Shima Iwashita
Acting·January 3, 1941 — 85 years old·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.
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
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2025まぐだら屋のマリアTV桐江怜子2014Out BurnEirei Ryu2012Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko DaimonTVMasae Mihara（三原 雅恵）2011Toire no kamisamaWaka Uemura2010Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi KuranosukeRiku Ōishi2007Akanezora Beyond the Crimson SkyOshino2006Hanayome wa Yakudoshi!TV2003Spy SorgeMrs. Konoe2001Honke no YomeTV2001My MarriageTV山田キン2001優雅な悪事TV2000Aoi: Tokugawa Three GenerationsTVO-Go [Hidetada's wife]1998I Don't Have a Grave!1998Yakuza Ladies: Decision1997Moonlight SerenadeFuji Onda1996After the Wind Has Gone1996Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble1996Lost in TimeKiyoko Torigai1995Onihei's Detective Records1995Yakuza Ladies: Blood TiesKiwa Domoto1995SharakuOkan1994Yoru ni DakareteTV中里苑子1994Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell1993Devil's KissTV1993Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final ConflictAbandoned woman bearing a daughter1993Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2Atsumi Nogi1992Taira no Kiyomori1991Yakuza Ladies RevisitedKanae Fujinami1991Heat WaveYoshi1991Takeda Shingen1990Minamoto YoshitsuneTaira no Tokiko1990Yakuza Ladies: The Final BattleFuyu Segami1990Takeshi: Childhood DaysShizue Kazama (Shinji's mother)1989Cherry BlossomsKikuno Tatsumura1989Hana no Furu GogoTV1989Dai ChuushinguraTV1988マルゴォの杯1988Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special1987My Beloved Is My Husband's Boss?!Shoko1987Masamune ShogunTV1986Yakuza LadiesTamaki Awazu1986Gonza the SpearmanOsai1985The Empty TableKiwa Nakahara1985No More God, No More Love1985Moment of DemonRyoko / Fukashi's mother1984Fireflies in the NorthYu Nakamura1984MacArthur's ChildrenTome Anabuki1983The Women of Osaka CastleChacha1983I Lived, But...Self1983The PoliticiansAyako Teranishi1983Sketchbook of Early SpringTV1982Lullaby of DeathYukiko1982SuspicionRitsuko Sahara1982Onimasa: A Japanese GodfatherUta Kiryûin1981Island of the Evil SpiritsTomoe Goryōnin / Fubuki1980Nukata no ŌkimiTV1979Kusa MoeruTVHōjō Masako1978The DemonOume1978Monument to Holy Service1978Bandits vs. Samurai SquadronChiyo1977Ballad of OrinOrin1975Under the Blossoming Cherry TreesShrewish Wife1974Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn1974HimikoHimiko1974Professional Killers – Assignment by NightOchiyo1973The Petrified Forest1972Kage no tsumeMichiko1972Sono hito wa hono no yo ni1971SilenceKiku1971JealousyShizuko Noguchi1971Law of the OutlawRika1971Man on a False Flight1971A Woman Called EnEn Nonaka1971Shadow of DeceptionMinako Nishida1970Fun on the RunReiko1970Forbidden Affair1970The Shadow WithinYasuko Koiso1970The Rokumeikan1970The Scandalous Adventures of BuraikanMichitose1969The Song from My Heart1969Red LionTomi1969Lady with Seven FacesYumiko1969Double SuicideKoharu / Osan1969Through Days and MonthsMatsuko1969Big, Big FellowShizuko Yamaguchi1968The Day the Sun RoseAyame1968SôshunYuriko Andō1967Onna no issho1967Swift Current1967Portrait of ChiekoChieko Takamura1967春日和1967Rebellion of JapanSuzuko Kanze1967Clouds at Sunset1966Inochi hateru hi made1966Ohana han: Dai ni buHana Asao1966Ohana hanHana Asao1966Captive's IslandAya, Daigoku's daughter1966The Kii RiverShintani Fumio, Hana's daughter1966Warm CurrentKeiko Shima1965DanshunChizuru Sasaki1965Sword of the BeastTaka1965Good EveningYuriko Shido, Akiko Sonoda1965Snow CountryKomako1965The Radish and the Carrot1964The Donkey Comes on a Tank1964The Scarlet CamelliaOshino1964AssassinationOren1964The Irresponsible Fool1964Destroyer YukikazeYukiko Tejima1964Samurai from NowhereTae1964To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2Female teacher1963A Million GirlsYūko Ichinose1963A Legend or Was It?Kieko Sonobe1963Double WeddingNoriko Kosaka1963The House Where Flowers Bloom1963Raised on an Island1963Ano hito wa ima1963The Hidden Profile1963Twin Sisters of KyotoChieko / Naeko1963Sing, Young People!Noriko Atsugi1962Pachinko1962An Autumn AfternoonMichiko Hirayama1962HarakiriMiho Tsugumo1962Records of loyal vassalsOshima1962Gakusei geisha koi to kenka1962Glory on the SummitMisa Takahashi1962San'nin musume kanpai!1962August MoonKyoko Mishima1962Kono ni uruwashi1962A Roaring Trade1961京化粧1961A Good Man, A Good DayTokiko1961Epitaph to My LoveChie Higashi1961Enraptured1961Killers on ParadeMana Arisaka1961Uzu1960Mahiru no wanaYoshie1960Late AutumnUketuske1960The River FuefukiUme - Daughter1960Youth in FuryYoko Katsura