Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Japanese actress and essayist

August 9, 1935 (88 years old)

in theaters on my screens

Looking For Anne

Can. 2009. Drama by Takako Miyahira with Honoka, Rosanna, Daniel Pilon. In Prince Edward Island, a Japanese teenager sets out to find a World War II veteran, the long lost love of her recently deceased grandmother.

Runtime: 105 min.

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Departures

V.O.: Okuribito

Jap. 2008. Dramatic comedy by Yôjirô Takita with Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryoko Hirosue. An unemployed cellist is reluctant to tell his relatives about his new job: preparing the dead for their last "journey."

Runtime: 131 min.

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Kamataki

Can. 2005. Psychological drama by Claude Gagnon with Matt Smiley, Tatsuya Fuji, Lisle Wilkerson. Depressed since the death of his father, a young Montrealer is sent to Japan by his mother to stay with his uncle, a hedonistic master potter.

Runtime: 110 min.

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In the Realm of Passion

V.O.: Ai No Borei

Jap. 1978. Fantasy by Nagisa Ôshima with Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tatsuya Fuji, Takahiro Tamura.

Runtime: 105 min.

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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

V.O.: Shurayukihime: Urami koiuta

Jap. 1974. Thriller by Toshiya Fujita with Juzo Itami, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Yoshio Harada. To avoid a death sentence for her prior acts of bloodshed, a vengeful swordswoman is conscripted by the Japanese Secret Police to assassinate political dissidents.

Runtime: 89 min.