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Yoshiko Yamaguchi is a Actor Japonaise born on 12 february 1920
Yoshiko Yamaguchi (12 February 1920 – 7 September 2014) was a Chinese-born Japanese actress and singer who made a career in China, Japan, Hong Kong, and the United States.
Early in her career, she played a Chinese woman and used the stage name Li Xianglan, rendered in Japanese as Ri Kōran. This allowed her to represent China in Japanese propaganda movies. After the war, she appeared in Japanese movies under her real name, as well as in several English-language movies under the stage name Shirley Yamaguchi.
She was elected as a member of the Japanese parliament in the 1970s and served for 18 years. After retiring from politics, she served as vice president of the Asian Women's Fund.
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Birth name Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Nationality Japon
Birth 12 february 1920
Death 7 september 2014 (at 94 years) at Tokyo (Japon)
Nationality Japon
Birth 12 february 1920
Death 7 september 2014 (at 94 years) at Tokyo (Japon)
Early in her career, she played a Chinese woman and used the stage name Li Xianglan, rendered in Japanese as Ri Kōran. This allowed her to represent China in Japanese propaganda movies. After the war, she appeared in Japanese movies under her real name, as well as in several English-language movies under the stage name Shirley Yamaguchi.
She was elected as a member of the Japanese parliament in the 1970s and served for 18 years. After retiring from politics, she served as vice president of the Asian Women's Fund.
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Filmography of Yoshiko Yamaguchi (9 films)
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, 1h43Directed by Shirō Toyoda
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Ryō Ikebe, Kaoru Yachigusa, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Bokuzen Hidari, Musei Tokugawa, Kichijirō Ueda
Roles The White Lady
Rating63%
Navy Wife (1956)
, 1h23Directed by Edward Bernds
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Joan Bennett, Gary Merrill, Judy Nugent, Maurice Manson, Teru Shimada, Robert Nichols
Roles Akashi
Rating48%
House of Bamboo (1955)
, 1h42Directed by Samuel Fuller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Cameron Mitchell, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Brad Dexter, Sessue Hayakawa
Roles Mariko
Rating67%
In 1954, a military train guarded by American soldiers and Japanese police is attacked as it travels between Kyoto and Tokyo. During the raid, which is carried out with great precision, an American sergeant is killed, and the train's cargo of guns and ammunition is stolen. The crime is investigated by Capt. Hanson, an American, and Japanese police inspector Kita, who, five weeks later, are concerned when a thief named Webber is shot with some of the stolen bullets. As Webber lies dying in a Tokyo hospital, he is questioned by Hanson and Kita, and although Webber was left for dead by his gang during a thwarted robbery, he refuses to implicate his cohorts, who presumably are responsible for the earlier crime. Webber, who is also an American, does reveal, however, that he is secretly married to a Japanese woman named Mariko. Among Webber's possessions is a letter from an American named Eddie Spanier, who wants to join Webber in Japan after his release from a U.
Japanese War Bride (1952)
, 1h31Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Don Taylor, Cameron Mitchell, Marie Windsor, James Bell, Philip Ahn
Roles Tae Shimizu
Rating65%
The film tells the story of a wounded Korean War veteran, Jim Sterling (Don Taylor), who returns to his California home with his Japanese wife. The couple had met and fallen in love in a Japanese hospital where Tae Shimizu (Shirley Yamaguchi) was working as a nurse. Back in America, the two face racism and bigotry from their neighbors and family, particularly their sister-in-law, Fran (Marie Windsor).
Sword for Hire (1952)
, 2h15Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Takashi Shimura, Rentarō Mikuni, Yoshio Kosugi, Eijirō Tōno
Roles Oryo
Rating69%
Japon, automne 1573. Le Château d'Odani du clan Azai est assiégé par l'armée d'Oda Nobunaga. Trois soldats du camp assiégé connaissent des fortunes diverses. Sasa Hayatenosuke ne peut se résoudre à faillir à son devoir malgré les suppliques de Kano, la femme qu'il aime. Hayatenosuke promet de tout faire pour survivre à l'affrontement à venir et confie Kano à Tachibana Jurota un soldat un peu couard qui ne veut pas mourir au combat et tous deux s’enfuient du château la nuit précédent la bataille décisive. Le lendemain l'armée du clan Azai est défaite, Kagami Yakeiji est fait prisonnier mais parvient à tuer son geôlier et à s'enfuir. Sasa Hayatenosuke est quant à lui blessé au combat. Il est recueilli et soigné par Oryo, qui avec son père est à la tête d'une bande de pillards qui dépouille les soldats tués au combat.
Scandal (1950)
, 1h44Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Noriko Sengoku, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Yōko Katsuragi, Eitarō Ozawa
Roles Miyako Saijo
Rating71%
Ichiro Aoye (Toshirō Mifune), an artist, meets a famous young classical singer, Miyako Saijo (Shirley Yamaguchi) whilst working on his paintings in the mountains. After discovering they are both heading for the same location he offers to give her a motorcycle ride to where they are staying. On the way, they are spotted by paparazzi for the tabloid magazine Amour, who track the two down. As Saijo refuses to grant the photographers an interview, they plot their revenge by taking a picture of the couple having breakfast on a balcony and print it under the headline 'The Love Story of Miyako Saijo'.
Escape at Dawn (1950)
, 1h56Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
Genres Drama, War
Actors Ryō Ikebe, Eitarō Ozawa, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Haruo Tanaka
Roles Harumi
Rating72%
Mikami, a Japanese soldier serving in China, is captured by Chinese forces. Although he is able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love with a prostitute named Harumi, she convinces him to desert the army and live with her.
Sayon's Bell (1943)
, 1h32Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu
Actors Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Kenji Ōyama
Roles Sayon
Rating60%
Taïwan, 1938. Une jeune aborigène se noie alors qu'elle accompagne son professeur japonais qui rejoint le front. Film de propagande basé sur une histoire vraie pour inciter les « sujets taïwanais » à s'enrôler dans l'armée impériale.
