Sayuri Yoshinaga
Sayuri Yoshinaga (吉永 小百合) is a Japanese actress.
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
as Queen Maya2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up...
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Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
as Yoriko GodaiSecond part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of...
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Mom, Is That You?!
as Kanzaki FukueAkio Kanzaki’s job as head of human resources is wearing his nerves thinner and thinner. To make...
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The Makioka Sisters
as Yukiko MakiokaThis sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto...
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Taro the Dragon Boy
as Tatsuya (voice)Patterned after Japanese art and silk screens, Taro, The Dragon Boy is an animated feature about...
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The Revolt
as Kaoru MizoguchiWhen a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being...
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A Morning of Farewell
as Sawako ShiraishiSawako worked as an emergency physician at a university hospital. Due to to a situation, she...
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Sakura Guardian in the North
as Tetsu EzureThe film follows the relationship between a mother and her son. In 1945, the mother played by...
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About Her Brother
as Ginko TakanoGinko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing,...
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The Diary of a Police Officer: The piggy bank is full
as uncreditedA small provincial town surrounded by mountains and fields in northeastern Japan. Here a group...
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Year One in the North
as Komatsubara ShinoIn 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from...
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Kabei: Our Mother
as Kayo NogamiSet in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father,...
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August without Emperor
as Kyoko FujisakiTaking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese...
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The Gate of Youth
as uncreditedMainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his...
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Actress
as Kinuyo TanakaStory of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with...
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Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
as Nobuko FukuharaNobuko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) works in Nagasaki, Japan as a midwife. Her son died 3 years earlier...
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Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
as uncreditedBased on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is set in 900AD and tells the story of a...
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Heavenly Sin
as uncreditedElite lawyer Ryoko enlists the help of a foreign mafia in rescuing her son from a criminal who...
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Everything Goes Wrong
as NorikoEverything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man....
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A Chorus of Angels
as HaruTeacher Kawashima Haru takes a position on a remote island off the coast of Hokkaido, where she...
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Oh, My Son!
as Yasuko ShibataA man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.
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Cape Nostalgia
as Etsuko KashiwagiEtsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste...
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Monument to the Girl's Corps
as Kazuko YonamineIn 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although...
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Bright Sea
as Mieko IshidaOn the day of college graduation, Mieko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) stood on stage as the valedictorian...
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Station to Heaven
as KayoFrom a true incident that happened in 1960s Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but...
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Foundry Town
as JunSet in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families...
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Yume-Chiyo
as YumechiyoYumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do...
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Where The Legend Lives
as uncreditedKohei Miyazaki (Naoto Takenaka), a former railroad worker, has become obsessed with locating the...
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Tora-san's Dear Old Home
as UtakoWhile Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young...
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Diary of Early Winter Shower
as Tae HorikawaKounosuke Mibu and Tae Horikawa are unable to forget each other, even though they met and fell...
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Men and War III: The Final Chapter
as Yoriko GodaiFinal part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of...
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Love of Saturday
as uncreditedLove between a pretty young piano tuner and a jazz pianist.
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That Guy and I
as uncreditedAsada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's...
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Beyond the Green Hills
as Shinko TerazawaShinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance...
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Love Comes with Youth
as uncreditedDuring his idle journey on the Izu Peninsula, a university student, Kawasaki, encounters a group...
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Whistling in the morning
as Miwako KariyaMinoru delivered newspapers to earn money for high school, but when his mother came down with...
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The Bucket List
as Yukie KitaharaSachie Kitahara is a housewife and she has devoted her life to her family. Mako Goda is a...
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A Chaos of Flowers
as Akiko YosanoSet in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story...
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The Start of Life
as Jun IshiguroA young girl in an industrial town is saving her money to enter college. But her drunken father...
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Gazing at Love and Death
as uncreditedA young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the...
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The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
as Mami YokoyamaJiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different...
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The Swan Elegy
as uncreditedOne day, Reiko, who is engaged, meets a young man named Kondo, and she likes him, although she...
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The Sound of Waves
as Hatsue MiyataOn a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji...
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The Longest Tunnel
as Tae MakimuraAfter a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a...
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Song of Farewell
as Yuriko NomuraAfter her mother's funeral, Yuriko, dressed in mourning clothes, sees off her lover Shintaro as...
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Lost in Time
as Yae SawadaA story of friendship between two women, Yae and Kiyoko. Their friendship is tested when artist...
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Red Bud and White Flower
as uncreditedA high school boy and girl in the midst of their youth try to get their parents to remarry.
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Turning Point
as Yumiko MinamiA middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the...
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Yearning
as OnamiFamed onnagata (a man who plays women's parts in Kabuki) Tamasaburo Bando follows up on the...
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The Sweet Interns
as uncreditedThe love and friendship adventures of seven internship medical students.
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Tora-san's Lovesick
as UtakoAfter Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs...
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Ohan
as OhanA story of a shopkeeper and his ex-wife, lives full of tragedy.
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The Ambitious
as OryoThe story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa...
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Fresh Leaves
as Keiko EnamiKeiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a...
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The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
as uncreditedA young woman's life is turned upside down when her husband suddenly disappears, leaving behind...
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The Man with a Sinister Laugh
as Noriko DanAfter getting out of prison, a young yakuza tries to find out who killed his girlfriend,...
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Gekashitsu
as Countess TakafuneMelodrama about a woman refusing surgery.
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The New Class of the Sewage Canal
as uncreditedFirst film produced by Nikkatsu Children's Films.
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Quick Draw Joe
as Misa MayamaOne day, a lone horseman rides into town with a wounded man strapped behind him. Joe, the Ace,...
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My Sweetheart
as Yuri YoshinagaIt had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by...
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Four Young Sisters
as Shizuka KomuraThree girls come to Tokyo to stay with their elder sister. Actually they are running away from...
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Welcome, My Baby
as Keiko UdagawaTwo friends, both members of a Japanese cargo boat, return to Japan after a three-month voyage...
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The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
as Azusa IsomuraAzusa has just been discharged from the hospital and is frolicking on the beach in Jushi,...
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Gone in the Rain
as Ayako KawajiAyako (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is a free-willed college girl who shares a room with Takako and Kimie....
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The Call of the Foghorn
as uncreditedA sailor is stuck in harbor due to an engine failure in his boat, and he learns that a friend of...
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The Four Loves
as Miyako MisawaA father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that...
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It Is a Long Walk
as AihachiScreen icon Sayuri Yoshinaga stars in this historical melodrama about geishas in the southern...
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Crane
as Tsuru (crane)Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru...
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The Black Sheep
as uncreditedYoung female teacher Kyoko Miyake relocates to a small seaside town with her runaway little...
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Seishun no kaze
as uncreditedA romantic Nikkatsu youth film about three female friends.
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Beautiful Calendar
as uncreditedYajima Sadako is a bright pawnbroker's daughter in the third year of high school. At school,...
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Itsudemo yume o
as uncreditedThis is a factory area in downtown Tokyo, and Hikaru, nicknamed Pika-chan, is a nurse at the...
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The Gun Like Lightning
as SetsukoSadao, is saved from death at the hands of Goro, a killer belonging to a rival gang by Joji just...
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Homecoming
as 守屋伴子Moriya Tomoko, a young girl working for a publishing company, is told by a woman art dealer that...
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Again
as uncreditedAn anthology that embodies the essence of Toei action films with a stylish flair, this movie...
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Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
as SumikoA marine security officer stranded on the ocean in a small boat is rescued by a crew of buccaneers.
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Season of Farewell
as uncreditedA touching story of a girl who sails away from her love to keep her family together.
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The Cleanup
as uncreditedA real all-star cast turns out for this modern yakuza yarn.
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Eddy Currents of Life
as Fumiko HayashiIt is 1922 and Fumiko is a high school student. Her family is poor but she loves to study...
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Girl in the Glass
as Yasuyo OkinakaThe film starts with a short scene ending with shot of Sayuri Yoshinaga's character floating...
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I Have the Sun in My Back
as uncreditedShigeru, a serious young man who works as a glass cleaner, has an older brother Kenzo, who has...
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The Song of Love
as uncreditedHeartwarming story of an ambitious girl who becomes a concert pianist with the help of her...
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天使が俺を追い駈ける
as uncreditedA comedy-action film depicting a kind-hearted protagonist who, feeling disillusioned with the...
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Keep Your Chin Up
as Noriko NagaiKawanishi Kyu and Tomoda Ryoji, two waifs, are inmates of a Reform School. One night, the boys...
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The Heart of Hiroshima
as Kazue MatsuiOne morning, Kazue is nearly knocked over by a motorbike in front of an instrument store,...
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The Final Winner?
as uncreditedIn a high school, two men are fighting over a beautiful female teacher who has been assigned as...
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When the Flowers Bloom
as uncreditedHiroko, who has a weekly magazine reporter as her lover is assigned as a public health nurse in...
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The Black Scar
as uncreditedA yakuza frames another yakuza who goes to jail for 5 years. When he is released he goes to seek...
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Until Spring Comes
as uncreditedLiving with her son and aging father-in-law, the beautiful widow is bewildered by the passionate...
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Ayu no uta
as 母・すずThe 24th NHK Asadora. Starring Senri Yamazaki as a woman who makes her life at a fishing port.
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Mominoki wa Nokotta
as UnoDepicting Date clan’s internal strife that occurred during a peaceful Edo period governed by the...
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Yumechiyo Nikki
as uncreditedThis is a human drama that captures the lives of Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam who has been...
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Hikarugake
as uncreditedThe drama depicts the fateful meeting and falling in love between a man living in the glamorous...
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