Though she was sold to a geisha house at a young age, Aihara (Yoshinaga) Read More »
Tag Archives: Sayuri Yoshinaga
The Revolt / Dôran (1980) Shirô Moritani, Ken Takakura, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Masakane Yonekura
When a young solider is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution Read More »
Tora-san 13 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro koiyatsure (1974) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Sayuri Yoshinaga
After Torajiro’s latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again Read More »
Tora-san 9 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shibamata bojo (1972) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Sayuri Yoshinaga
While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house Read More »
Meridian in the Mist / Kiri no shigosen (1996) Masanobu Deme, Shima Iwashita, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tetsuya Chikushi
A story of friendship between two women, Yae and Kiyoko. Read More »
Everything Goes Wrong / Subete ga kurutteru (1960) Seijun Suzuki, Tamio Kawachi, Yoshiko Nezu, Sayuri Yoshinaga
The young rebel Juro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution Read More »
Yumechiyo’s Diary / Yumechiyo nikki (1985) Kirirô Urayama, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Kirin Kiki
Yumechiyo Nikki is the story of a woman who is suffering from leukemia, the result of exposure to the atomic blast when she was still unborn. Read More »
The Heart of Hiroshima / Ai to shi no kiroku (1966)
One morning, Kazue (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is about to knocked over by a motorbike in front of the music instrument shop Read More »
Heavenly Sin (1992) Toshio Masuda, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Omar Sharif, Hiroki Matsukata
Elite lawyer Ryoko enlists the help of a foreign mafia in rescuing her son from a criminal who holds grudge against her. Read More »
A Chaos of Flowers (1988) Kinji Fukasaku, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Keiko Matsuzaka, Ken Ogata
Poet Akiko Yosano is a poor woman with many children, she composes while doing the housework. Read More »