Shima Iwashita
Actor
- Born
- January 3, 1941 (age 85) · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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.
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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
September 15, 1962
An Autumn Afternoon
November 18, 1962
Late Autumn
November 13, 1960
Sword of the Beast
September 18, 1965
Double Suicide
May 24, 1969
The Demon
October 7, 1978
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
May 31, 1975
Silence
November 13, 1971
Assassination
July 4, 1964
Himiko
March 9, 1974
Red Lion
October 10, 1969
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
June 5, 1982
Acting127
- 2014Out Burn as Eirei Ryu
- 2011Toire no kamisama as Waka Uemura
- 2010Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke as Riku Ōishi
- 2007Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky as Oshino
- 2003Spy Sorge as Mrs. Konoe
- 1998I Don't Have a Grave!
- 1998Yakuza Ladies: Decision
- 1997Moonlight Serenade as Fuji Onda
- 1996After the Wind Has Gone
- 1996Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble
- 1996