Where to watch Yoko Shimada in the UK
Find every Yoko Shimada film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
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 hi…
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- Shōgun (1980) as Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
- Ōgon no Hibi (1978) as Hosokawa Gracia
- Crying Freeman (1995) as Lady Hanada
- The Hunted (1995) as Mieko
- Tuesday Suspense Theater (1981) Cast
- The Inugami Family (1976) as Tamayo Nonomiya
- The Castle of Sand (1974) as Reiko Takagi
- Labyrinth Romanesque (1988) as Tae Akimoto
- Dead Angle (1979) Cast
- Truckster Goes to Hokkaido (1976) Cast
- Dog of Fortune (1979) as Reiko Kitamori
- Sunflower on the Hill (1993) as Yabe Fumi
- First Love (1972) Cast
- Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn (1974) Cast
- Fushoku no kōzō (1977) as Majima Kumiko
- The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma (1987) Cast
- The Deep Red (2005) as Dr. Tanaka
- I Am a Cat (1975) as Yukie
- Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813 (1979) as Mrs. Kesselbach
- Minamoto Yoshitsune (1990) as Kaneuri Kichiji
- Kyukei no Koya (1975) Cast
- Dohten (1991) Cast
- Kanon (2016) as Sumiko
- Dear Heart (2009) Cast
- Undiscovered Tomb (2003) as Ivy
- Kazu no Fūkei (1991) Cast
- Visitor After Dark (1975) as Etsuko / Noriko
- Gotoshi Co. Ltd. Special Police Department Crime Prevention Division No. 5104 Case (1995) Cast
- Go Go Kamen Rider (1971) as Hiromi Nohara
- Slow Down (1991) Cast
- The Sino-Dutch War 1661 (2001) as Matsu Tagawa
- I Want to Meet Yoko Shimada (2010) Cast
- My Champion (1981) as Miki
- The Making of Shōgun (2003) Cast
- Brothers Serving Time (1969) Cast
- River Without a Bridge (1969) Cast
- Mikkai (2011) as Self
- Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears (1993) Cast
- The Faithless Love (2011) as Self
- God in Jail (2016) Cast
- 津軽・青森ロマンチック殺人街道 (1989) as Kyoko
- Sea of Whitetail (1990) Cast
- Black Corridor (2004) Cast
- Sister Yakuza, Bodhisattva Ryuko (2000) Cast
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Most-watched Yoko Shimada films currently: Crying Freeman (1995), The Hunted (1995), The Inugami Family (1976), The Castle of Sand (1974), Labyrinth Romanesque (1988).
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Selected TV credits: Shōgun (1980), Ōgon no Hibi (1978), Tuesday Suspense Theater (1981), Sunflower on the Hill (1993), Fushoku no kōzō (1977).
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