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Sayuri Yoshinaga

Name in Native Language: "吉永 小百合" (Japanese/JA)
Actress / Child Actress | * 03/13/1945 (79) | Tokyo (Japan)
Sayuri Yoshinaga (吉永 小百合, Yoshinaga Sayuri, born 13 March 1945) is a Japanese Actress and activist. She has won four Japan Academy Best Actress awards, more than any other Actress, and has been called "one of the foremost stars in the postwar world of film." ()

Sayuri Yoshinaga (吉永 小百合) is a Japanese Actress.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education. ...

Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow

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1962 | 3.6/5 | 1h 40min
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Screen icon Sayuri Yoshinaga stars in this historical melodrama about geishas in the southern city of Nagasaki set during the 1920s. Though she was sold to a geisha house at a young age, Aihara (Yoshi ...

It Is a Long Walk

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2000 | 4.0/5 | 1h 55min
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From a true incident that happened in 1960s Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but medieval in its characters and emotions as it focuses on a tangled web of murder and deceit encountered by ...

Station to Heaven

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1984 | 4.8/5 | 2h 13min
 
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A story of a shopkeeper and his ex-wife, lives full of tragedy. ...

Ohan

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1984 | 1h 52min
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Awards & Nominations for Sayuri Yoshinaga

4x Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Medal With Purple Ribbon Person of Cultural Merit Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year Kinuyo Tanaka Award 2x Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress Japan Record Awards Golden Arrow Award Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress 15x Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Asian Film Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Sayuri Yoshinaga as Actress(77)

2023 Mom, Is That You?!
as Sawako Shiraishi2021 A Morning of Farewell
as Yukie Kitahara2019 The Bucket List
as Tetsu Ezure2018 Sakura Guardian in the North
as Nobuko Fukuhara2015 Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
as Queen Maya2014 Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
as Etsuko Kashiwagi2014 Cape Nostalgia
as Haru2012 A Chorus of Angels
as Ginko Takano2010 About Her Brother
2008 Where The Legend Lives
as Kayo Nogami2008 Kabei: Our Mother
as Komatsubara Shino2005 Year One in the North
2001 Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
as Aihachi2000 It Is a Long Walk
as 堀川多江1998 Diary of Early Winter Shower
as Yae Sawada1996 Lost in Time
as Yumiko Minami1994 Turning Point
as Onami1993 Yearning
as Countess Takafune1992 Gekashitsu
1992 Heavenly Sin
as Tsuru (crane)1988 Crane
as Akiko Yosano1988 A Chaos of Flowers
as Kinuyo Tanaka1987 Actress
1986 The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
as Yumechiyo1985 Yume-Chiyo
as Kayo1984 Station to Heaven
as Ohan1984 Ohan
as Yukiko Makioka1983 The Makioka Sisters
as Tae Makimura1982 The Longest Tunnel
as Kaoru Mizoguchi1980 The Revolt
as Yasuko Shibata1979 Oh, My Son!
as Tatsuya (voice)1979 Taro the Dragon Boy
as Kyoko Fujisaki1978 August without Emperor
1975 The Gate of Youth
as Utako1974 Tora-san's Lovesick
as Junko Godai1973 Men and War III: The Final Chapter
as Utako1972 Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1970 Love of Saturday
as Oryo1970 The Ambitious
1969 The Cleanup
as Kazuko Yonamine1968 Monument to the Girl's Corps
1968 The Final Winner?
1968 The Sweet Interns
1966 The Swan Elegy
as Kazue Matsui1966 The Heart of Hiroshima
as Katsura Shiraishi1966 Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1965 When the Flowers Bloom
1965 The Song of Love
as Miyako Misawa1965 The Four Loves
as Jun Ishiguro1965 The Start of Life
as Fumiko Hayashi1964 Eddy Currents of Life
as Shizuka Komura1964 Four Young Sisters
as Hatsue Miyata1964 The Sound of Waves
as Keiko Udagawa1964 Welcome, My Baby
1964 Gazing at Love and Death
as Azusa Isomura1963 The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
as Ayako Kawaji1963 Gone in the Rain
1963 Itsudemo yume o
as Mami Yokoyama1963 The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
as Shinko Terazawa1963 Beyond the Green Hills
1963 Love Comes with Youth
as Mieko Ishida1963 Bright Sea
1962 The Man From the Sea
as Keiko Enami1962 Fresh Leaves
as Noriko Nagai1962 Keep Your Chin Up
1962 Red Bud and White Flower
as Jun1962 Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow
as Misa Mayama1961 Quick Draw Joe
1961 The Black Scar
as Miyako1961 Hana to musume to shiroi michi
1961 That Guy and I
1961 Whistling in the Darkness
1961 Lost in the Sun
as Sumiko1961 Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
as Noriko1960 The Madness of Youth
1960 The Call of the Foghorn
as Noriko Dan1960 The Man with a Sinister Laugh

TV Shows/Series with Sayuri Yoshinaga as Actress(2)

as 母・すず1979 Ayu no uta
as Uno1970 Mominoki wa Nokotta

Movies with Sayuri Yoshinaga as Crew(1)

Production/Producer2014 Cape Nostalgia

Full Name: Sayuri Yoshinaga
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Tuesday, 03/13 1945 (March) in Tokyo (Japan) (current age: 79 years + 43 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: Japanese (JA, native language)
Educated at: Waseda University
Record Label: JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment
Other names for Sayuri Yoshinaga (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"吉永 小百合"
"요시나가 사유리"
"岡田 小百合"
"よしなが さゆり" (Kana/Japanese)
Sayuri Yoshinaga frequently works together with these people:
Mitsuo Hamada (20x, Actor)
Yoji Yamada (13x, Crew)
Akira Suzuki (12x, Crew)
Kon Ichikawa (11x, Crew)
Katsumi Nishikawa (10x, Crew)
Jun Hamamura (8x, Actor)
Masao Shimizu (8x, Actor)
Izumi Ashikawa (7x, Actress)
Masako Izumi (7x, Actress)
Tanie Kitabayashi (7x, Actress)
Tetsuya Watari (7x, Actor)
Shinya Owada (1x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:114648, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024