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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Kanon
as Sumiko
The Deep Red
as Dr. Tanaka
Undiscovered Tomb
as Ivy
The Sino-Dutch War 1661
as Matsu Tagawa
Crying Freeman
as Lady Hanada
The Hunted
as Mieko
Minamoto Yoshitsune
as Kaneuri Kichiji
津軽・青森ロマンチック殺人街道
as Kyoko
Labyrinth Romanesque
as Tae Akimoto
My Champion
as Miki
Dog of Fortune
as Reiko Kitamori
Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813
as Mrs. Kesselbach
The Inugami Family
as Tamayo Nonomiya
Visitor After Dark
as Etsuko / Noriko
I Am a Cat
as Yukie