Yoko Shimada
Acting
Born May 17, 1953 · Kumamoto, Japan
Biography
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 hi…
Known For · 40 titles
Shōgun
Ōgon no Hibi
Crying Freeman
Tuesday Suspense Theater
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
Fushoku no kōzō
Labyrinth Romanesque
Sunflower on the Hill
The Hunted
The Castle of Sand
The Inugami Family
Shogun
Brothers Serving Time
My Champion
Dead Angle
The Deep Red
The Making of Shōgun
Undiscovered Tomb
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
Dog of Fortune
The Sino-Dutch War 1661
Sister Yakuza, Bodhisattva Ryuko
I Am a Cat
氷点
Minamoto Yoshitsune
Bridge
First Love
Go Go Kamen Rider
Dear Heart
Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813
The Faithless Love
Black Corridor
Mikkai
Kanon
Kazu no Fūkei
Dohten
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
Kyukei no Koya
I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada