Yoko Shimada
Date of birth: 1953-05-17
Place of birth: Kumamoto, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Yôko Shimada , 島田洋子, 岛田洋子, Yōko Shimada, 島田楊子, یوکو شیمادا
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 acting while in junior high school. The TV serial Zoku Hyouten made her famous beginning 1970. She released a nude photo book, called Kir Royal, in 1992. She was 39 and the photo book became a bestseller shifting half a million copies. At 57 she starred in an 'AV' pornography video called Mikkai in 2011. This was a tribute to her body even at that age. Shimada has a reservation for a space burial.
Movie Credits
The Sino-Dutch War 1661
2001-11-15
Based on the story of Zheng Chenggong and focuses on his battle with the Dutch Empire for control of
The Hunted
1995-02-24
Paul Racine, a high-powered American business executive in Japan, is catapulted into a maze of dange
The Castle of Sand
1974-10-19
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a To
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
1995-09-09
The fourth 'Gotoshi' film.
Go Go Kamen Rider
1971-07-18
The Shocker Organization sends two of its Inhumanoids to destroy an atomic plant, but their plan is
I Am a Cat
1975-05-31
Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of f
The Deep Red
2005-09-17
Shinku is a compelling drama that focuses on the strange relationship that develops between two peop
Brothers Serving Time
1969-05-03
While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking order. Af
Dohten
1991-01-26
Jubei is a Japanese merchant who learns tricks from Western merchants to get ahead in the game.
Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813
1979-05-05
Anime film based on the novel "813" by Maurice Leblanc.
Dog of Fortune
1979-06-02
From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With
Slow Down
1991-11-23
Youth movie set in Osaka about the trial and tribulations of growing up. Centered around three close
River Without a Bridge
1969-02-01
Brothers Koji and Seitaro Hatana, belong to the "outcast" caste. Despite their personal qualities—in
Dead Angle
1979-07-04
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s
Labyrinth Romanesque
1988-01-15
A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.
Kanon
2016-10-01
Ai Kishimoto, Yukari Miyazawa and Akane Kishimoto are sisters. The sisters live apart in Kanazawa, T
Crying Freeman
1995-04-23
A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, i
Visitor After Dark
1975-10-10
Suspense film about a beautiful photographer who becomes involved in a murder case.
The Inugami Family
1976-10-16
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condi
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976-08-07
Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1990-12-31
One evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo bridg
The Making of Shōgun
2003-09-23
The set's central 13-part production documentary hails from the miniseries' previous DVD release but
My Champion
1981-05-17
In 1964 Miki came to LA with only a suitcase, hoping to become the world's best marathon runner. She
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
1987-10-17
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma is a movie about a haunted blood-thirsty Bakufu officer who might hav
The Faithless Love
2011-02-01
"Yoko Shimada", who has received a worldwide reputation as an actress, is fascinated by even more in
Mikkai
2011-01-01
That international actress is finally MUTEKI! ! A sensual world that is indecent and wet with the ch
Undiscovered Tomb
2003-01-01
Deep in the isolated border between China and India lies an ancient, hidden tomb thought to contain
God in Jail
2016-04-01
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
1993-05-08
Dear Heart
2009-12-05
Mizushima Shinji is staying a highlands for his health with his wife Miwako after he recieved a hear
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974-06-22
An epic drama depicting the lineage of a military family that lived for three generations before, du
Kyukei no Koya
1975-06-07
A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shi
I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada
2010-10-16
An entry in a series focused on "love" and "erotica," in which six creators from multiple fields - f
津軽・青森ロマンチック殺人街道
1989-03-04
Kyoko lives with Yuji, an aspiring poet. A detective visits Kyoko's workplace and tells her that a m
First Love
1972-09-23
A 1970s Toho coming-of-age film.
Kazu no Fūkei
1991-03-30
Suspense TV movie based on the novel by Seicho Matsumoto, starring Ikko Furuya.
Sea of Whitetail
1990-06-19
Tatsuoka, a surgeon with an incurable disease. His once peaceful home was about to collapse due to t