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Acting

Shima Iwashita

Profession
Acting
Born
January 3, 1941 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Shima Shinoda, better known as Shima Iwashita (born January 3, 1941, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. She was married to film director Shinoda Masahiro. She won the award for best actress at the 2nd Hochi Film Award for Ballad of Orin. In junior high school, she aspired to become a psychiatrist, but gave up on that dream when she was 16-17 years old and suffered from childhood rheumatism and was hospitalized for a long time. To divert her energy , she appeared in the 1958 NHK drama Bus Street Back. This was the beginning of her acting career. She made her film debut two years later in 1960. In 1999, she launched her brand "Kimono Shima" with kimono manufacturer Kyoto Marubeni, and made her debut as a kimono designer. In 2004, she was awarded the Purple Ribbon Medal. In 2012 , she was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette.

Known for

Harakiri poster
Harakiri
Film · 1962 · ★ 8.5
An Autumn Afternoon poster
An Autumn Afternoon
Film · 1962 · ★ 7.9
Late Autumn poster
Late Autumn
Film · 1960 · ★ 7.7
Sword of the Beast poster
Sword of the Beast
Film · 1965 · ★ 7.5
Double Suicide poster
Double Suicide
Film · 1969 · ★ 7.0
The Demon poster
The Demon
Film · 1978 · ★ 6.6
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees poster
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Film · 1975 · ★ 7.0
Silence poster
Silence
Film · 1971 · ★ 7.2
Assassination poster
Assassination
Film · 1964 · ★ 7.1
Himiko poster
Himiko
Film · 1974 · ★ 6.9
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon poster
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
Series · 2012 · ★ 7.5
Red Lion poster
Red Lion
Film · 1969 · ★ 6.5

Filmography