1953-05-17 ( 71 years old ) in Kumamoto, Japan
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.
Movies
Kanon
2016-10-01
God in Jail
2016-04-01
The Faithless Love
2011-02-01
Mikkai
2011-01-01
I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada
2010-10-16
Dear Heart
2009-12-05
The Deep Red
2005-09-17
The Making of Shōgun
2003-09-23
Undiscovered Tomb
2003-01-01
The Sino-Dutch War 1661
2001-11-15
Crying Freeman
1995-04-23
The Hunted
1995-02-24
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
1993-05-08
Slow Down
1991-11-23
Kazu no Fūkei
1991-03-30
Dohten
1991-01-26
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1990-12-31
Sea of Whitetail
1990-06-19
津軽・青森ロマンチック殺人街道
1989-03-04
Labyrinth Romanesque
1988-01-15
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
1987-10-17
My Champion
1981-01-01
Dead Angle
1979-07-04
Dog of Fortune
1979-06-02
Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813
1979-05-05
The Inugami Family
1976-10-16
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976-08-07
Visitor After Dark
1975-10-10
Kyukei no Koya
1975-06-07
I Am a Cat
1975-05-31
The Castle of Sand
1974-10-19
First Love
1972-09-23
Go Go Kamen Rider
1971-07-18
Brothers Serving Time
1969-05-03
River Without a Bridge
1969-02-01
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