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Occupation
  
Actress

Years active
  
1958–present


Name
  
Shima Iwashita

Role
  
Actress

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Born
  
January 3, 1941 (age 83) (
1941-01-03
)

Spouse
  
Parents
  
Miyoko Yamagishi, Kiyoshi Nonomura

TV shows
  
My Marriage, Yoru ni Dakarete

Awards
  
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Order of the Rising Sun

Movies
  
An Autumn Afternoon, Harakiri, Double Suicide, The Demon, Onimasa

Similar People
  
Masahiro Shinoda, Rino Katase, Hideo Gosha, Yasujiro Ozu, Sayuri Yoshinaga

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Shima Shinoda (篠田 志麻, Shinoda Shima), better known as Shima Iwashita (岩下 志麻 Iwashita Shima; born January 3, 1941 in Tokyo, Japan), is a Japanese actress who has appeared in about 100 films and many TV productions. She is married to film director Masahiro Shinoda, in whose films she has frequently appeared. She won the award for best actress at the 2nd Hochi Film Award for her performance in Shinoda's Ballad of Orin.

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Heritage

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Iwashita's father was the actor and film producer Kiyoshi Nonomura (野々村潔)(1914-2003). Her maternal aunt Shizue Yamagishi (山岸しづ江)was married to the kabuki actor Kawarasaki Chōjūrō IV (四代目 河原崎長十郎)(1902-1981), who starred in Sadao Yamanaka's 1937 Humanity and Paper Balloons, one of the most influential early Japanese talkies, and was one of the founders in 1931 of the Zenshinza Theatre Company (劇団前進座).

Education

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After attending No 3 Municipal Primary School and No 3 Municipal Middle School in Musashino City to the west of Tokyo, Iwashita proceeded first to Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi High School then Myōjō Gakuen High School before entering the Arts Faculty of Seijō University, which she left before taking a degree.

Career

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In a career lasting (so far) 58 years, Iwashita has appeared in some 40 TV productions (1958-2014) and about 100 films (1960-2003). She made her TV debut in 1958 in the daytime drama serial Basu-dōri ura (バス通り裏: Just Off the Main Street). Her first film role was in Keisuke Kinoshita's 1960 The River Fuefuki (笛吹川: Fuefukigawa). She remained with the production company Shōchiku from then until 1976. Also in 1960, she had the small part of a young woman at a reception desk in Yasujirō Ozu's Late Autumn (秋日和: Akibiyori). Ozu again cast her as Chishū Ryū's daughter Michiko in the 1962 An Autumn Afternoon, his last film (he died shortly after completing it). According to the critic Nobuo Chiba, Ozu had Iwashita in mind for a role in the film he was preparing at the time of his death, Radishes and Carrots (大根と人参: Daikon to ninjin)(Nobuo Chiba, Ozu Yasujirō and the 20th Century: 千葉信夫,「小津安二郎と20世紀」, p. 337) In an article in the 12 October 2011 edition of the weekly magazine Shūkan Shinchō(週刊新潮), Iwashita was quoted as saying that whenever she is abroad she is still very frequently asked about Ozu. In 1986, she starred in Gokudō no onnatachi (極道の妻たち: Yakuza Wives), which turned out to be the first in a series of (so far) 15 immensely popular films. (Up to 2013: Iwashita has not appeared in all of them.)

Iwashita has appeared in a large number of commercials for a variety of products. For many years she was the face of the Nippon Menard Cosmetic Company. Iwashita has been married to the director Masahiro Shinoda since 1967.

Stage

On stage, Iwashita played Desdemona to the Othello of Keita Asari (浅利慶太) .

Honours

  • Medal with Purple Ribbon (2004)
  • Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2012)
  • Guinness Book of World Records for longest modeling contract (2010)
  • Filmography

    Actress
    2020
    Shichinin no Hisho (TV Mini Series) as
    Rokutomi Suzuki
    - Episode #1.8 (2020) - Rokutomi Suzuki
    2016
    Kamogawa shokudô (TV Mini Series) as
    Tae Kurusu
    - Episode #1.8 (2016) - Tae Kurusu
    - Episode #1.7 (2016) - Tae Kurusu
    - Episode #1.6 (2016) - Tae Kurusu
    - Episode #1.5 (2016) - Tae Kurusu
    - Episode #1.4 (2016) - Tae Kurusu
    - Episode #1.3 (2016) - Tae Kurusu
    - Episode #1.2 (2016) - Tae Kurusu
    - Episode #1.1 (2016) - Tae Kurusu
    2014
    Doctor X (TV Series)
    - Episode #3.3 (2014)
    2014
    Out Burn: Marubo no onnna deka Yagami Eiko (TV Movie)
    2013
    AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (TV Series)
    - Episode #12.8 (2013)
    2011
    Toire no kamisama (TV Movie)
    2007
    Akanezora as
    Oshino
    2003
    Spy Sorge as
    Mrs. Konoe
    2003
    Yûga na akuji 2: Kyôto kadô iemoto renzoku satsujin (TV Movie) as
    Yoriko Haraguchi
    2002
    Natsu no hi no koi: Summer time (TV Series)
    2001
    Yûga na akuji (TV Movie) as
    Yoriko Haraguchi
    2000
    Aoi tokugawa sandai (TV Series) as
    Oeyo
    - A Prince is Born (2000) - Oeyo
    - A Woman's Lifetime (2000) - Oeyo
    - Imperial Visit (2000) - Oeyo
    - The Meeting (2000) - Oeyo
    - Oyagokoro (2000) - Oeyo
    - Shogun Iemitsu (2000) - Oeyo
    - Utsunomiya Trap Ceiling (2000) - Oeyo
    - Tadanao Goes Mad (2000) - Oeyo
    - Princess Kazu Enters the Court (2000) - Oeyo
    - Takechiyo's Lesson (2000) - Oeyo
    - Hidden Child (2000) - Oeyo
    - Tosho Daigongen (2000) - Oeyo
    - Ieyasu's Death (2000) - Oeyo
    - Tadateru is Disowned (2000) - Oeyo
    - Osaka Castle Burns (2000) - Oeyo
    - Osaka Summer Campaign (2000) - Oeyo
    - Osaka Winter Campaign (2000) - Oeyo
    - Commencement of Hostilities (2000) - Oeyo
    - Factional Rivalry (2000) - Oeyo
    - Hideyori Goes to Kyoto (2000) - Oeyo
    - Outline of Ambition (2000) - Oeyo
    - Scandal in the Court (2000) - Oeyo
    - Ogosho (2000) - Oeyo
    - Peerless Father (2000) - Oeyo
    - Dual Rule (2000) - Oeyo
    - Shogun Hidetada (2000) - Oeyo
    - Half Brothers (2000) - Oeyo
    - Princess Sen Weds (2000) - Oeyo
    - Hidetada's Secret (2000) - Oeyo
    - The Three-Year-Old Bride (2000) - Oeyo
    - Yodo Loses Face (2000) - Oeyo
    - Mitsunari's End (2000) - Oeyo
    - Opening Skirmish (2000) - Oeyo
    - Ogaki Castle (2000) - Oeyo
    - Strength in Numbers (2000) - Oeyo
    - Writ of Censure (2000) - Oeyo
    - Loyalties (2000) - Oeyo
    - Against the Mainstream (2000) - Oeyo
    - The Titan at 58 (2000) - Oeyo
    - Five Great Elders (2000) - Oeyo
    - Hideyoshi's Will (2000) - Oeyo
    - The Battle of Sekigahara (2000) - Oeyo
    1999
    Owls' Castle as
    Kita no Mandokoro
    1998
    Ohaka ga nai!
    1998
    Yakuza Ladies: Decision
    1997
    Moonlight Serenade as
    Fuji
    1996
    Kaze no katami as
    Toujo
    1996
    Yakuza Ladies 6 as
    Kaya, gang leader of Suzaki
    1996
    Kiri no shigosen as
    Kiyoko Torigai
    1995
    Onihei hankachô as
    Kojin no Otoyo, yakuza boss
    1995
    Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties as
    Kiwa Domoto
    1995
    Sharaku as
    Troupe Leader
    1994
    Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love Is Hell as
    Fuyu Muraki
    1993
    Kozure Ôkami: Sono chîsaki te ni as
    Abandoned woman bearing a daughter
    1993
    Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2 as
    Atsumi Nogi
    1993
    Utsukushiki akujo no densetsu kuro tokage (TV Movie) as
    Black Lizard / Mrs. Midorikawa
    1992
    Taira no Kiyomori (TV Movie)
    1991
    Yakuza Ladies Revisited as
    Kanae Fujinami
    1991
    Heat Wave as
    Yoshi
    1990
    Minamoto Yoshitsune (TV Mini Series) as
    Taira no Tokiko
    1990
    Takeda Shingen (TV Mini Series)(1990)
    1990
    Satsui no sasayaki (TV Movie)
    1990
    Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle as
    Fuyu Segami
    1990
    Childhood Days as
    Shizue Kazama
    1989
    Sakura no ki no shita de as
    Kikuno Tatsumura / Tatsumura's wife
    1989
    Hana no furu gogo (TV Series)
    1989
    Dai Chûshingura (TV Series) as
    Riku Ôishi
    1987
    Dokugan-ryu Masamune (TV Series) as
    Yoshi-Hime / Lady Yoshi (Masamune's Mother)
    1986
    Yakuza Ladies as
    Migiwa Awazu
    1986
    Gonza the Spearman as
    Osai
    1985
    Family Without a Dinner Table as
    Kiwa Nakahara
    1985
    Seijo densetsu as
    Taeko Ichikawa
    1985
    Time of Wickedness as
    Ryoko / Fukashi's mother
    1984
    Kita no hotaru as
    Yu Nakamura
    1984
    MacArthur's Children as
    Tome
    1983
    The Politicians as
    Ayako Teranishi
    1982
    Kono ko no nanatsu no oiwai ni as
    Yukiko
    1982
    Giwaku as
    Ritsuko Sahara
    1982
    Onimasa as
    Uta Kiryûin
    1981
    Island of the Evil Spirits as
    Fubuki
    1979
    Kusa moeru (TV Series)
    1978
    The Demon as
    Oume, Sokichi's wife
    1978
    Seishoku no ishibumi
    1978
    Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron as
    Chiyo
    1977
    Ballad of Orin as
    Orin
    1975
    Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
    1974
    Himiko as
    Himiko
    1974
    Hissatsu shikakenin: Shunsetsu shikake bari as
    Saruzuka no Ochiyo
    1973
    The Petrified Forest
    1972
    Flowers at the Crossing
    1971
    Farewell to the Code
    1971
    Man on a False Flight
    1971
    Chinmoku as
    Kiku
    1971
    Man on a False Flight as
    Keiko Tsujii
    1971
    En toiu onna as
    En Nonaka
    1971
    Shadow of Deception as
    Minako Nishida
    1970
    Fun on the Run
    1970
    Forbidden Affair as
    Maki Hayami
    1970
    The Shadow Within as
    Yasuko Koiso
    1970
    The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan as
    Michitose
    1969
    Waga koi waga uta as
    Tomiko
    1969
    Red Lion as
    Tomi
    1969
    Nanatsu no kao no onna
    1969
    Hi mo tsuki mo as
    Matsuko
    1969
    Double Suicide as
    Koharu / Osan
    1968
    Sôshun
    1968
    Gion matsuri as
    Ayame
    1967
    Gekiryu as
    Kurenai Asuka
    1967
    Hârubiyorî
    1967
    Onna no issho
    1967
    Clouds at Sunset as
    Matsuno Niki
    1967
    Chieko-sho as
    Chieko Takamura
    1967
    Rebellion of Japan as
    Suzuko Kanze
    1966
    Danshun as
    Chizuru Sasaki
    1966
    Ohana han: Dai ni bu as
    Hana Asao
    1966
    Ohana han as
    Hana Asao
    1966
    Punishment Island as
    Aya, Daigoku's daughter
    1966
    The Kii River as
    Shintani Fumio, Hana's daughter
    1966
    Danryû as
    Keiko Shima
    1965
    Sword of the Beast as
    Taka
    1965
    Suteki na konbanwa as
    Yuriko Shitô
    1965
    Snow Country as
    Komako
    1965
    Ane to imôto as
    Fumiko
    1965
    Radishes and Carrots as
    Mie Kawano
    1964
    Kuchikukan yukikaze
    1964
    The Donkey Comes on a Tank
    1964
    The Scarlet Camellia as
    Oshino
    1964
    Assassination as
    Oren, Kiyokawa's sweetheart
    1964
    Samurai from Nowhere as
    Tae
    1964
    Iikagen baka
    1964
    Negoto dorobô as
    Machiko Sawamura
    1964
    Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama as
    Teacher
    1963
    Hyakuman-nin no musume tachi as
    Yûko Ichinose
    1963
    Legend of a Duel to the Death as
    Kieko Sonobe
    1963
    Kekkonshiki Kekkonshiki as
    Noriko Kôsaka
    1963
    Kaze no shisen as
    Chikako Natsui
    1963
    Koto as
    Chieko / Naeko
    1963
    Sing, Young People! as
    Noriko Atsugi
    1962
    Yama no sanka: moyuru wakamono tachi
    1962
    Kigeki: Detatoko shôbu - 'Chinjarara monogatari' yori as
    President's daughter
    1962
    An Autumn Afternoon as
    Michiko Hirayama
    1962
    Harakiri as
    Miho Tsugumo
    1962
    San-nin Musume Kampai!
    1962
    Kono ni uruwashi
    1962
    A Roaring Trade
    1961
    Kyôgeshô
    1961
    Uzu
    1961
    Kojin kojitsu
    1961
    Epitaph to My Love as
    Chie Higashi
    1961
    Onnamai as
    Asaya
    1961
    Killers on Parade
    1960
    Trap in Broad Daylight as
    Yoshie
    1960
    Late Autumn as
    Uketuske no josei
    1960
    The River Fuefuki as
    Ume, daughter
    1960
    Dry Lake as
    Yôko Katsura
    Self
    2014
    Tetsuko no heya (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 31 March 2020 (2020) - Self
    - Episode dated 29 July 2019 (2019) - Self
    - Episode dated 9 February 2018 (2018) - Self
    - Episode dated 6 January 2014 (2014) - Self
    2016
    Sawako no asa (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Shima Iwashita (2016) - Self
    2014
    Bokura no jidai (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Shima Iwashita, Ryôko Yonekura & Miwako Kurihara (2014) - Self
    1999
    Conversations with History (TV Series) as
    Self
    - The Movie Experience (1999) - Self
    1993
    Downtown DX (TV Series) as
    Self
    1986
    The 9th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1983
    I Lived, But... (Documentary) as
    Self
    1982
    The 5th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1978
    The 1st Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self

    References

    Shima Iwashita Wikipedia