movie actors]] [[Category:Japanese television actors]] [[Category:Japanese voice actors]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]]