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 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.
Crying Freeman
as Lady HanadaA lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he...
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The Hunted
as MiekoPaul Racine, a high-powered American business executive in Japan, is catapulted into a maze of...
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Dead Angle
as uncreditedElite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the...
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The Castle of Sand
as Reiko TakagiTwo detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in...
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Dog of Fortune
as Reiko KitamoriFrom Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home....
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The Inugami Family
as Tamayo NonomiyaWhen a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the...
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Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
as uncreditedMomojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.
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Labyrinth Romanesque
as Tae AkimotoA serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.
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Brothers Serving Time
as uncreditedWhile imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking...
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The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
as uncreditedThe Man Who Assassinated Ryoma is a movie about a haunted blood-thirsty Bakufu officer who might...
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Kyukei no Koya
as uncreditedA film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko...
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Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
as uncreditedAn epic drama depicting the lineage of a military family that lived for three generations...
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Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813
as Mrs. KesselbachAnime film based on the novel "813" by Maurice Leblanc.
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I Am a Cat
as YukieNakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens...
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The Deep Red
as Dr. TanakaShinku is a compelling drama that focuses on the strange relationship that develops between two...
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The Sino-Dutch War 1661
as Matsu TagawaBased on the story of Zheng Chenggong and focuses on his battle with the Dutch Empire for...
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Go Go Kamen Rider
as Hiromi NoharaThe Shocker Organization sends two of its Inhumanoids to destroy an atomic plant, but their plan...
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Minamoto Yoshitsune
as Kaneuri KichijiOne evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo...
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Slow Down
as uncreditedYouth movie set in Osaka about the trial and tribulations of growing up. Centered around three...
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Kanon
as SumikoAi Kishimoto, Yukari Miyazawa and Akane Kishimoto are sisters. The sisters live apart in...
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Visitor After Dark
as Etsuko / NorikoSuspense film about a beautiful photographer who becomes involved in a murder case.
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Dohten
as uncreditedJubei is a Japanese merchant who learns tricks from Western merchants to get ahead in the game.
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Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case
as uncreditedThe fourth 'Gotoshi' film.
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Undiscovered Tomb
as IvyDeep in the isolated border between China and India lies an ancient, hidden tomb thought to...
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My Champion
as MikiIn 1964 Miki came to LA with only a suitcase, hoping to become the world's best marathon runner....
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The Faithless Love
as uncredited"Yoko Shimada", who has received a worldwide reputation as an actress, is fascinated by even...
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Mikkai
as uncreditedThat international actress is finally MUTEKI! ! A sensual world that is indecent and wet with...
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Shōgun
as Lady Toda Buntaro - MarikoAn English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
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Shōgun
as SelfAn English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
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Ōgon no Hibi
as Hosokawa GraciaLuzon Sukezaemon is a merchant who imports vases from the Philippines. The vases are highly...
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Tuesday Suspense Theater
as uncredited"Tuesday Suspense Theater" was broadcast every Tuesday from 21:00 to 22:54 ( JST ) on the Nippon...
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Sunflower on the Hill
as Yabe FumiFilm company engineer Kohei is on his way home one night when he sees a woman taken ill at a...
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