Yoko Shimada
Acting
Born: 1953-05-17 · Kumamoto, Japan
Died: 2022-07-25
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 h
🎬 Movies (20)
Kanon
2016
Sumiko
God in Jail
2016
The Faithless Love
2011
Self
Mikkai
2011
Self
I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada
2010
Dear Heart
2009
The Deep Red
2005
Dr. Tanaka
Black Corridor
2004
The Making of Shōgun
2003
Undiscovered Tomb
2003
Ivy
The Sino-Dutch War 1661
2001
Matsu Tagawa
Sister Yakuza, Bodhisattva Ryuko
2000
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
1995
Crying Freeman
1995
Lady Hanada
The Hunted
1995
Mieko
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
1993
Slow Down
1991
Kazu no Fūkei
1991
Dohten
1991
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1990
Kaneuri Kichiji
