Sayuri Yoshinaga

Biography

Sayuri Yoshinaga (吉永小百合) is a Japanese actress.

Known For

Buddha 2: The Endless Journey

Lady Maya (voice)

Buddha: The Great Departure

Narration / Chapra's Mother (voice)

Taro the Dragon Boy

Tatsuya (voice)

Yearning

Onami

Kabei: Our Mother

Kayo Nogami

Diary of Early Winter Shower

Tae Horikawa

Cape Nostalgia

Etsuko Kashiwagi

The Makioka Sisters

Yukiko Makioka

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Climbing for Life	Junko Tabei
2023	Mom, Is That You?!	Kanzaki Fukue
2021	A Morning of Farewell	Sawako Shiraishi
2019	The Bucket List	Yukie Kitahara
2018	Sakura Guardian in the North	Tetsu Ezure
2015	Nagasaki: Memories of My Son	Nobuko Fukuhara
2014	Cape Nostalgia	Etsuko Kashiwagi
2014	Buddha 2: The Endless Journey	Lady Maya (voice)
2012	A Chorus of Angels	Haru
2011	Buddha: The Great Departure	Narration / Chapra's Mother (voice)
2010	About Her Brother	Ginko Takano
2008	Where The Legend Lives
2008	Kabei: Our Mother	Kayo Nogami
2005	Year One in the North	Komatsubara Shino
2001	Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji	Murasaki Shikibu
2000	It Is a Long Walk	Aihachi
1998	Diary of Early Winter Shower	Tae Horikawa
1996	Lost in Time	Yae Sawada
1994	Turning Point	Yumiko Minami
1993	Yearning	Onami
1992	Gekashitsu	Countess Takafune
1992	Heavenly Sin
1989	Until Spring Comes
1988	A Chaos of Flowers	Akiko Yosano
1988	Crane	Tsuru (crane)
1987	Actress	Kinuyo Tanaka
1987	A Boy Named Hiroshima	Narration
1986	The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
1985	Yume-Chiyo	Yumechiyo
1984	Station to Heaven	Kayo
1984	Ohan	Ohan
1984	Again
1983	The Makioka Sisters	Yukiko Makioka
1982	The Longest Tunnel	Tae Makimura
1980	The Revolt	Kaoru Mizoguchi
1979	Taro the Dragon Boy	Tatsuya (voice)
1979	Oh, My Son!	Yasuko Shibata
1978	August without Emperor	Kyoko Fujisaki
1977	The Young
1976	The New Class of the Sewage Canal
1975	The Gate of Youth
1974	Tora-san's Lovesick	Utako
1973	Men and War III: The Final Chapter	Yoriko Godai
1972	Tora-san's Dear Old Home	Utako
1971	Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow	Yoriko Godai
1970	The Ambitious	Oryo
1970	Love of Saturday
1970	Journey of Love
1969	The Cleanup
1968	Wind of Youth
1968	Monument to the Girl's Corps	Kazuko Yonamine
1968	The Final Winner?
1968	The Sweet Interns
1967	The Black Sheep
1967	My Sweetheart	Yuri Yoshinaga
1967	When You Were Young	Kaori
1966	Watashi, chigatteiru kashira	Katsura Shiraishi
1966	A Windmill, Tulips and Love	Mariko Miura
1966	The Heart of Hiroshima	Kazue Matsui
1966	The Swan Elegy
1966	Cheers to the Sky
1965	Song of Farewell	Yuriko Nomura
1965	The Song of Love
1965	The Start of Life	Jun Ishiguro
1965	When the Flowers Bloom
1965	The Four Loves	Miyako Misawa
1964	Homecoming	守屋伴子
1964	Welcome, My Baby	Keiko Udagawa
1964	Eddy Currents of Life	Fumiko Hayashi
1964	Four Young Sisters	Shizuka Komura
1964	The Sound of Waves	Hatsue Miyata
1964	Gazing at Love and Death
1964	Kaze to Ki to Sora to
1963	Itsudemo yume o
1963	Beautiful Calendar
1963	Love Comes with Youth
1963	I Have the Sun in My Back	Asako
1963	Beyond the Green Hills	Shinko Terazawa
1963	The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart	Mami Yokoyama
1963	Bright Sea	Mieko Ishida
1963	Gone in the Rain	Ayako Kawaji
1963	The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji	Azusa Isomura
1963	若い東京の屋根の下	桑野蕗子
1962	Red Bud and White Flower
1962	A Torrent of Life
1962	Hoshi no hitomi o motsu otoko
1962	Asu no hanayome
1962	Hitoribotchi no futari daga
1962	Foundry Town	Jun
1962	The Man From the Sea
1962	Keep Your Chin Up	Noriko Nagai
1962	Season of Farewell
1962	Fresh Leaves	Keiko Enami
1961	Kusa wo karu musume
1961	The Diary of a Police Officer: The Slammer Is Full
1961	Whistling in the Darkness
1961	Tenshi ga ore o oi kakeru
1961	Dai shusse monogatari
1961	Hana to musume to shiroi michi	Miyako
1961	Lost in the Sun
1961	Quick Draw Joe	Misa Mayama
1961	The Black Scar
1961	That Guy and I
1961	Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living	Sumiko
1961	Aoime no Sugao
1961	Doing What I Please
1961	That Young May Be Eternal
1960	Girl in the Glass	Yasuyo Okinaka
1960	Everything Goes Wrong	Noriko
1960	The Man with a Sinister Laugh	Noriko Dan
1960	The Call of the Foghorn
1960	The Gun Like Lightning	Setsuko
1959	Whistling in the morning	Miwako Kariya

Year	TV Show	Role
1981	Yumechiyo Nikki
1980	不断草
1979	Ayu no uta	母・すず
1977	Hikarugake
1970	Mominoki wa Nokotta	Uno
1970	Second generation
1970	二人の縁
	Zoku Yumechiyo Nikki	Yumechiyo