Sayuri Yoshinaga Movies

  • 2011
    Buddha: The Great Departure

    Buddha: The Great Departure

    Buddha: The Great Departure

    7.52011HD

    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
  • 2014
    Buddha 2: The Endless Journey

    Buddha 2: The Endless Journey

    Buddha 2: The Endless Journey

    7.72014HD

    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
  • 2023
    Mom, Is That You?!

    Mom, Is That You?!

    Mom, Is That You?!

    5.9092023HD

    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

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    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
  • 1978
    August without Emperor

    August without Emperor

    August without Emperor

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    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

    6.6672012HD

    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
  • 1963
    Love Comes with Youth

    Love Comes with Youth

    Love Comes with Youth

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    During his idle journey on the Izu Peninsula, a university student, Kawasaki, encounters a group of traveling entertainers – including Kaoru...

    Love Comes with Youth
  • 1964
    The Sound of Waves

    The Sound of Waves

    The Sound of Waves

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    On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji falls in love with Hatsue, the daughter of the richest...

    The Sound of Waves
  • 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
  • 1980
    The Revolt

    The Revolt

    The Revolt

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    When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col....

    The Revolt
  • 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
  • 1979
    Oh, My Son!

    Oh, My Son!

    Oh, My Son!

    5.21979HD

    A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.

    Oh, My Son!
  • 2018
    Sakura Guardian in the North

    Sakura Guardian in the North

    Sakura Guardian in the North

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    The film follows the relationship between a mother and her son. In 1945, the mother played by Sayuri Yoshinaga fled with her two sons from the...

    Sakura Guardian in the North
  • 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
  • 1982
    The Longest Tunnel

    The Longest Tunnel

    The Longest Tunnel

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    After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this...

    The Longest Tunnel
  • 1988
    A Chaos of Flowers

    A Chaos of Flowers

    A Chaos of Flowers

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    Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much...

    A Chaos of Flowers
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1964
    Gazing at Love and Death

    Gazing at Love and Death

    Gazing at Love and Death

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    A young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the boy who loves her. They originally met at the...

    Gazing at Love and Death