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Yoko Shimada

Acting
Known For

69 Years Old

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.

Born

Kumamoto, Japan on 17th May 1953

Died

25th July 2022

All Credits

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