Yoko Shimada
Known for Acting · 47 credits
- Born
- 1953-05-17
- Died
- 2022-07-25
- Place of birth
- Kumamoto, Japan
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (41)
Crying Freeman
1995
as Lady Hanada
The Hunted
1995
as Mieko
Labyrinth Romanesque
1988
as Tae Akimoto
The Inugami Family
1976
as Tamayo Nonomiya
The Castle of Sand
1974
as Reiko Takagi
Dead Angle
1979
Dog of Fortune
1979
as Reiko Kitamori
Undiscovered Tomb
2003
as Ivy
Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813
1979
as Mrs. Kesselbach
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976
Kyukei no Koya
1975
I Am a Cat
1975
as Yukie
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1990
as Kaneuri Kichiji
The Deep Red
2005
as Dr. Tanaka
Brothers Serving Time
1969
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
Dohten
1991
The Faithless Love
2011
as Self
Go Go Kamen Rider
1971
as Hiromi Nohara
Visitor After Dark
1975
as Etsuko / Noriko
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
1993
Kanon
2016
as Sumiko
The Sino-Dutch War 1661
2001
as Matsu Tagawa
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
1987
Kazu no Fūkei
1991
Dear Heart
2009
First Love
1972
The Making of Shōgun
2003
My Champion
1981
as Miki
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
1995
Shogun
1980
as Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
津軽・青森ロマンチック殺人街道
1989
as Kyoko
Slow Down
1991
I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada
2010
Sister Yakuza, Bodhisattva Ryuko
2000
Sea of Whitetail
1990
River Without a Bridge
1969
Black Corridor
2004
Mikkai
2011
as Self
God in Jail
2016
Bridge
About Yoko Shimada
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… With 47 credits spanning from 1969 to 2016, Yoko Shimada has appeared in 41 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Yoko Shimada Movies
- Crying Freeman (1995) — as Lady Hanada
- The Hunted (1995) — as Mieko
- Labyrinth Romanesque (1988) — as Tae Akimoto
- The Inugami Family (1976) — as Tamayo Nonomiya
- The Castle of Sand (1974) — as Reiko Takagi
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