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Yōko Shimada

Yōko Shimada
  • Name: Yōko Shimada
  • Birthday: 1953-05-17
  • Also known as: Yôko Shimada ,島田洋子
  • Place of birth: Kumamoto, Japan
  • Popularity: 17.735
Biography: Kumamoto City-born Shimada Yoko is best known in the west as Mariko from the 1980 mini-series Shogun. The lady-in-waiting role created an interest in Japan and its culture overseas and introduced Japanese history to foreign audiences. She won the Golden Globe For Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Drama category and was nominated for a Prime-time Emmy Award for her work on the serial in 1981. Shimada, who spoke some English for the serial, had been acting for years prior to Shogun however. She began learning ballet since age three and wanted to become a ballerina until her high high school days. Her family had moved to Tokyo when she was eight. She obtained an agent and began... Read More

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Title Release date
Kanon   as  Sumiko 2016-10-01
God in Jail 2016-04-01
The Faithless Love 2011-02-01
Mikkai 2011-01-01
島田陽子に逢いたい 2010-10-16
Dear Heart 2009-12-05
The Deep Red   as  Dr. Tanaka 2005-09-17
The Making of Shōgun 2003-09-23
Undiscovered Tomb   as  Ivy 2003-01-01
The Sino-Dutch War 1661 2001-11-15
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case 1995-09-09
Crying Freeman   as  Lady Hanada 1995-04-23
The Hunted   as  Mieko 1995-02-24
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears 1993-05-08
Slow Down 1991-11-23
Dohten 1991-01-26
Minamoto Yoshitsune   as  Kaneuri Kichiji 1990-12-31
Labyrinth Romanesque   as  Tae Akimoto 1988-01-15
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma 1987-10-17
My Champion   as  Miki 1981-01-01
Dead Angle 1979-07-04
Dog of Fortune   as  Reiko Kitamori 1979-06-02
Lupin the Thief--Enigma of the 813   as  ケセルバッハ夫人 1979-05-05
The Inugami Family   as  Tamayo Nonomiya 1976-10-16
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido 1976-08-07
Visitor After Dark   as  Etsuko / Noriko 1975-10-10
Kyukei no Koya 1975-06-07
I Am a Cat   as  Yukie 1975-05-31
The Castle of Sand   as  Reiko Takagi 1974-10-19
Nagare no fu dai ichibu dōran dai ni bu yoake sakuhin jōhō 1974-06-22
Go Go Kamen Rider   as  Hiromi Nohara 1971-07-18
Brothers Serving Time 1969-05-03
River Without a Bridge 1969-02-01