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Mayumi Yoshida

Mayumi Yoshida

Acting

Biography

Mayumi Yoshida is a Japanese-born Canadian filmmaker and actress. Based in Vancouver, she is a multi-award-winning artist recognized for her work in film and television. Not to be confused with Mayumi Yoshida, a Japanese voice actress born in 1982 who is known for roles in anime such as Fullmetal Alchemist, Pokémon, and Samurai Champloo.

Known For

The Good Doctor
8.5

Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital's surgical unit. Unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.

The Good Doctor

2017
The Man in the High Castle
7.5

Explore what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States. Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel.

The Man in the High Castle

2015
Sunny
6.8

The life of an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As consolation, she's given Sunny, one of a new class of domestic robots made by her husband's electronics company.

Sunny

2024
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies
6.4

In 1954, a time before rock ‘n’ roll ruled, before the T-Birds were the coolest in the school, four fed-up outcasts dare to have fun on their own terms, sparking a moral panic that will change Rydell High forever.

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies

2023
The Mother
6.6

A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.

The Mother

2023
Ultraman: Rising
8.0

A star athlete reluctantly returns home to take over his father's duties as Ultraman, shielding Tokyo from giant monsters as he becomes a legendary hero.

Ultraman: Rising

2024
Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die
6.7

When Henry is invited as a guest speaker at a luxury resort spa, he quickly finds himself at the center of another murder. With Maggie at his side, our favorite duo must not only find the killer but be careful they don't become his latest victim.

Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die

2015
Stop the Wedding
5.8

A meddling man and woman determined to stop a wedding for the good of the bride and groom instead wind up falling in love with each other.

Stop the Wedding

2016
She Dreams At Sunrise
8.0

A 70-year-old woman with meningitis lives between her dream world and reality while her great nephew and caretaker helps mend the past in this heartwarming animated film.

She Dreams At Sunrise

2021
Akashi
N/A

Akashi is a multigenerational love story told across parallel timelines. Kana, a struggling artist in Vancouver, returns to Tokyo for her grandmother’s funeral, feeling out of place after ten years abroad. As she reflects on a secret only she and her grandmother shared—that her grandfather had another lover—she unexpectedly reconnects with an old love, Hiro. Intercut with the past, which traces her grandfather’s decades-long affair, Kana confronts hidden family truths and begins to navigate the complexities of love, sacrifice, and the choices that shape a life between desire and duty.

Akashi

2025
Akashi
10.0

Kana, a young woman from Japan is pursuing her career in North America and has adapted to her new environment. However, her new lifestyle has made her emotionally distant and can't seem to sustain a long term relationship. Her mother calls informing Kana that grandma passed away. As Kana returns home to pay her respects, she begins to recall her most intimate conversation with grandma. In their talk, Grandma is proud of Kana for leaving Japan. Kana argues it's even harder to raise a family and sustain a marriage for a lifetime. Grandma tells Kana that their marriage was far from ideal, and to Kana's surprise, Grandma reveals a secret which changes Kana's attitudes on relationships. Memories and the funeral force Kana to look inside herself and examine her own life.

Akashi

2018
Indigo
4.7

After years of waiting for a signal from home, Takumi and his toy robot companion receive a message that they will be returning to their home planet.

Indigo

2016
Amanda Sum: Different Than Before
N/A

An Asian family celebrating at a Chinese restaurant for their daughter's engagement joyfully sing karaoke on stage when suddenly a group of racist hecklers shout at them. The head of the family, usually quiet and reserved, gets up on stage to sing next.Through a dreamscape fantasy and a montage of childhood flashbacks, the father is transformed into mega pop star "Baba", and finds his courage to be the force needed for good. He snaps back to reality, back to the restaurant, and back to the hecklers in the room. With a newfound sense of urgency, the father confronts the hecklers and rallies the entire restaurant of onlookers to boot them out.

Amanda Sum: Different Than Before

2023
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N/A

Created by Tesh Guttikonda for Run N' Gun Vancouver's 48 hour Film Festival.

Just Another Ghost Story

2021
Trim
N/A

A woman with self-image issues gets more than she paid for at her local salon.

Trim

2019