 She received multiple awards for her acting roles, including the Hochi Film Award, Award of the Japanese Academy, Kinema Junpo Award, and Mainichi Film Concours.In 1991, her memoir, "Gift God Gave Me", was published and the media reported that she had become a "movie heartthrob".Sakurada is a member of the Unification Church founded by Sun Myung Moon in Seoul, South Korea in 1954.