Shima Iwashita
Shima Iwashita is a Japanese stage and film actress who has appeared in films of Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Masaki Kobayashi and most frequently of Masahiro Shinoda, her husband. She is best known for starring in the Yakuza Wives series of yakuza films between 1986 and 1998. In 2000, Iwashita ranked tenth on Kinema Junpo's readers' poll of the top female movie stars of the 20th century. In 2025, she was ranked fourth in a poll conducted by Sankei Shimbun on the top actresses of the Shōwa era.
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🎬 Movies
The Song from My Heart
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1969
Red Lion
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1969
Lady with Seven Faces
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1969
Double Suicide
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1969
Through Days and Months
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1969
Big, Big Fellow
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1969
Portrait of Chieko
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1967
Rebellion of Japan
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1967
Clouds at Sunset
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1967
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
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1966
Captive's Island
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1966
The Kii River
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1966
Warm Current
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1966
Danshun
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1965
Sword of the Beast
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1965
Good Evening
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1965
Snow Country
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1965
The Radish and the Carrot
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1965
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
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1964
The Scarlet Camellia
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1964
Assassination
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1964
The Irresponsible Fool
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1964
Samurai from Nowhere
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1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
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1964
A Million Girls
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1963
A Legend or Was It?
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1963
Double Wedding
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1963
The House Where Flowers Bloom
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1963
Raised on an Island
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1963
The Hidden Profile
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1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
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1963
Sing, Young People!
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1963
An Autumn Afternoon
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1962
Harakiri
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1962
Glory on the Summit
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1962
A Roaring Trade
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1962
京化粧
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1961
A Good Man, A Good Day
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1961
Epitaph to My Love
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1961
Enraptured
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1961
Killers on Parade
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1961
Mahiru no wana
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1960
Late Autumn
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1960
The River Fuefuki
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1960
Youth in Fury
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1960