Yoko Shimada
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Kanon
2016
as Sumiko
God in Jail
2016
The Faithless Love
2011
as Self
Mikkai
2011
as Self
I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada
2010
Dear Heart
2009
The Deep Red
2005
as Dr. Tanaka
Black Corridor
2004
The Making of Shōgun
2003
Undiscovered Tomb
2003
as Ivy
The Sino-Dutch War 1661
2001
as Matsu Tagawa
Sister Yakuza, Bodhisattva Ryuko
2000
The Hunted
1995
as Mieko
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
1995
Crying Freeman
1995
as Lady Hanada
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
1993
Sunflower on the Hill
1993
as Yabe Fumi
Dohten
1991
Slow Down
1991
Kazu no Fūkei
1991
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1990
as Kaneuri Kichiji
Sea of Whitetail
1990
津軽・青森ロマンチック殺人街道
1989
as Kyoko
Labyrinth Romanesque
1988
as Tae Akimoto
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
1987
My Champion
1981
as Miki
Tuesday Suspense Theater
1981
Shōgun
1980
as Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813
1979
as Mrs. Kesselbach
Dog of Fortune
1979
as Reiko Kitamori
Dead Angle
1979
Ōgon no Hibi
1978
as Hosokawa Gracia
Fushoku no kōzō
1977
as Majima Kumiko
The Inugami Family
1976
as Tamayo Nonomiya
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976
I Am a Cat
1975
as Yukie
Visitor After Dark
1975
as Etsuko / Noriko
Kyukei no Koya
1975
The Castle of Sand
1974
as Reiko Takagi
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
First Love
1972
Go Go Kamen Rider
1971
as Hiromi Nohara
Brothers Serving Time
1969
River Without a Bridge
1969