Yoko Shimada

Yoko Shimada

Acting • Born 1953-05-17 – Died 2022-07-25

Acting1Kumamoto, Japan

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

44 credits
The Sino-Dutch War 1661

The Sino-Dutch War 1661

Movie • 2001

Matsu Tagawa

The Hunted

The Hunted

Movie • 1995

Mieko

The Castle of Sand

The Castle of Sand

Movie • 1974

Reiko Takagi

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

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

Movie • 1995

Go Go Kamen Rider

Go Go Kamen Rider

Movie • 1971

Hiromi Nohara

I Am a Cat

I Am a Cat

Movie • 1975

Yukie

The Deep Red

The Deep Red

Movie • 2005

Dr. Tanaka

Brothers Serving Time

Brothers Serving Time

Movie • 1969

Dohten

Dohten

Movie • 1991

Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813

Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813

Movie • 1979

Mrs. Kesselbach

Dog of Fortune

Dog of Fortune

Movie • 1979

Reiko Kitamori

Slow Down

Slow Down

Movie • 1991

River Without a Bridge

River Without a Bridge

Movie • 1969

Dead Angle

Dead Angle

Movie • 1979

Labyrinth Romanesque

Labyrinth Romanesque

Movie • 1988

Tae Akimoto

Kanon

Kanon

Movie • 2016

Sumiko

Crying Freeman

Crying Freeman

Movie • 1995

Lady Hanada

Visitor After Dark

Visitor After Dark

Movie • 1975

Etsuko / Noriko

The Inugami Family

The Inugami Family

Movie • 1976

Tamayo Nonomiya

Truckster Goes to Hokkaido

Truckster Goes to Hokkaido

Movie • 1976

Minamoto Yoshitsune

Minamoto Yoshitsune

Movie • 1990

Kaneuri Kichiji

The Making of Shōgun

The Making of Shōgun

Movie • 2003

My Champion

My Champion

Movie • 1981

Miki

The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma

The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma

Movie • 1987

The Faithless Love

The Faithless Love

Movie • 2011

Self

Mikkai

Mikkai

Movie • 2011

Self

Undiscovered Tomb

Undiscovered Tomb

Movie • 2003

Ivy

God in Jail

God in Jail

Movie • 2016

Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears

Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears

Movie • 1993

Dear Heart

Dear Heart

Movie • 2009

Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn

Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn

Movie • 1974

Kyukei no Koya

Kyukei no Koya

Movie • 1975

I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada

I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada

Movie • 2010

津軽・青森ロマンチック殺人街道

津軽・青森ロマンチック殺人街道

Movie • 1989

Kyoko

First Love

First Love

Movie • 1972

Kazu no Fūkei

Kazu no Fūkei

Movie • 1991

Sea of Whitetail

Sea of Whitetail

Movie • 1990

Black Corridor

Black Corridor

Movie • 2004

Sister Yakuza, Bodhisattva Ryuko

Sister Yakuza, Bodhisattva Ryuko

Movie • 2000

Ōgon no Hibi

Ōgon no Hibi

TV • 1978

Hosokawa Gracia

Shōgun

Shōgun

TV • 1980

Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko

Tuesday Suspense Theater

Tuesday Suspense Theater

TV • 1981

Sunflower on the Hill

Sunflower on the Hill

TV • 1993

Yabe Fumi

Fushoku no kōzō

Fushoku no kōzō

TV • 1977

Majima Kumiko