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Tag Archives: Sayuri Yoshinaga
The Revolt AKA 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 AKA 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 AKA 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 AKA 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 AKA 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 AKA 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 AKA Ai to shi no kiroku (1966) Koreyoshi Kurahara, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tetsuya Watari, Izumi Ashikawa
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 »
Kyûpora no aru machi / Foundry Town (1962) Kirio Urayama, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mitsuo Hamada, Eijirô Tôno, Drama
Set in Kawaguchi, just north of Tokyo in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of poor foundry workers and their families Read More »
Otôto / About Her Brother (2010) Yôji Yamada, Ryô Kase, Yû Aoi, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Drama
Ginko’s younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to disown him. The two reunite when she discovers Tetsuro is terminally ill. Tetsuro’s impending death marks the beginning of love and toleration.
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