Shima Iwashita
Actor
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
An Autumn Afternoon
as Michiko Hirayama 1962
Late Autumn
as Uketuske 1960
Sword of the Beast
as Taka 1965
Double Suicide
as Koharu / Osan 1969
Silence
as Kiku 1971
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
as Shrewish Wife 1975
Assassination
as Oren 1964
The Demon
as Oume 1978
Himiko
as Himiko 1974
Red Lion
as Tomi 1969
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
as Uta Kiryûin 1982
Ballad of Orin
as Orin 1977
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as Chiyo 1978
Gonza the Spearman
as Osai 1986
Captive's Island
as Aya, Daigoku's daughter 1966
Heat Wave
as Yoshi 1991