Quick Facts
Born:
1941-01-03
Birthplace:
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Credits:
131 Total Roles
Shima Iwashita
Acting
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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.
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
Harakiri
Miho Tsugumo
An Autumn Afternoon
Michiko Hirayama
Late Autumn
Uketuske
Sword of the Beast
Taka
Double Suicide
Koharu / Osan
Silence
Kiku
Assassination
Oren
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Shrewish Wife
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | まぐだら屋のマリア TV | 桐江怜子 |
| 2014 | Out Burn MOVIE | Eirei Ryu |
| 2012 | Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon TV | Masae Mihara（三原 雅恵） |
| 2011 | Toire no kamisama MOVIE | Self |
| 2010 | Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke MOVIE | Riku Ōishi |
| 2007 | Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky MOVIE | Oshino |
| 2006 | Hanayome wa Yakudoshi! TV | Self |
| 2003 | Spy Sorge MOVIE | Mrs. Konoe |
| 2001 | Honke no Yome TV | Self |
| 2001 | My Marriage TV | 山田キン |