Sayuri Oyamada

Sayuri Oyamada
(小山田サユリ Oyamada Sayuri)

Sayuri Oyamada in antique kimono
Born Niigata, Japan
Occupation Actress
Years active 1999–present
Website http://www.oyamadasayuri.com/

Sayuri Oyamada (小山田 サユリ Oyamada Sayuri, born in Niigata Prefecture, Japan) is an actor in film, television and commercials. Oyamada has been featured in more than 20 feature 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 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 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). Her newest film, "While the Women Are Sleeping" "女が眠る時" directed by Wayne Wang (Joy Luck Club, Smoke, Maid in Manhattan) and also starring Takeshi Kitano, Hidetoshi Nishijima, and Shiori Kutsuna premiered at the 66th Annual Berlin International Film Festival.

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

Filmography

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); 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
200X Honeybee Keishi Nagatsuka
200X “Forever Waltz” Hiroshi Shirai
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