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 Demon
actor
1978
Monument to Holy Service
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1978
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
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1978
Ballad of Orin
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1977
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
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1975
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
actor
1974
Himiko
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1974
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
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1974
The Petrified Forest
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1973
Kage no tsume
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1972
Sono hito wa hono no yo ni
actor
1972
Jealousy
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1971
Silence
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1971
Law of the Outlaw
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1971
Man on a False Flight
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1971
A Woman Called En
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1971
Shadow of Deception
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1971
Forbidden Affair
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1970
The Shadow Within
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1970
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
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1970