Shima Iwashita
Acting
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.
Born: January 3, 1941
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Known For
The Radish and the Carrot
One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his life savings and gives money to his younger brother. He then suddenly disappears…
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Three assassins take on a band of thieves who specialize in murder.
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations
The 39th NHK Taiga Drama is Aoi Tokugawa Sandai. It is James Miki's dynamic and colorful tale of three generations of the Tokugawa dynasty--from its founder Ieyasu to Iemitsu, the third Shogun who solidified the Tokugawa power base.
Masamune Shogun
Broadcast TV drama NHK broadcast on January 4 to December 13, 1987 (Showa 62). In the questionnaire survey conducted by NHK, it is shining in the most favorite river drama. The original is Yamaka Sosaichi's novel "Date Masamune", the biggest drama on the theme of the Date house was the first time in 17 years since the "Shinnogi remained" (1970), which painted Datejo in the Edo period. It depicts the life of Matsudo Date of Sengoku warrior · Date Masamune who built the foundation of Sendai clan 620,000 stones in his generation as a result of my own wisdom and talent.
Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke
In the spring of Genroku 14 (1701), Oishi Kuranosuke (Tamura Masakazu), the chief retainer of the Asano family in Ako domain is shocked to learn that his feudal lord, Asano Takumi-no-kami Naganori (Tamayama Tetsuji), had stabbed Kira Kozukenosuke Yoshinaka (Nishida Toshiyuki), the master of ceremonies, at Edo castle. Lord Asano was ordered to commit ritual suicide and the Ako clan abolished. Facing up to the gravity of this unfair ruling, since only one party was being punished instead of both as would be usual, Oishi decides to lead the loyal former retainers in an attack on Lord Kira so that he could take Kira’s head to his lord’s gravesite so that Lord Asano could finally rest in peace.
Toire no kamisama
Kana Uemura's song "Toilet no Kamisama" turned into a 2-hour drama special on TBS. The song, which is nearly 10 minutes in length, tells of Uemura's relationship with her grandmother, from her childhood to her grandmother's death.
Harakiri
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.
Onihei's Detective Records
A criminal syndicate wants detective Onihei dead, but the resolute hero proves to be hard to kill.
The Kii River
Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.
Sketchbook of Early Spring
A home drama questions the modest happiness of the ordinary petty bourgeoisie through the life of a salaryman and his family.
Filmography
as 桐江怜子
as Eirei Ryu
as Masae Mihara（三原 雅恵）
as Riku Ōishi
as Oshino
as Mrs. Konoe
as 山田キン
as O-Go [Hidetada's wife]
as Fuji Onda
as Kiyoko Torigai
as Kiwa Domoto
as Okan
as 中里苑子
as Abandoned woman bearing a daughter
as Atsumi Nogi
as Kanae Fujinami
as Yoshi
as Taira no Tokiko
as Fuyu Segami
as Shizue Kazama (Shinji's mother)
as Kikuno Tatsumura
as Tamaki Awazu
as Osai
as Kiwa Nakahara
as Ryoko / Fukashi's mother
as Yu Nakamura
as Tome Anabuki
as Chacha
as Self
as Ayako Teranishi
as Yukiko
as Ritsuko Sahara
as Uta Kiryûin
as Tomoe Goryōnin / Fubuki
as Hōjō Masako
as Oume
as Chiyo
as Orin
as Shrewish Wife
as Himiko
as Kiku
as Rika
as En Nonaka
as Minako Nishida
as Reiko
as Yasuko Koiso
as Michitose
as Tomi
as Yumiko
as Koharu / Osan
as Shizuko Yamaguchi
as Chieko Takamura
as Suzuko Kanze
as Hana Asao
as Hana Asao
as Aya, Daigoku's daughter
as Shintani Fumio, Hana's daughter
as Keiko Shima
as Taka
as Komako
as Oshino
as Oren
as Yukiko Tejima
as Tae
as Female teacher
as Kieko Sonobe
as Noriko Kosaka
as Chieko / Naeko
as Noriko Atsugi
as Michiko Hirayama
as Miho Tsugumo
as Oshima
as Misa Takahashi
as Kyoko Mishima
as Tokiko
as Chie Higashi
as Mana Arisaka
as Yoshie
as Uketuske
as Ume - Daughter
as Yoko Katsura