

Acting
Sayuri Yoshinaga
- Titles
- 75movies8TV shows
- Career
Active from 1959 to 2025, busiest in 1963 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 68top three billing
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
Kabei: Our Mother82/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.0average 2.6
- Spiritual5.0average 2.0
- Family Dynamics7.8average 4.8
- Wholesome5.5average 3.3
- Pathos7.3average 5.2
- Wonder5.3average 3.4
- Melancholy6.5average 4.7
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.1, average 5.3
- Crime1.4, average 3.7
- Adrenaline2.7, average 4.9
- Tension3.9, average 6.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 7
- Character-Driven 7
- Melancholy 6
- Social Commentary 6
- Coming-of-Age 5
- Historical Drama 4
- Historical Setting 3
- Japanese Drama 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- Tragic Romance 3
- Post-War Japan 3
- Nostalgic 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Mitsuo HamadaActorFoundry Town, Monument to the Girl's Corps, The Start of Life, Beyond the Green Hills, The Sound of Waves, +13 more- AAkira SuzukiEditorYearning, Gekashitsu, Fresh Leaves, Men and War III: The Final Chapter, The Start of Life, +5 more
- MMutsuo TanjiEditorFoundry Town, Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow, The Heart of Hiroshima, The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart, Kon'nichiwa 20 sai, +3 more
Hideki TakahashiActorMen and War III: The Final Chapter, Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow, Beyond the Green Hills, Keep Your Chin Up, Gone in the Rain, +2 more
Nobuo YamadaWriterHikarugake, The Revolt, Men and War III: The Final Chapter, Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow, August Without Emperor, +2 more
Shinsuke AshidaActorMen and War III: The Final Chapter, Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow, Keep Your Chin Up, Everything Goes Wrong, Homecoming, +1 more- KKenjirō MorinagaDirectorThe Sound of Waves, Kon'nichiwa 20 sai, Four Young Sisters, The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji, A Windmill, Tulips and Love, +1 more
- DDaisaku KimuraCinematographerThe Longest Tunnel, Diary of Early Winter Shower, A Chorus of Angels, A Chaos of Flowers, Lost in Time, +1 more
Katsumi NishikawaWriterFresh Leaves, Beyond the Green Hills, The Four Loves, Gone in the Rain, Song of Farewell, +1 more
Kirin KikiActorYumechiyo Nikki, Zoku Yumechiyo Nikki, Taro the Dragon Boy, Yearning, Crane
Koji IshizakaActorThe Makioka Sisters, Zoku Yumechiyo Nikki, Ohan, Actress, Crane
Masako IzumiActorMonument to the Girl's Corps, The Four Loves, The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart, Bright Sea, Four Young Sisters
Movies and TV shows
82Upcoming
1 title
TV show · as Yumechiyo
2020s
3 titles · average score 63
as Junko Tabe
as Kanzaki Fukue
as Sawako Shiraishi
2010s
8 titles · average score 67
as Yukie Kitahara
as Tetsu Ezure
as Nobuko Fukuhara
as Lady Maya (voice)
as Etsuko Kashiwagi
as Haru
as Narration / Chapra's Mother (voice)
as Ginko Takano
2000s
4 titles · average score 70
as Kayo Nogami
as Komatsubara Shino
as Murasaki Shikibu
as Aihachi
1990s
6 titles
as Tae Horikawa
as Yae Sawada
as Yumiko Minami
as Onami
as Countess Takafune
as Ryoko Kinuhata
1980s
12 titles · average score 76
as Akiko Yosano
as Tsuru (crane)
as Kinuyo Tanaka
as Narration
as Yumechiyo
as Kayo
as Ohan
as Yukiko Makioka
as Tae Makimura
TV show
as Kaoru Mizoguchi
TV show
1970s
13 titles · average score 69
as Tatsuya (voice)
as Yasuko Shibata
TV show · as 母・すず
as Kyoko Fujisaki
TV show
as Yoriko Godai
as Yoriko Godai
as Oryo
TV show · as Uno
TV show
1960s
34 titles · average score 71
as Kazuko Yonamine
as Kazue Matsui
as Miyako Misawa
as Hatsue Miyata
as Mami Yokoyama
as Shinko Terazawa
as Mieko Ishida
as Jun
as Noriko Nagai
as Keiko Enami
as Noriko
as Yasuyo Okinaka
1950s
1 title
as Miwako Kariya



























































