Yoko Shimada
Born
May 17, 1953
Died
July 25, 2022 (69 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Kumamoto, Japan
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.
Kanon
Sumiko
2016
God in Jail
2016
The Faithless Love
2011
Mikkai
2011
I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada
2010
Dear Heart
2009
The Deep Red
Dr. Tanaka
2005
The Making of Shōgun
2003
Undiscovered Tomb
Ivy
2003
The Sino-Dutch War 1661
Matsu Tagawa
2001
Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
1995
Crying Freeman
Lady Hanada
1995
The Hunted
Mieko
1995
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
1993
Sunflower on the Hill
Yabe Fumi · (12 episodes)
1993
Slow Down
1991
Kazu no Fūkei
1991
Dohten
1991
Minamoto Yoshitsune
Kaneuri Kichiji
1990
Sea of Whitetail
1990
津軽・青森ロマンチック殺人街道
Kyoko
1989
Labyrinth Romanesque
Tae Akimoto
1988
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
1987
Tuesday Suspense Theater
(1 episode)
1981
My Champion
Miki
1981
Shogun
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
1980
Shōgun
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko · (5 episodes)
1980
Dead Angle
1979
Dog of Fortune
Reiko Kitamori
1979
Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813
Mrs. Kesselbach
1979
Ōgon no Hibi
Hosokawa Gracia · (51 episodes)
1978
腐蝕の構造
Majima Kumiko · (1 episode)
1977
The Inugami Family
Tamayo Nonomiya
1976
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976
Visitor After Dark
Etsuko / Noriko
1975
Kyukei no Koya
1975
I Am a Cat
Yukie
1975
The Castle of Sand
Reiko Takagi
1974
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
First Love
1972
Go Go Kamen Rider
Hiromi Nohara
1971
Brothers Serving Time
1969
River Without a Bridge
1969