Sayuri Oyamada
Sayuri Oyamada (小山田サユリ Oyamada Sayuri) | |
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Sayuri Oyamada in antique kimono | |
Born | Niigata, Japan |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1999–present |
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http://www.oyamadasayuri.com/ |
Sayuri Oyamada (小山田 サユリ Oyamada Sayuri, born in Niigata Prefecture, Japan) is a character actor in film, television and commercials. Oyamada has been featured in more than 20 films. She has worked in Japan and abroad, including locations in China, Haiti and the United States. She is currently based in New York City and Tokyo.
Life and career
Sayuri Oyamada was born in the idyllic countryside of Niigata, Japan. She made her acting debut in 2000, acting for Junko Wada in "Body Drop Asphalt" and going on to widespread acclaim in her home market and abroad. In 2010, Oyamada ventured to New York to expand her international career having been selected by the Ministry of Culture (http://www.mext.go.jp/english/) to represent the Japanese entertainment community in an elite cultural exchange program. In the last several years, Oyamada has spent her time between Tokyo, Los Angeles, and New York. She is based in New York.
Oyamada's professional work includes critically acclaimed films produced in Japan and internationally, including leads in "Bright Future" (2003), "Seventh Anniversary" (2003) "Miracle Banana" (2005) (Haiti), "Suki Da" (2006), "Watashi Dasuwa" (2009), "Detective Insect Yoshimi Yoshida" (2010). Current work in post-production includes two horror films produced by internationally acclaimed directors and a fashion short film.
Oyamada's Japan based commercial work includes Bridgestone "Good Winter" television campaign. Oyamada's most recently released film is "Detective Insect Yoshimi Yoshida", in which she acted lead opposite Tokyo Zombie star Shō Aikawa. Tokyo Zombie director and Ichi the Killer scriptwriter Sakichi Sato directed for this psychedelic thriller mystery.
Filmography
Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
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2000 | Body Drop Asphalt | Junko Wada | ||
Tokyo Trash Baby | Ryuichi Hiroki | |||
2001 | Oboreru Sakana | Yukihiko Tsutumi | ||
2002 | Her Island, My Island | Itsumichi Isomura | ||
2003 | Love on Sunday; Koi suru nichiyobi (恋する日曜日) (TV series, 2003-2007) | Manabu Aso, Tomoyuki Furumaya | ||
Bright Future | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Official Selection, Cannes International Film Festival (2002); http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4008676/year/2003.html | ||
Friends (Furenzu)” | Naoki Hashimoto | |||
Eau de vie | Tetsuo Shinohara | |||
Seventh Anniversary | Ikao Yukisada | |||
2004 | Ki no umi | Tomoyuki Takimoto | ||
2005 | Double Suicide Elegy | Toru Kamei | Berlin Asia-Pacific Film Festival Best Feature Film Award; Cinema Paradise Film Festival Best Feature Film Award; Atlanta Underground Film Festival Best Picture Award | |
Sayonara Midori-chan | Tomoyuki Furumaya | |||
Fururi | Masayuki Koide | |||
Su-ki-da | Hiroshi Ishikawa | Official Selection, New Montreal FilmFest; Silver Iris Award | ||
Miracle Banana | Yoshinara Nishikori | Shot on location in Haiti | ||
2007 | Tokyo no uso | Haruo Inoue | ||
2008 | Bloody Monday | TV Series | ||
2009 | It’s on Me (Watashi Dasuwa) | Yoshimitsu Morita | http://www.nipponcinema.com/trailers/watashi-dasuwa-trailer | |
2010 | Toku no Sora | Haruo Inoue | ||
Yoshimi Yoshida the Insect Detective | Sakichi Sato | |||
2012 | Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro – Igyo | Noboru Iguchi | ||
2012 | Key of Life | Kenji Uchida | ||
2012 | Soup Curry (TV) | Yoshikatsu Kimura | ||
Theatre
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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200X | Honeybee | Keishi Nagatsuka | |
200X | “Forever Waltz” | Hiroshi Shirai |
External links
- Oyamada Sayuri at the Internet Movie Database
- Sayuri Oyamada Official site
- An early review in Variety