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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Kanon
Character:Sumiko
Release Date:01/10/2016
God in Jail
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Release Date:01/04/2016
The Faithless Love
Character:Self
Release Date:01/02/2011
Mikkai
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2011
I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada
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Release Date:16/10/2010
Dear Heart
Character:
Release Date:05/12/2009
The Deep Red
Character:Dr. Tanaka
Release Date:17/09/2005
Black Corridor
Character:
Release Date:23/03/2004
The Making of Shōgun
Character:
Release Date:23/09/2003
Undiscovered Tomb
Character:Ivy
Release Date:01/01/2003
The Sino-Dutch War 1661
Character:Matsu Tagawa
Release Date:15/11/2001
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
Character:
Release Date:09/09/1995
Crying Freeman
Character:Lady Hanada
Release Date:23/04/1995
The Hunted
Character:Mieko
Release Date:24/02/1995
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
Character:
Release Date:08/05/1993
Slow Down
Character:
Release Date:23/11/1991
Kazu no Fūkei
Character:
Release Date:30/03/1991
Dohten
Character:
Release Date:26/01/1991
Minamoto Yoshitsune
Character:Kaneuri Kichiji
Release Date:31/12/1990
Sea of Whitetail
Character:
Release Date:19/06/1990
津軽・青森ロマンチック殺人街道
Character:Kyoko
Release Date:04/03/1989
Labyrinth Romanesque
Character:Tae Akimoto
Release Date:15/01/1988
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
Character:
Release Date:17/10/1987
My Champion
Character:Miki
Release Date:17/05/1981
Dead Angle
Character:
Release Date:04/07/1979
Dog of Fortune
Character:Reiko Kitamori
Release Date:02/06/1979
Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813
Character:Mrs. Kesselbach
Release Date:05/05/1979
The Inugami Family
Character:Tamayo Nonomiya
Release Date:16/10/1976
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
Character:
Release Date:07/08/1976
Visitor After Dark
Character:Etsuko / Noriko
Release Date:10/10/1975
Kyukei no Koya
Character:
Release Date:07/06/1975
I Am a Cat
Character:Yukie
Release Date:31/05/1975
The Castle of Sand
Character:Reiko Takagi
Release Date:19/10/1974
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
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Release Date:22/06/1974
First Love
Character:
Release Date:23/09/1972
Go Go Kamen Rider
Character:Hiromi Nohara
Release Date:18/07/1971
Brothers Serving Time
Character:
Release Date:03/05/1969
River Without a Bridge
Character:
Release Date:01/02/1969
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