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Yoko Shimada (Japanese: 島田 陽子, Hepburn: Shimada Yōko, 17 May 1953 – 25 July 2022) was a Japanese actress, best known to Western audiences for her portrayal of Mariko in the 1980 miniseries Shōgun.

Shogun miniseries

Shimada 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 Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her work on Shōgun. While the nine-hour long Shōgun was a critical success in the U.S., it flopped in Japan when it was released as a severely truncated theatrical version.

Personal life

In 1988, Shimada had an affair with singer Yuya Uchida, who was married at the time. She reportedly had resorted to alcoholism and appeared in a nude photo book in 1992 in an attempt to clear her personal debts. Though the book was a bestseller, it damaged her reputation as an actress. In 2011, at the age of 58, she starred in an adult video.

Shimada died at a hospital in Tokyo on 25 July 2022, due to complications from colorectal cancer.

Filmography

Movies

Television

• Osanazuma (1970)
• Kamen Rider (1971) – Hiromi Nohara
• Karei-naru Ichizoku (1974–75) – Tsugiko Manpyo
• Shiroi Kyotō (1978)
• Ōgon no Hibi (1978) – Tama
• Shōgun (1980) – Lady Toda Buntaro – Mariko
• Chicago Story (1982) – Wing
• Sanga Moyu (1984)
• Oka no Ue no Himawari (1993)

References

1. ^ Schilling, Mark (25 July 2022). "Shimada Yoko, Golden Globe-Winning Japanese Actor in 'Shogun,' Dies at 69". Variety. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
2. "Yoko Shimada". GoldenGlobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
3. "Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie Nominees / Winners 1981 Emmy Awards". Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
4. Kir Royale - Yoko Shimada Photos (1992) ASIN: B0BBNCPZLV ISBN 488475168X
5. 女優、島田陽子さんが６９歳で死去　「白い巨塔」「砂の器」出演. Sankei Sports (in Japanese). 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
6. 島田陽子さん死去　69歳、大腸がん闘病　「続・氷点」でヒロイン　宇宙葬の予約などが話題. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
7. "華麗なる一族". Family Gekijyo. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

External links

• Yōko Shimada at IMDb

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