Taguchi, half Japanese and half American, was scouted by the film studio
Toei while working in a beauty parlour, and soon afterwards appeared in a small part in Toei's 1975 film
Wolf Guy: Burning Wolf Man directed by
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi. She also starred in the film's sequel released by Nikkatsu in November 1975, directed by
Katsuhiko Fujii. In early 1976, she joined fellow mixed-race performer
Runa Takamura in director
Masaru Konuma's ''
Cloistered Nun: Runa's Confession for Nikkatsu. and the 1977 thriller Edogawa Rampo's Perverted Beast'' directed by
Tai Katō based on a novel by Japanese author
Edogawa Rampo. In 1979 she had a small part in director
Tōru Murakawa's suspense film
Hakuchyu no shikaku. Taguchi also had supporting roles in two television programs, the August 1978 horror thriller from
TV Asahi, and episode 10 (
Mask of the Night) of the cult detective series
Tantei Monogatari broadcast by
NTV in November 1979. ==Filmography==