Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1953-05-17 (69 years old)
Deathday
2022-07-25
Place of Birth
Kumamoto, Japan
Also known As
Yôko Shimada
島田洋子
岛田洋子
Yōko Shimada
島田楊子
یوکو شیمادا
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...
2001
as Matsu Tagawa
1995
as Mieko
1974
as Reiko Takagi
1971
as Hiromi Nohara
1975
as Yukie
2005
as Dr. Tanaka
1991
1979
as Mrs. Kesselbach
1979
as Reiko Kitamori
1991
1979
1988
as Tae Akimoto
2016
as Sumiko
1995
as Lady Hanada
1975
as Etsuko / Noriko
1976
as Tamayo Nonomiya
1990
as Kaneuri Kichiji
1981
as Miki
2011
2003
as Ivy
2016
2009
1975
1989
as Kyoko
1972
1991
1990
1980
as Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
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