Shima Iwashita
Acting
Born: Jan 03, 1941
From: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Credits: 30 titles
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.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Don't Have a Grave! | 1998 | 8.0 | |
| Moonlight Serenade | Fuji Onda | 1997 | 6.0 |
| Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict | Abandoned woman bearing a daughter | 1993 | 7.5 |
| Heat Wave | Yoshi | 1991 | 5.929 |
| Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special | 1988 | — | |
| Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron | Chiyo | 1978 | 6.114 |
| The Demon | Oume | 1978 | 6.474 |
| Ballad of Orin | Orin | 1977 | 7.136 |
| Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees | Shrewish Wife | 1975 | 7.025 |
| Himiko | Himiko | 1974 | 6.964 |
| The Petrified Forest | 1973 | 6.231 | |
| Sono hito wa hono no yo ni | 1972 | — | |
| Silence | Kiku | 1971 | 7.225 |
| The Shadow Within | Yasuko Koiso | 1970 | 5.727 |
| The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan | Michitose | 1970 | 7.091 |
| Double Suicide | Koharu / Osan | 1969 | 6.915 |
| Red Lion | Tomi | 1969 | 6.518 |
| Swift Current | 1967 | — | |
| Sword of the Beast | Taka | 1965 | 7.5 |
| Assassination | Oren | 1964 | 7.1 |
| Samurai from Nowhere | Tae | 1964 | 7.2 |
| A Legend or Was It? | Kieko Sonobe | 1963 | 6.929 |
| Harakiri | Miho Tsugumo | 1962 | 8.433 |
| Kono ni uruwashi | 1962 | — | |
| A Roaring Trade | 1962 | — | |
| An Autumn Afternoon | Michiko Hirayama | 1962 | 7.868 |
| San'nin musume kanpai! | 1962 | — | |
| Killers on Parade | Mana Arisaka | 1961 | 6.464 |
| Youth in Fury | Yoko Katsura | 1960 | 7.0 |
| The River Fuefuki | Ume - Daughter | 1960 | 7.654 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1941 |
| From | Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, … |