Acting · Kumamoto, Japan · Born May 17, 1953
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.
MovieKanon
2016
as Sumiko
MovieGod in Jail
2016
MovieThe Faithless Love
2011
as Self
MovieMikkai
2011
as Self
MovieI Want to Meet Yoko Shimada
2010
MovieDear Heart
2009
MovieThe Deep Red
2005
as Dr. Tanaka
MovieBlack Corridor
2004
The Making of Shōgun
2003
MovieUndiscovered Tomb
2003
as Ivy
MovieThe Sino-Dutch War 1661
2001
as Matsu Tagawa
MovieSister Yakuza, Bodhisattva Ryuko
2000
MovieGotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
1995
MovieCrying Freeman
1995
as Lady Hanada
MovieThe Hunted
1995
as Mieko
MovieRing! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
1993
TVSunflower on the Hill
1993
as Yabe Fumi
MovieSlow Down
1991
MovieKazu no Fūkei
1991
MovieDohten
1991
MovieMinamoto Yoshitsune
1990
as Kaneuri Kichiji
MovieSea of Whitetail
1990
TV氷点
1989
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1989
as Kyoko
MovieLabyrinth Romanesque
1988
as Tae Akimoto
MovieThe Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
1987
TVTuesday Suspense Theater
1981
MovieMy Champion
1981
as Miki
MovieShogun
1980
as Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
TVShōgun
1980
as Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
MovieDead Angle
1979
MovieDog of Fortune
1979
as Reiko Kitamori
MovieLupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813
1979
as Mrs. Kesselbach
TVŌgon no Hibi
1978
as Hosokawa Gracia
TVFushoku no kōzō
1977
as Majima Kumiko
MovieThe Inugami Family
1976
as Tamayo Nonomiya
MovieTruckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976
MovieVisitor After Dark
1975
as Etsuko / Noriko
MovieKyukei no Koya
1975
MovieI Am a Cat
1975
as Yukie
MovieThe Castle of Sand
1974
as Reiko Takagi
MovieNagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
MovieFirst Love
1972
MovieGo Go Kamen Rider
1971
as Hiromi Nohara
MovieBrothers Serving Time
1969
MovieRiver Without a Bridge
1969
MovieBridge
