Sayuri Oyamada

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Sayuri Oyamada (小山田 サユリ, Oyamada Sayuri, born in Niigata Prefecture, Japan) is an actor and model. Oyamada began her career in Japan. She is currently based in New York City and Tokyo.

Sayuri Oyamada
小山田サユリ
Born
OccupationActress
Years active1999–present
Websiteoyamadasayuri.com

Life and career

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Sayuri Oyamada was born in Niigata, Japan. She made her acting debut in 2000, acting for director Junko Wada in Body Drop Asphalt, accruing widespread acclaim in Japan and globally. In 2010, Oyamada ventured to New York to expand her international career having been selected by the Ministry of Culture 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 currently based in New York and Tokyo.

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), Insect Detective Yoshimi Yoshida (2010). In 2016, Oyamada played the leading role of Aya in While the Women Are Sleeping (女が眠る時)[1][2] directed by Wayne Wang and also starring Takeshi Kitano, Hidetoshi Nishijima, and Shiori Kutsuna premiered at the 66th Annual Berlin International Film Festival.

Oyamada's newest trilogy of theatrical projects includes leading roles in Bashira directed by Academy Award winner Nickson Fong, a short directed by Govind Rae, and a supporting role in the Japanese feature, Lady in White directed by Yuki Otsuka. All three were due for release in 2019.

Oyamada's Japan-based commercial work includes Bridgestones "Good Winter" television campaign and work for brands such as Docomo, Sony, Lion and others. She has been featured in commercials in the United States for such brands as Cadillac, Shiseido feat. Lady Gaga, Apple Watch, IBM Think, Audible (Amazon), and Keurig.

Filmography

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Year Title Director Notes
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);[3]
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 [4]
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
2013 Cult ("Karuto") Koji Shiraishi
2016 While the Women Are Sleeping Wayne Wang Berlin International Film Festival
2018 Lady in White Yūki Ōtsuka
2019 Bashira Nickson Fong

Theatre

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Year Title Director Notes
200X Honeybee Keishi Nagatsuka
200X “Forever Waltz” Hiroshi Shirai

References

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  1. ^ "While the Women Are Sleeping". Hollywood Reporter. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. ^ "While the Women are Sleeping-". Variety. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Akarui Mirai".
  4. ^ "Full trailer for Yoshimitsu Morita's "Watashi Dasuwa" - Nippon Cinema". Archived from the original on 16 August 2009.
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