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Yōko Shimada
Acting

Yōko Shimada
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1953-05-17, Kumamoto, Japan
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

The Sino-Dutch War 1661

6

The Sino-Dutch War 1661
2001-11-15

5.7

The Hunted
1995-02-24

The Castle of Sand

7.3

The Castle of Sand
1974-10-19

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case

0

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
1995-09-09

Go Go Kamen Rider

7.333

Go Go Kamen Rider
1971-07-18

3.3

I Am a Cat
1975-05-31

5.6

The Deep Red
2005-09-17

Brothers Serving Time

8

Brothers Serving Time
1969-05-03

0

Dohten
1991-01-26

Lupin the Thief--Enigma of the 813

0

Lupin the Thief--Enigma of the 813
1979-05-05

4.5

Dog of Fortune
1979-06-02

0

Slow Down
1991-11-23

River Without a Bridge

5

River Without a Bridge
1969-02-01

7

Dead Angle
1979-07-04

Labyrinth Romanesque

5.3

Labyrinth Romanesque
1988-01-15

7

Kanon
2016-10-01

6.4

Crying Freeman
1995-04-23

Visitor After Dark

0

Visitor After Dark
1975-10-10

The Inugami Family

6.9

The Inugami Family
1976-10-16

Truckster Goes to Hokkaido

7

Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976-08-07

Minamoto Yoshitsune

0

Minamoto Yoshitsune
1990-12-31

The Making of Shōgun

0

The Making of Shōgun
2003-09-23

0

My Champion
1981-01-01

The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma

6

The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
1987-10-17

The Faithless Love

0

The Faithless Love
2011-02-01

10

Mikkai
2011-01-01

Undiscovered Tomb

2

Undiscovered Tomb
2003-01-01

0

God in Jail
2016-04-01

Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears

0

Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
1993-05-08

0

Dear Heart
2009-12-05

Nagare no fu dai ichibu dōran dai ni bu yoake sakuhin jōhō

0

Nagare no fu dai ichibu dōran dai ni bu yoake sakuhin jōhō
1974-06-22

0

Kyukei no Koya
1975-06-07

0

島田陽子に逢いたい
2010-10-16

0

Ōgon no Hibi
1978-01-08

7.638

Shōgun
1980-09-15

Tuesday Suspense Theater

0

Tuesday Suspense Theater
1981-09-29

7.638

Shōgun
1980-09-15

Sunflower on the Hill

0

Sunflower on the Hill
1993-04-11