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 17 June 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…
Yoko Shimada films streaming in the UK
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Yoko Shimada TV shows streaming in the UK
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- Shōgun (1980) as Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
- Labyrinth Romanesque (1988) as Tae Akimoto
- Ōgon no Hibi (1978) as Hosokawa Gracia
- Crying Freeman (1995) as Lady Hanada
- Tuesday Suspense Theater (1981) Cast
- The Hunted (1995) as Mieko
- The Inugami Family (1976) as Tamayo Nonomiya
- Sunflower on the Hill (1993) as Yabe Fumi
- The Castle of Sand (1974) as Reiko Takagi
- Truckster Goes to Hokkaido (1976) Cast
- Fushoku no kōzō (1977) as Majima Kumiko
- Dead Angle (1979) Cast
- Go Go Kamen Rider (1971) as Hiromi Nohara
- Undiscovered Tomb (2003) as Ivy
- The Deep Red (2005) as Dr. Tanaka
- Dog of Fortune (1979) as Reiko Kitamori
- Kanon (2016) as Sumiko
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Most-watched Yoko Shimada films currently: Labyrinth Romanesque (1988), Crying Freeman (1995), The Hunted (1995), The Inugami Family (1976), The Castle of Sand (1974).
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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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