Sayuri Yoshinaga Movies

  • 2011
    Buddha: The Great Departure

    Buddha: The Great Departure

    Buddha: The Great Departure

    7.42011HD

    Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful Kosala kingdom. His father tries to raise as him...

    Buddha: The Great Departure
  • 1971
    Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

    Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

    Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

    5.81971HD

    Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family from 1935 through Japan's invasion of...

    Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
  • 2014
    Buddha 2: The Endless Journey

    Buddha 2: The Endless Journey

    Buddha 2: The Endless Journey

    7.62014HD

    2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets a...

    Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
  • 2008
    Kabei: Our Mother

    Kabei: Our Mother

    Kabei: Our Mother

    7.22008HD

    Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist....

    Kabei: Our Mother
  • 2023
    Mom, Is That You?!

    Mom, Is That You?!

    Mom, Is That You?!

    6.42023HD

    Akio Kanzaki’s job as head of human resources is wearing his nerves thinner and thinner. To make matters worse, he’s on the brink of...

    Mom, Is That You?!
  • 1983
    The Makioka Sisters

    The Makioka Sisters

    The Makioka Sisters

    7.31983HD

    This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a...

    The Makioka Sisters
  • 1979
    Taro the Dragon Boy

    Taro the Dragon Boy

    Taro the Dragon Boy

    6.51979HD

    Patterned after Japanese art and silk screens, Taro, The Dragon Boy is an animated feature about Japanese mythology and cultures, focusing on Taro, a...

    Taro the Dragon Boy
  • 1984
    Station to Heaven

    Station to Heaven

    Station to Heaven

    91984HD

    From a true incident that happened in 1960s Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but medieval in its characters and emotions as it focuses on...

    Station to Heaven
  • 1978
    August without Emperor

    August without Emperor

    August without Emperor

    71978HD

    Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the...

    August without Emperor
  • 2012
    A Chorus of Angels

    A Chorus of Angels

    A Chorus of Angels

    6.52012HD

    Teacher Kawashima Haru takes a position on a remote island off the coast of Hokkaido, where she takes charge of six students. However, she is later...

    A Chorus of Angels
  • 2005
    Year One in the North

    Year One in the North

    Year One in the North

    4.92005HD

    In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of...

    Year One in the North
  • 1960
    Everything Goes Wrong

    Everything Goes Wrong

    Everything Goes Wrong

    6.41960HD

    Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment...

    Everything Goes Wrong
  • 2015
    Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

    Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

    Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

    6.6432015HD

    Nobuko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) works in Nagasaki, Japan as a midwife. Her son died 3 years earlier from the atomic bomb. On August 9, 1948, her son...

    Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
  • 2001
    Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

    Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

    Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

    62001HD

    Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese...

    Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
  • 1973
    Men and War III: The Final Chapter

    Men and War III: The Final Chapter

    Men and War III: The Final Chapter

    61973HD

    Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family through the Sino-Japanese War through...

    Men and War III: The Final Chapter
  • 2010
    About Her Brother

    About Her Brother

    About Her Brother

    6.32010HD

    Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to...

    About Her Brother
  • 1970
    The Ambitious

    The Ambitious

    The Ambitious

    7.0451970HD

    The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own...

    The Ambitious
  • 2021
    A Morning of Farewell

    A Morning of Farewell

    A Morning of Farewell

    6.22021HD

    Sawako worked as an emergency physician at a university hospital. Due to to a situation, she returns to her father Tatsuro's home in Ishikawa...

    A Morning of Farewell
  • 1960
    Girl in the Glass

    Girl in the Glass

    Girl in the Glass

    01960HD

    The film starts with a short scene ending with shot of Sayuri Yoshinaga's character floating dead on the surface of a lake before the opening credits...

    Girl in the Glass
  • 2014
    Cape Nostalgia

    Cape Nostalgia

    Cape Nostalgia

    62014HD

    Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are...

    Cape Nostalgia