The Tokyo International Film Festival has revealed that legendary Japanese actor Yoshinaga Sayuri will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the festival’s 38th edition, which runs Oct. 27-Nov. 5.

The accolade comes as Yoshinaga stars in “Climbing for Life,” this year’s TIFF opening film , in which she portrays the first woman to climb Mount Everest. The role marks her 124th screen appearance across a career spanning more than six decades.

Since her film debut in 1959’s “Asa o yobu kuchibue,” Yoshinaga has remained at the forefront of Japanese cinema. She has won the Japan Academy Film Prize for best leading actress multiple times, including for “Ohan,” “Station to Heaven,” “Crane,” “A Chaos of Flowers,” “Nagasaki Bura Bura” and “Year One in the North.”

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