About

Known credits:
37
Birthday:
1953-05-17
Place of birth:
Kumamoto, Japan
Website:
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Yōko Shimada

Overview

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

Acting
2016 Kanon Actor Sumiko 58
Average
2016 God in Jail Actor N/A
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2011 The Faithless Love Actor N/A
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2011 Mikkai Actor N/A
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2010 島田陽子に逢いたい Actor N/A
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2009 Dear Heart Actor N/A
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2005 The Deep Red Actor Dr. Tanaka 59
Average
2003 The Making of Shōgun Actor N/A
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2003 Undiscovered Tomb Actor Ivy 59
Average
2001 The Sino-Dutch War 1661 Actor 59
Average
2001 英雄郑成功 Actor N/A
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1995 Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case Actor N/A
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1995 Crying Freeman Actor Lady Hanada 60
Fair
1995 The Hunted Actor Mieko 58
Average
1993 Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears Actor N/A
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1993 Sunflower on the Hill Actor Yabe Fumi N/A
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1991 Slow Down Actor N/A
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1991 Dohten Actor N/A
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1990 Minamoto Yoshitsune Actor Kaneuri Kichiji N/A
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1988 Labyrinth Romanesque Actor Tae Akimoto 59
Average
1987 The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma Actor 58
Average
1981 My Champion Actor Miki N/A
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1980 Shōgun Actor Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko 74
Good
1979 Dead Angle Actor 58
Average
1979 Dog of Fortune Actor Reiko Kitamori 59
Average
1979 Lupin the Thief--Enigma of the 813 Actor ケセルバッハ夫人 N/A
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1978 Ōgon no Hibi Actor Hosokawa Gracia N/A
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1976 The Inugamis Actor Tamayo Nonomiya 59
Average
1976 Truckster Goes to Hokkaido Actor 59
Average
1975 Visitor After Dark Actor Etsuko / Noriko N/A
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1975 Kyukei no Koya Actor N/A
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1975 I Am a Cat Actor Yukie 58
Average
1974 The Castle of Sand Actor Reiko Takagi 60
Fair
1974 Nagare no fu dai ichibu dōran dai ni bu yoake sakuhin jōhō Actor N/A
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1971 Go Go Kamen Rider Actor Hiromi Nohara 59
Average
1969 Brothers Serving Time Actor 59
Average
1969 River Without a Bridge Actor 59
Average