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Sayuri Yoshinaga 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."
Born
Tuesday, 13 March 1945
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Way to Find the Best Life | Yukie Kitahara / Sachie Kitahara | 2019 |
| Sakura Guardian in the North | Tetsu Ezure | 2018 |
| Nagasaki: Memories of My Son | Nobuko Fukuhara | 2015 |
| Cape Nostalgia | Etsuko / Etsuko Kashiwagi | 2014 |
| Buddha 2: The Endless Journey | (voice) / Queen Maya | 2014 |
| A Chorus of Angels | Haru, Teacher / Haru | 2012 |
| Buddha: The Great Departure | Maya | 2011 |
| About Her Brother | Ginko / Ginko Takano | 2010 |
| Where the Legend Lives | Kazuko Miyazaki | 2008 |
| Kabei: Our Mother | Kayo Nogami | 2008 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Way to Find the Best Life | Yukie Kitahara / Sachie Kitahara | 2019 |
| Sakura Guardian in the North | Tetsu Ezure | 2018 |
| Nagasaki: Memories of My Son | Nobuko Fukuhara | 2015 |
| Cape Nostalgia | Etsuko / Etsuko Kashiwagi | 2014 |
| Buddha 2: The Endless Journey | (voice) / Queen Maya | 2014 |
| A Chorus of Angels | Haru, Teacher / Haru | 2012 |
| Buddha: The Great Departure | Maya | 2011 |
| About Her Brother | Ginko / Ginko Takano | 2010 |
| Where the Legend Lives | Kazuko Miyazaki | 2008 |
| Kabei: Our Mother | Kayo Nogami | 2008 |
| Year One in the North | Komatsubara Shino / Shino Komatsubara | 2005 |
| Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari | Murasaki Shikibu | 2001 |
| It Is a Long Walk | Aihachi (Matsuo, Sada) / Aihachi | 2000 |
| Kiri no shigosen | Yae Sawada | 1996 |
| Turning Point | Yumiko Minami | 1994 |
| Yume no onna | Onami | 1993 |
| Tengoku no Taizai | Ryoko Kinuhata | 1992 |
| Gekashitsu | Countess Takafune | 1992 |
| A Chaos of Flowers | Akiko Yosano | 1988 |
| Crane | Tsuru (crane) | 1988 |
| Actress | Kinuyo Tanaka | 1987 |
| The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai | 1986 | |
| The Diary of Yumechiyo | Sachiko Nagai, Yumechiyo / Yumechiyo | 1985 |
| Ohan | Ohan | 1984 |
| Station to Heaven | Kayo Hayashiba / Kayo | 1984 |
| The Makioka Sisters | Yukiko Makioka | 1983 |
| Kaikyô | Tae Makimura | 1982 |
| Dôran | Kaoru Mizoguchi | 1980 |
| My Son! My Son! | Yasuko Shibata | 1979 |
| Taro the Dragon Boy | Tatsuya (voice) / Tatsuya | 1979 |
| August Without Emperor | Kyoko, Fujisaki's wife / Kyoko Fujisaki | 1978 |
| The Gate of Youth | Shinsuke's stepmother | 1975 |
| Tora-san's Lovesick | Utako | 1974 |
| Men and War III | Junko Godai | 1973 |
| Tora-san's Dear Old Home | Utako | 1972 |
| Men and War II | Junko Godai | 1971 |
| The Ambitious | Oryo | 1970 |
| Journey of Love | 1970 | |
| The Cleanup | 1969 | |
| Âh himeyuri no tô | Kazuko Yonamine | 1968 |
| Kimi wa koibito | Yuri Yoshinaga | 1967 |
| The Last Lady | Machiko Kita | 1967 |
| Kimi ga seishun no toki | Kaori | 1967 |
| Koi no highway | Wakaba Kaji | 1967 |
| The Heart of Hiroshima | Kazue Matsui | 1966 |
| The Song of Love | 1965 | |
| Four Loves | Miyako Misawa | 1965 |
| Ashita wa sakô hana sakô | Hiroko Kohiyama | 1965 |
| Wakakusa monogatari | 1964 | |
| The Crest of Man | Michiko Kojima aka Miko | 1964 |
| Shiosai | Hatsue Miyata | 1964 |
| Hikaru umi | Mieko Ishida | 1963 |
| Wakai Tokyo no yane no shita | Fukiko Kuwano | 1963 |
| Dorodarake no junjô | Mami Yokoyama | 1963 |
| Aoi sanmyaku | Shinko Terazawa | 1963 |
| Hoshi no hitomi o motsu otoko | Saeko Shinada | 1962 |
| Akai tsubomi to shiroi hana | Tomiko Iwabuchi | 1962 |
| Foundry Town | Jun | 1962 |
| Ue o muite arukô | Noriko Nagai | 1962 |
| Kono wakasa aru kagiri | Ryôko Kawanami | 1961 |
| Quick Draw Joe | Misa Mayama | 1961 |
| Taiyô wa kurutteru | 1961 | |
| Everything Goes Wrong | Noriko | 1960 |
| Muteki ga ore o yondeiru | Yukiko Hamazaki | 1960 |
| The Gun Like Lightning | Setsuko | 1960 |
| Shippû kozô | 1960 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Cape Nostalgia | 2014 |
