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Yoko Shimada

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…

Known field

  • Acting

Total Movie Credited

  • 38

Total TV Shows Credited

  • 5

Gender

  • Female

Place of birth

  • Kumamoto, Japan

Birthdate

  • May 17, 1953

Death Date

  • July 25o 2022

Also known as

  • Yôko Shimada

  • 島田洋子

  • 岛田洋子

  • Yōko Shimada

  • 島田楊子

  • یوکو شیمادا

Movies

Kanon
7

Kanon

Drama

2016

God in Jail
0

God in Jail

Drama

2016

The Faithless Love
0

The Faithless Love

Romance

2011

Mikkai
10

Mikkai

Romance

2011

I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada
0

I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada

DramaRomance

2010

Dear Heart
2

Dear Heart

Horror

2009

The Deep Red
5.6

The Deep Red

2005

The Making of Shōgun
0

The Making of Shōgun

Documentary

2003

Undiscovered Tomb
3

Undiscovered Tomb

ActionThriller

2003

The Sino-Dutch War 1661
6

The Sino-Dutch War 1661

WarDrama

2001

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
0

Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Departm…

1995

Crying Freeman
6.3

Crying Freeman

ActionCrime

1995

The Hunted
5.7

The Hunted

ActionDrama

1995

Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
0

Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of …

1993

Slow Down
0

Slow Down

Drama

1991

TV Shows

Sunflower on the Hill
0

Sunflower on the Hill

Drama

1993

Tuesday Suspense Theater
0

Tuesday Suspense Theater

1981

Shōgun
7.666

Shōgun

Action & AdventureDrama

1980

Ōgon no Hibi
0

Ōgon no Hibi

Drama

1978

腐蝕の構造
0

腐蝕の構造

1977

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