Yoko Shimada

Yōko Shimada
Born	(1953-05-17) May 17, 1953 Kumamoto, Japan

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

Filmography

• Kamen Rider (1971)
• Hajimete no Tabi (1972)
• Castle of Sand (1974)
• Wagahai wa Neko de Aru (1975)
• Torakku Yarō: Bōkyō Ichibanboshi (1976)
• Inugamike no Ichizoku (1976)
• Hakuchū no Shikaku (1979)
• Ōgon no Inu (1979)
• Shōgun (1980) - theatrical/home video edit of mini-series
• Little Champion (1981)
• Kyūkei no Kōya (1981) - made for television
• Hanazono no Meikyū (1988)
• The Hunted (1995)
• Crying Freeman (1995)
• Yingxiong Zheng Chengong (2000)
• Shinku (2005)
• Shimada Yōko ni Aitai (2010)
• Secret Affair also known as Yōko Shimada – Assignation [TEK-032](2011)
• Faithless Love"" [TEK-034] (2011)

Television

• Kamen Rider (1971)
• Shiroi Kyotō (1978)
• Shōgun (1980)
• Sanga Moyu (1984)
• Oka no Ue no Himawari (1993)

External links

• Yōko Shimada at IMDb