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Yôko Shimada

Yôko Shimada

Actor, Editor

Born May 17, 1953 in Kumamoto, Japan

Died July 25, 2022

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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.

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RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN - SHOGUN 1980 TRAILER

The Inugami Family (1976) ORIGINAL TRAILER

Filmography

Actor

45

Type

Year

God in Jail Poster

God in Jail Feature Film2016

Kanon Feature Film2016

Mikkai Video2011

The Faithless Love Poster

The Faithless Love Video2011

To Live as an Actress Poster

To Live as an Actress Feature Film2010Yoko Shimada

Dear heart: Furuete nemure Poster

Dear heart: Furuete nemure Feature Film2009

Men and Women of the Tempyo Era: The 1200 Year's Mystery of the Toshodai-ji Temple TV Movie2009Empress Kômyô

The Deep Red Poster

The Deep Red Feature Film2005Dr. Tanaka

Undiscovered Tomb Poster

Undiscovered Tomb Feature Film2003Professor Ivy Chan

Hero Zheng Chengong Poster

Hero Zheng Chengong Feature Film2001Gong's Mother

Crying Freeman Poster

Crying Freeman Feature Film1995Lady Hanada

The Hunted Poster

The Hunted Feature Film1995Mieko Takeda

Oka no ue no himawari TV Series1993Fumi

Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears Poster

Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears Feature Film1993Devil naomi

The Totsugawa Keibu Series 3 TV Movie1993Yuki katori

Doten Feature Film1991

Kaze, surôdaun Poster

Kaze, surôdaun Feature Film1991

Minamoto Yoshitsune Poster

Minamoto Yoshitsune Mini-Series1990Kaneuri Kichiji

Hanazono no meikyu Poster

Hanazono no meikyu Feature Film1988Tae Akimoto

Le Louvre, le plus grand musée du monde TV Series1985Self - Host

Sanga moyu Poster

Sanga moyu TV Series1984

Chicago Story Poster

Chicago Story TV Series1982Wing

Kyukei no koya TV Movie1981

Ritoru champion Poster

Ritoru champion Feature Film1981Miki Suwa

The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Poster

The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special1981Self - Nominee & Presenter

The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards Poster

The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards TV Special1981Self - Winner

Tuesday Suspense Theater Poster

Tuesday Suspense Theater TV Series19811 episode, 1981

Shogun Mini-Series1980Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko

Shogun TV Movie1980Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko

The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special1980Self - Presenter

Dead Angle Poster

Dead Angle Feature Film1979Ayaka

Dog of Fortune Poster

Dog of Fortune Feature Film1979Reiko Kitamori

Fushoku no kôzô TV Series1977

Village of Eight Gravestones Poster

Village of Eight Gravestones Feature Film1977Yôzô's Wife

The Inugami Family Poster

The Inugami Family Feature Film1976Tamayo Nonomiya

Torakku yarô: Bôkyô Ichibanboshi Poster

Torakku yarô: Bôkyô Ichibanboshi Feature Film1976

I Am a Cat Poster

I Am a Cat Feature Film1975Yukie

Visitor After Dark Feature Film1975

The Castle of Sand Poster

The Castle of Sand Feature Film1974Reiko

We Are Youth TV Series1974Yoko Sugita

Hajimete no tabi Poster

Hajimete no tabi Feature Film1971

Kamen Rider Poster

Kamen Rider TV Series1971Hiromi Nohara

Kôkan nikki Feature Film1963Emi

Otona to kodomo no ainoko dai Feature Film1961Girl Student C

Jûrokusai Poster

Jûrokusai Feature Film1960

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Kimba, the White Lion Poster

Kimba, the White Lion Feature Film1966

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