Shima Iwashita
Acting
Born: 1941-01-03 in 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
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
Masae Mihara（三原 雅恵）
Devil's Kiss
Harakiri
Miho Tsugumo
Masamune Shogun
Kusa Moeru
Hōjō Masako
The Empty Table
Kiwa Nakahara
The Politicians
Ayako Teranishi
An Autumn Afternoon
Michiko Hirayama
Portrait of Chieko
Chieko Takamura
Moment of Demon
Ryoko / Fukashi's mother
The Demon
Oume
Inochi hateru hi made
Late Autumn
Uketuske
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations
O-Go [Hidetada's wife]
Shadow of Deception
Minako Nishida
Uzu
Assassination
Oren
A Woman Called En
En Nonaka
Cherry Blossoms
Kikuno Tatsumura
Island of the Evil Spirits
Tomoe Goryōnin / Fubuki
Yakuza Ladies
Tamaki Awazu
Fireflies in the North
Yu Nakamura
Samurai from Nowhere
Tae
Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell
Sing, Young People!
Noriko Atsugi
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Shrewish Wife
Captive's Island
Aya, Daigoku's daughter
Monument to Holy Service
Mary of Magdalene Restaurant
桐江怜子
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Chieko / Naeko
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
Michitose
Ane to imôto
Fumiko
Takeshi: Childhood Days
Shizue Kazama (Shinji's mother)
Double Suicide
Koharu / Osan
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Chiyo
松本清張サスペンス 隠花の飾り
Honke no Yome
Youth in Fury
Yoko Katsura
Glory on the Summit
Misa Takahashi
