Yoko Shimada

Yōko Shimada (島田 陽子, Shimada Yōko, born 17 May 1953, Kumamoto) is a Japanese actress. She is best known to Western audiences for her portrayal of "Mariko" in the 1980 miniseries Shōgun.

Contents

• Yko Shimada Actor
• Filmography
• Television
• References

She was the only female member of Shōgun's massive cast of Japanese actors shown speaking English, for which she relied on a dialogue coach, as she was not fluent in the language at the time. Her English improved greatly during the production, however, allowing her to work in a few English language films during the 1980s and 1990s. In 1981, she won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series-Drama and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy award for her work on Shōgun

Filmography

Jûrokusai (1960)

Kôkan nikki (1963) - Emi

Hajimete no Tabi (1972)

Castle of Sand (1974) - Reiko

Wagahai wa Neko de Aru (1975) - Yukie

Inugamike no Ichizoku (1976) - Tamayo Nonomiya

Torakku Yarō: Bōkyō Ichibanboshi (1976)

Yatsuhaka-mura (1977) - Yôzô's Wife (uncredited)

Hakuchū no Shikaku (1979) - Ayaka

Ōgon no Inu (1979) - Reiko Kitamori

Shōgun (1980, theatrical/home video edit of mini-series)

Little Champion (1981) - Miki Tsuwa

Kyūkei no Kōya (1981, made for television)

Hanazono no Meikyū (1988) - Tae Akimoto

Kaze, surôdaun (1991)

Ringu ringu ringu: Namida no chanpion beruto (1993) - Devil naomi

The Hunted (1995) - Mieko Takeda

Crying Freeman (1995) - Lady Hanada

The Sino-Dutch War 1661 (2002) - Gong's Mother

Shinku (2005)

Dear heart: Furuete nemure (2009)

Shimada Yōko ni Aitai (2010) - Yôko Shimada

Secret Affair also known as Yōko Shimada – Assignation [TEK-032](2011)

Faithless Love [TEK-034] (2011)

Hei no nakano kamisama (2016)

Kanon (2016)

Television

Kamen Rider (1971) - Hiromi Nohara

Shiroi Kyotō (1978)

Shōgun (1980) - Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko

Chicago Story (1982) - Wing

Sanga Moyu (1984)

Oka no Ue no Himawari (1993)