Sayuri Yoshinaga: movies and TV shows
Sayuri Yoshinaga has 130 credits in the archive: 122 films and 8 TV series, from 1959 to 2025. Highest rated: The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1959 – 2025 · busiest year: 1961 (14 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Climbing for Life | Junko Tabei | Film | 10.0 | 80 |
| 2023 | Mom, Is That You?! | Kanzaki Fukue | Film | 6.1 | 78 |
| 2021 | A Morning of Farewell | Sawako Shiraishi | Film | 5.9 | 76 |
| 2020 | 戦争童画集 ～75年目のショートストーリー～ | Film | — | 75 | |
| 2019 | The Bucket List | Yukie Kitahara | Film | 7.3 | 74 |
| 2018 | Sakura Guardian in the North | Tetsu Ezure | Film | 7.5 | 73 |
| 2018 | Sakura Guardian in the North | Film | 7.5 | 73 | |
| 2015 | Nagasaki: Memories of My Son | Nobuko Fukuhara | Film | 6.8 | 70 |
| 2014 | Buddha 2: The Endless Journey | Lady Maya (voice) | Film | 7.7 | 69 |
| 2014 | Cape Nostalgia | Etsuko Kashiwagi | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 2014 | Cape Nostalgia | Film | 6.3 | 69 | |
| 2012 | A Chorus of Angels | Haru | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2011 | Buddha: The Great Departure | Narration / Chapra's Mother (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 66 |
| 2010 | About Her Brother | Ginko Takano | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 2008 | Kabei: Our Mother | Kayo Nogami | Film | 7.4 | 63 |
| 2008 | Where The Legend Lives | Film | 6.0 | 63 | |
| 2005 | Year One in the North | Komatsubara Shino | Film | 5.7 | 60 |
| 2001 | Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji | Murasaki Shikibu | Film | 5.9 | 56 |
| 2000 | It Is a Long Walk | Aihachi | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1998 | Diary of Early Winter Shower | Tae Horikawa | Film | 7.7 | 53 |
| 1996 | Lost in Time | Yae Sawada | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1994 | Turning Point | Yumiko Minami | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1993 | Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto | Self | Film | — | 48 |
| 1993 | Yearning | Onami | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1992 | Heavenly Sin | Ryoko Kinuhata | Film | 4.0 | 47 |
| 1992 | Gekashitsu | Countess Takafune | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1989 | Until Spring Comes | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1988 | A Chaos of Flowers | Akiko Yosano | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1988 | Crane | Tsuru (crane) | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1987 | Actress | Kinuyo Tanaka | Film | 7.7 | 42 |
| 1987 | A Boy Named Hiroshima | Narration | Film | — | 42 |
| 1986 | The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai | Film | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 1985 | Yume-Chiyo | Yumechiyo | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1984 | Heaven Station | Kayo | Film | 8.8 | 39 |
| 1984 | Again | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1984 | Ohan | Ohan | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1983 | The Makioka Sisters | Yukiko Makioka | Film | 7.4 | 38 |
| 1982 | The Longest Tunnel | Tae Makimura | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1981 | Yumechiyo Nikki | TV | — | 36 | |
| 1980 | The Revolt | Kaoru Mizoguchi | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1980 | 不断草 | TV | — | 35 | |
| 1979 | Ayu no uta | 母・すず | TV | — | 34 |
| 1979 | Taro the Dragon Boy | Tatsuya (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1979 | Oh, My Son! | Yasuko Shibata | Film | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1978 | August Without Emperor | Kyoko Fujisaki | Film | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1977 | Hikarugake | TV | — | 32 | |
| 1977 | The Young | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1976 | The New Class of the Sewage Canal | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1975 | The Gate of Youth | Film | 8.3 | 30 | |
| 1974 | Tora-san's Lovesick | Utako | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1973 | Men and War III: The Final Chapter | Yoriko Godai | Film | 6.1 | 28 |
| 1972 | Tora-san's Dear Old Home | Utako | Film | 8.3 | 27 |
| 1971 | Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow | Yoriko Godai | Film | 6.4 | 26 |
| 1970 | Mominoki wa Nokotta | Uno | TV | — | 25 |
| 1970 | The Ambitious | Oryo | Film | 7.3 | 25 |
| 1970 | Second generation | TV | — | 25 | |
| 1970 | 二人の縁 | TV | — | 25 | |
| 1970 | Love of Saturday | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1970 | Journey of Love | Film | 8.0 | 25 | |
| 1969 | The Cleanup | Film | 10.0 | 24 | |
| 1968 | Monument to the Girl's Corps | Kazuko Yonamine | Film | 10.0 | 23 |
| 1968 | The Sweet Interns | Film | 8.0 | 23 | |
| 1968 | The Final Winner? | Film | 8.0 | 23 | |
| 1968 | Wind of Youth | Film | 7.0 | 23 | |
| 1967 | The Last Lady | Machiko Kita | Film | — | 22 |
| 1967 | The Black Sheep | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1967 | My Sweetheart | Yuri Yoshinaga | Film | — | 22 |
| 1967 | When You Were Young | Kaori | Film | — | 22 |
| 1966 | The Heart of Hiroshima | Kazue Matsui | Film | 9.0 | 21 |
| 1966 | Cheers to the Sky | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1966 | A Windmill, Tulips and Love | Mariko Miura | Film | — | 21 |
| 1966 | The Swan Elegy | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1966 | Watashi, chigatteiru kashira | Katsura Shiraishi | Film | — | 21 |
| 1965 | When the Flowers Bloom | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1965 | The Start of Life | Jun Ishiguro | Film | — | 20 |
| 1965 | 青春のお通り | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1965 | The Four Loves | Miyako Misawa | Film | — | 20 |
| 1965 | The Song of Love | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1965 | Song of Farewell | Yuriko Nomura | Film | — | 20 |
| 1964 | Kon'nichiwa 20 sai | Kanako Ishizawa | Film | — | 19 |
| 1964 | Kon'nichiwa 20 sai | Film | — | 19 | |
| 1964 | The Sound of Waves | Hatsue Miyata | Film | 7.0 | 19 |
| 1964 | Kaze to Ki to Sora to | Film | — | 19 | |
| 1964 | Four Young Sisters | Shizuka Komura | Film | 6.0 | 19 |
| 1964 | Homecoming | 守屋伴子 | Film | — | 19 |
| 1964 | Gazing at Love and Death | Film | 7.0 | 19 | |
| 1964 | Welcome, My Baby | Keiko Udagawa | Film | — | 19 |
| 1964 | Eddy Currents of Life | Fumiko Hayashi | Film | — | 19 |
| 1963 | Gone in the Rain | Ayako Kawaji | Film | — | 18 |
| 1963 | 波浮の港 | Film | — | 18 | |
| 1963 | The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji | Azusa Isomura | Film | — | 18 |
| 1963 | The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart | Mami Yokoyama | Film | 8.7 | 18 |
| 1963 | Love Comes with Youth | Film | 8.0 | 18 | |
| 1963 | Bright Sea | Mieko Ishida | Film | 9.0 | 18 |
| 1963 | 若い東京の屋根の下 | 桑野蕗子 | Film | — | 18 |
| 1963 | Beyond the Green Hills | Shinko Terazawa | Film | 7.0 | 18 |
| 1963 | I Have the Sun in My Back | Asako | Film | — | 18 |
| 1963 | Itsudemo yume o | Film | — | 18 | |
| 1963 | Beautiful Calendar | Film | — | 18 | |
| 1962 | Foundry Town | Jun | Film | 7.8 | 17 |
| 1962 | Keep Your Chin Up | Noriko Nagai | Film | 8.0 | 17 |
| 1962 | Fresh Leaves | Keiko Enami | Film | 7.0 | 17 |
| 1962 | The Man From the Sea | Film | 8.0 | 17 | |
| 1962 | Season of Farewell | Film | — | 17 | |
| 1962 | Asu no hanayome | Film | — | 17 | |
| 1962 | Hitoribotchi no futari daga | Film | — | 17 | |
| 1962 | Red Bud and White Flower | Film | 7.0 | 17 | |
| 1962 | The Man With Starry Eyes | Film | — | 17 | |
| 1962 | A Torrent of Life | Film | — | 17 | |
| 1961 | Quick Draw Joe | Misa Mayama | Film | — | 16 |
| 1961 | Doing What I Please | Film | — | 16 | |
| 1961 | Dai shusse monogatari | Film | — | 16 | |
| 1961 | That Guy and I | Film | 8.5 | 16 | |
| 1961 | The Black Scar | Film | — | 16 | |
| 1961 | An Angel is Chasing Me | Film | — | 16 | |
| 1961 | Whistling in the Darkness | Film | — | 16 | |
| 1961 | Hana to musume to shiroi michi | Miyako | Film | — | 16 |
| 1961 | Aoime no Sugao | Film | — | 16 | |
| 1961 | That Young May Be Eternal | Film | — | 16 | |
| 1961 | Lost in the Sun | Film | — | 16 | |
| 1961 | Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living | Sumiko | Film | — | 16 |
| 1961 | Kusa wo karu musume | Film | 7.0 | 16 | |
| 1961 | The Diary of a Police Officer: The Slammer Is Full | Film | — | 16 | |
| 1960 | Girl in the Glass | Yasuyo Okinaka | Film | 6.0 | 15 |
| 1960 | Everything Goes Wrong | Noriko | Film | 6.7 | 15 |
| 1960 | The Gun Like Lightning | Setsuko | Film | — | 15 |
| 1960 | The Call of the Foghorn | Film | 9.0 | 15 | |
| 1960 | The Man with a Sinister Laugh | Noriko Dan | Film | 8.0 | 15 |
| 1959 | Whistling in the Morning | Miwako Kariya | Film | — | 14 |
| Zoku Yumechiyo Nikki | Yumechiyo | TV | — | — |