Yoko Shimada

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.

  • Title: Yoko Shimada
  • Popularity: 17.893
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1953-05-17
  • Place of Birth: Kumamoto, Japan
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  • Also Known As: Yôko Shimada , 島田洋子, 岛田洋子, Yōko Shimada
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Yoko Shimada Movies

  • 2001
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    The Sino-Dutch War 1661

    The Sino-Dutch War 1661

    6 2001 HD

    Based on the story of Zheng Chenggong and focuses on his battle with the Dutch Empire for control of Taiwan at the Siege of Fort Zeelandia.

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  • 1995
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    The Hunted

    The Hunted

    5.755 1995 HD

    Paul Racine, a high-powered American business executive in Japan, is catapulted into a maze of danger and intrigue after he and his sexy companion...

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  • 1974
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    The Castle of Sand

    The Castle of Sand

    7.3 1974 HD

    Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

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  • 1995
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    Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case

    Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case

    1 1995 HD

    The fourth 'Gotoshi' film.

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  • 1971
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    Go Go Kamen Rider

    Go Go Kamen Rider

    7.3 1971 HD

    The Shocker Organization sends two of its Inhumanoids to destroy an atomic plant, but their plan is foiled by an invisible barrier that surrounds the...

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  • 1975
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    I Am a Cat

    I Am a Cat

    3.3 1975 HD

    Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are...

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  • 2005
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    The Deep Red

    The Deep Red

    5.6 2005 HD

    Shinku is a compelling drama that focuses on the strange relationship that develops between two people who find their lives irrevocably changed as a...

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  • 1969
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    Brothers Serving Time

    Brothers Serving Time

    8 1969 HD

    While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking order. After initial conflict they become sworn brothers....

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  • 1991
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    Dohten

    Dohten

    1 1991 HD

    Jubei is a Japanese merchant who learns tricks from Western merchants to get ahead in the game.

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  • 1979
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    Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813

    Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813

    1 1979 HD

    Anime film based on the novel "813" by Maurice Leblanc.

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  • 1979
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    Dog of Fortune

    Dog of Fortune

    4.5 1979 HD

    From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a...

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  • 1991
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    Slow Down

    Slow Down

    1 1991 HD

    Youth movie set in Osaka about the trial and tribulations of growing up. Centered around three close friends, a bike racer, a yakuza thug and a...

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  • 1969
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    River Without a Bridge

    River Without a Bridge

    5 1969 HD

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  • 1979
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    Dead Angle

    Dead Angle

    7 1979 HD

    Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.

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  • 1988
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    Labyrinth Romanesque

    Labyrinth Romanesque

    5.3 1988 HD

    A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.

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  • 2016
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    Kanon

    Kanon

    7 2016 HD

    Ai Kishimoto, Yukari Miyazawa and Akane Kishimoto are sisters. The sisters live apart in Kanazawa, Toyama and Tokyo, but they gather together to...

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  • 1995
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    Crying Freeman

    Crying Freeman

    6.356 1995 HD

    A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three...

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  • 1975
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    Visitor After Dark

    Visitor After Dark

    1 1975 HD

    Suspense film about a beautiful photographer who becomes involved in a murder case.

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  • 1976
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    The Inugami Family

    The Inugami Family

    6.9 1976 HD

    When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons,...

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  • 1976
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    Truckster Goes to Hokkaido

    Truckster Goes to Hokkaido

    7 1976 HD

    Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.

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  • 1990
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    Minamoto Yoshitsune

    Minamoto Yoshitsune

    1 1990 HD

    One evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo bridge, Shanao (later Yoshitsune), a young man of...

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  • 2003
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    The Making of Shōgun

    The Making of Shōgun

    1 2003 HD

    The set's central 13-part production documentary hails from the miniseries' previous DVD release but remains an extensive, insightful and, most...

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  • 1981
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    My Champion

    My Champion

    1 1981 HD

    In 1964 Miki came to LA with only a suitcase, hoping to become the world's best marathon runner. She meets Mike and they start running together. But...

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  • 1987
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    The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma

    The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma

    6 1987 HD

    The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma is a movie about a haunted blood-thirsty Bakufu officer who might have killed Ryoma Sakamoto.

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  • 2011
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    The Faithless Love

    The Faithless Love

    1 2011 HD

    "Yoko Shimada", who has received a worldwide reputation as an actress, is fascinated by even more intense SEX! The shocking MUTEKI debut "Second...

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  • 2011
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    Mikkai

    Mikkai

    10 2011 HD

    That international actress is finally MUTEKI! ! A sensual world that is indecent and wet with the charm of the famous actor "Yoko Shimada"! It is a...

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  • 2003
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    Undiscovered Tomb

    Undiscovered Tomb

    3.5 2003 HD

    Deep in the isolated border between China and India lies an ancient, hidden tomb thought to contain the treasured "Pills of Eternity." In this...

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  • 2016
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    God in Jail

    God in Jail

    1 2016 HD

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  • 1993
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    Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears

    Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears

    1 1993 HD

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  • 2009
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    Dear Heart

    Dear Heart

    1 2009 HD

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  • 1974
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    Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn

    Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn

    1 1974 HD

    An epic drama depicting the lineage of a military family that lived for three generations before, during, and after World War II, against the...

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  • 1975
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    Kyukei no Koya

    Kyukei no Koya

    1 1975 HD

    A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shimada. Set in Japan at the end of the war, the...

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  • 2010
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    I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada

    I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1978
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    Ōgon no Hibi

    Ōgon no Hibi

    1 1978 HD

    Luzon Sukezaemon is a merchant who imports vases from the Philippines. The vases are highly valued as tea utensils and he makes a huge profit. This...

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  • 1980
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    Shōgun

    Shōgun

    7.7 1980 HD

    An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.

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  • 1981
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    Tuesday Suspense Theater

    Tuesday Suspense Theater

    1 1981 HD

    "Tuesday Suspense Theater" was broadcast every Tuesday from 21:00 to 22:54 ( JST ) on the Nippon Television network for 24 years from September 29 ,...

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  • 1980
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    Shōgun

    Shōgun

    7.7 1980 HD

    An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.

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  • 1993
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    Sunflower on the Hill

    Sunflower on the Hill

    1 1993 HD

    Film company engineer Kohei is on his way home one night when he sees a woman taken ill at a train station. He ensures that she gets home safely, at...

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