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Yoko Shimada | |
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Born |
Kumamoto, Japan | 17 May 1953
Died | 25 July 2022 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 69)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1970–2022 |
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Spouse |
Hitoshi Yoneyama
(
m. 1994;
div. 2019) |
Awards |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama 1981: Shōgun |
Yoko Shimada ( Japanese: 島田 陽子, Hepburn: Shimada Yōko, 17 May 1953 – 25 July 2022) was a Japanese actress, best known to Western audiences for her portrayal of Mariko in the 1980 miniseries Shōgun. [1]
Shimada was the only female member of Shōgun's massive cast of Japanese actors shown speaking English, for which she relied on a dialogue coach, as she was not fluent in the language at the time. Her English improved greatly during the production, however, allowing her to work in a few English language films during the 1980s and 1990s. In 1981, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, [2] [1] and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her work on Shōgun. [3] While the nine-hour long Shōgun was a critical success in the U.S., it flopped in Japan when it was released as a severely truncated theatrical version. [1]
In 1988, Shimada had an affair with singer Yuya Uchida, who was married at the time. She reportedly had resorted to alcoholism and appeared in a nude photo book in 1992 [4] in an attempt to clear her personal debts. Though the book was a bestseller, it damaged her reputation as an actress. In 2011, at the age of 58, she starred in an adult video. [1]
Shimada died at a hospital in Tokyo on 25 July 2022, due to complications from colorectal cancer. [5] [6]
Year | Title | Role | Country |
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1971 |
Go Go Kamen Rider (ゴーゴー仮面ライダー) |
Hiromi Nohara (野原ひろみ) |
Japan |
1972 | First Love ( 初めての愛) |
Mitsuyo Sakamoto (坂本光代) |
Japan |
1973 | Kigeki Nihon Rettō Shindo 0 (喜劇 日本列島震度0) |
Earthquake Research Institute staff member (地震研究所所員) |
Japan |
1974 | Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn (流れの譜 第一部 動乱 第二部 夜明け) |
Saeko Kubo (久保冴子) |
Japan |
1974 |
Castle of Sand (砂の器) |
Rieko Takagi (高木理恵子) |
Japan |
1975 | I Am a Cat ( 吾輩は猫である) |
Yukie (雪江) |
Japan |
1975 | Kyūkei no Kōya ( 球形の荒野) |
Kumiko Nogami (野上久美子) |
Japan |
1975 | Yogiri no Hōmon-sha (夜霧の訪問者) |
Etsuko Ichiki / Noriko Tazawa (dual roles) (市木江津子・田沢のり子(二役)) |
Japan |
1976 |
Truck Guys 3: Bōkyō Ichibanboshi (トラック野郎・望郷一番星) |
Akiko Mikami (3rd generation Madonna) (三上亜希子(三代目マドンナ)) |
Japan |
1976 |
The Inugami Family (犬神家の一族) |
Tamayo Nonomiya (野々宮珠世) |
Japan |
1977 | Village of Eight Gravestones ( 八つ墓村) |
Okisa Tajimi (cameo) (多治見おきさ (カメオ出演)) |
Japan |
1979 | Dead Angle ( 白昼の死角) |
Ayaka (綾香) |
Japan |
1979 | Dog of Fortune ( 黄金の犬) |
Reiko Kitamori (北守礼子) |
Japan |
1980 |
Shōgun [theatrical edit] |
Mariko Toda (戸田まり子) |
U.S. / Japan |
1981 | Little Champion (aka My Champion) (リトルチャンピオン) |
Michiko Suwa (Miki Gorman) (諏訪美智子(ミキ・ゴーマン)) |
Japan |
1987 | The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma ( 竜馬を斬った男) |
Kozakae (小栄) |
Japan |
1988 | Hanazono no Meikyū ( 花園の迷宮) |
Tae Akimoto (秋元多恵) |
Japan |
1988 | Hashi (橋) |
Umiko Takagi (高樹海子) |
Japan |
1991 | Dohten ( 動天) |
Oran (おらん) |
Japan |
1991 |
Kaze, Slow Down (風、スローダウン) |
Bike club manager's wife (バイククラブ監督の妻) |
Japan |
1993 | Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears ( リング・リング・リング 涙のチャンピオンベルト) |
Devil Naomi (デビル奈緒美) |
Japan |
1995 | Police Department Crime Prevention Section 5104 Incident ( ゴト師株式会社スペシャル 警視庁防犯課第5104号事件) |
Ryōko Amachi (天地猟子) |
Japan |
1995 |
The Hunted |
Mieko Takeda (武田美恵子) |
U.S. / Japan |
1995 |
Crying Freeman |
Kimie Hanada (花田君江) |
Canada / France / Japan |
2000 | Ane Gokudō Bosatsu no Ryūko (姐極道 菩薩の龍子) |
Japan | |
2001 |
Hero Zheng Chenggong (aka The Sino-Dutch War 1661) (英雄鄭成功) |
Matsu Tagawa (田川マツ) |
China |
2002 | Undiscovered Tomb (極地皇陵) |
Professor Ivy Chan |
Hong Kong |
2005 | The Deep Red ( 深紅) |
Dr. Tanaka (田中医師) |
Japan |
2009 | Dear Heart: Furuete Nemure (Dear Heart-震えて眠れ-) |
Japan | |
2010 | To Live as an Actress (島田陽子に逢いたい) |
Herself (島田陽子) |
Japan |
2011 | Secret Affair (aka Yōko Shimada – Assignation) (密会) |
Japan | |
2011 | Faithless Love (不貞愛) |
Japan | |
2011 | Ashita Naku (明日泣く) |
Japan | |
2012 | Kanojo wa Umi e ( 彼女は海へ) |
Nanako (菜々子) |
Japan |
2015 | Santa Claus ( サンタクロースズ) |
Santa Kurosu (黒須三太) |
Japan |
2016 | God in Jail (塀の中の神様) |
Fusako (房子) |
Japan |
2016 | Kanon ( カノン) |
Sumiko Arai (新井澄子) |
Japan |
2022 | Ever Garden (エヴァーガーデン) |
Haruko Segara (相楽晴子) |
Japan |