Yoko Shimada
Birthday
1953/05/17
Day of death
2022/07/25 (69 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Kumamoto, Japan
Also know as
Yôko Shimada , 島田洋子, 岛田洋子, Yōko Shimada, 島田楊子
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 h...Read more
Acting
(2001) The Sino-Dutch War 1661
as Matsu Tagawa
(1995) The Hunted
as Mieko
(1974) The Castle of Sand
as Reiko Takagi
(1995) Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
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(1971) Go Go Kamen Rider
as Hiromi Nohara
(1975) I Am a Cat
as Yukie
(2005) The Deep Red
as Dr. Tanaka
(1969) Brothers Serving Time
as ---
(1991) Dohten
as ---
(1979) Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813
as Mrs. Kesselbach
(1979) Dog of Fortune
as Reiko Kitamori
(1991) Slow Down
as ---
(1969) River Without a Bridge
as ---
(1979) Dead Angle
as ---
(1988) Labyrinth Romanesque
as Tae Akimoto
(2016) Kanon
as Sumiko
(1995) Crying Freeman
as Lady Hanada
(1975) Visitor After Dark
as Etsuko / Noriko
(1976) The Inugami Family
as Tamayo Nonomiya
(1976) Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
as ---
(1990) Minamoto Yoshitsune
as Kaneuri Kichiji
(2003) The Making of Shōgun
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(1981) My Champion
as Miki
(1987) The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
as ---
(2011) The Faithless Love
as ---
(2011) Mikkai
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(2003) Undiscovered Tomb
as Ivy
(2016) God in Jail
as ---
(1993) Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
as ---
(2009) Dear Heart
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(1974) Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
as ---
(1975) Kyukei no Koya
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(2010) I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada
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(1989) Tsugaru・Aomori Romantic Murder Road
as Kyoko
(1972) First Love
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(1978) Ōgon no Hibi
as Hosokawa Gracia
(1980) Shōgun
as Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
(1981) Tuesday Suspense Theater
as ---
(1980) Shōgun
as Self
(1993) Sunflower on the Hill
as Yabe Fumi