Known For
Acting
Born
May 17, 1953
Died
Jul 25, 2022
Place of Birth
Kumamoto, Japan
Credits
47 titles
Yoko Shimada
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.
Known For
Filmography
Kanon
Sumiko
God in Jail
The Faithless Love
Self
Mikkai
Self
I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada
Dear Heart
The Deep Red
Dr. Tanaka
Black Corridor
The Making of Shōgun
Undiscovered Tomb
Ivy
The Sino-Dutch War 1661
Matsu Tagawa
Sister Yakuza, Bodhisattva Ryuko
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
Crying Freeman
Lady Hanada
The Hunted
Mieko
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
Sunflower on the Hill
Yabe Fumi
Slow Down
Kazu no Fūkei
Dohten
Minamoto Yoshitsune
Kaneuri Kichiji
Sea of Whitetail
氷点
津軽・青森ロマンチック殺人街道
Kyoko
Labyrinth Romanesque
Tae Akimoto
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
Tuesday Suspense Theater
My Champion
Miki
Shogun
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
Shōgun
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
Dead Angle
Dog of Fortune
Reiko Kitamori
Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813
Mrs. Kesselbach
Ōgon no Hibi
Hosokawa Gracia
Fushoku no kōzō
Majima Kumiko
The Inugami Family
Tamayo Nonomiya
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
Visitor After Dark
Etsuko / Noriko
Kyukei no Koya
I Am a Cat
Yukie
The Castle of Sand
Reiko Takagi
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
First Love
Go Go Kamen Rider
Hiromi Nohara
Brothers Serving Time
River Without a Bridge
Bridge