
Yoko Shimada
- Date of Birth: 1953-05-17
- Date of Death: 2022-07-25
- Place of Birth: 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 Japa... 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.

Dear Heart
Horror • 2009 December

津軽・青森ロマンチック殺人街道
• 1989 March

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

The Making of Shōgun
Documentary • 2003 September

Minamoto Yoshitsune
TV Movie • 1990 December

The Faithless Love
Romance • 2011 February

Tuesday Suspense Theater
• 1981 September

Visitor After Dark
Thriller • 1975 October

Sea of Whitetail
• 1990 June

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