Shima Iwashita
Known for Acting · 140 credits
- Born
- 1941-01-03 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- Сима Ивасьта · Сима Ивасита · شیما ایواشیتا · Shima Iwashita
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.
Known For
TV Shows (15)
Devil's Kiss
1993
Kusa Moeru
1979
as Hōjō Masako
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
2012
as Masae Mihara（三原 雅恵）
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations
2000
as O-Go [Hidetada's wife]
Masamune Shogun
1987
まぐだら屋のマリア
2025
as 桐江怜子
Hanayome wa Yakudoshi!
2006
Yoru ni Dakarete
1994
as 中里苑子
Sketchbook of Early Spring
1983
Honke no Yome
2001
Hana no Furu Gogo
1989
My Marriage
2001
as 山田キン
Dai Chuushingura
1989
Nukata no Ōkimi
1980
優雅な悪事
2001
Movies (125)
Harakiri
1962
as Miho Tsugumo
The Empty Table
1985
as Kiwa Nakahara
Epitaph to My Love
1961
as Chie Higashi
After the Wind Has Gone
1996
Captive's Island
1966
as Aya, Daigoku's daughter
Ballad of Orin
1977
as Orin
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
1975
as Shrewish Wife
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982
as Uta Kiryûin
Yakuza Ladies
1986
as Tamaki Awazu
Warm Current
1966
as Keiko Shima
Cherry Blossoms
1989
as Kikuno Tatsumura
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
as Michiko Hirayama
Fireflies in the North
1984
as Yu Nakamura
Enraptured
1961
The Song from My Heart
1969
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
as Ayame
Kage no tsume
1972
as Michiko
A Million Girls
1963
as Yūko Ichinose
Himiko
1974
as Himiko
Danshun
1965
as Chizuru Sasaki
Jealousy
1971
as Shizuko Noguchi
Heat Wave
1991
as Yoshi
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
Destroyer Yukikaze
1964
as Yukiko Tejima
Raised on an Island
1963
Late Autumn
1960
as Uketuske
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
as Chiyo
Moment of Demon
1985
as Ryoko / Fukashi's mother
Good Evening
1965
as Yuriko Shido, Akiko Sonoda
Swift Current
1967
Through Days and Months
1969
as Matsuko
Sôshun
1968
as Yuriko Andō
Sharaku
1995
as Okan
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
1970
as Michitose
The Demon
1978
as Oume
Out Burn
2014
as Eirei Ryu
The River Fuefuki
1960
as Ume - Daughter
Silence
1971
as Kiku
Samurai from Nowhere
1964
as Tae
Double Suicide
1969
as Koharu / Osan
Gonza the Spearman
1986
as Osai
Yakuza Ladies Revisited
1991
as Kanae Fujinami
Suspicion
1982
as Ritsuko Sahara
Sword of the Beast
1965
as Taka
The Petrified Forest
1973
Assassination
1964
as Oren
Spy Sorge
2003
as Mrs. Konoe
Lullaby of Death
1982
as Yukiko
The Shadow Within
1970
as Yasuko Koiso
Red Lion
1969
as Tomi
Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle
1990
as Fuyu Segami
Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2
1993
as Atsumi Nogi
Takeshi: Childhood Days
1990
as Shizue Kazama (Shinji's mother)
Killers on Parade
1961
as Mana Arisaka
Toire no kamisama
2011
as Waka Uemura
Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell
1994
Glory on the Summit
1962
as Misa Takahashi
Youth in Fury
1960
as Yoko Katsura
Island of the Evil Spirits
1981
as Tomoe Goryōnin / Fubuki
Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble
1996
Lost in Time
1996
as Kiyoko Torigai
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993
as Abandoned woman bearing a daughter
The Scarlet Camellia
1964
as Oshino
The Kii River
1966
as Shintani Fumio, Hana's daughter
Snow Country
1965
as Komako
Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties
1995
as Kiwa Domoto
Moonlight Serenade
1997
as Fuji Onda
Shadow of Deception
1971
as Minako Nishida
A Woman Called En
1971
as En Nonaka
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
as Chieko / Naeko
Portrait of Chieko
1967
as Chieko Takamura
No More God, No More Love
1985
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
1998
Ano hito wa ima
1963
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1990
as Taira no Tokiko
Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke
2010
as Riku Ōishi
Takeda Shingen
1991
A Legend or Was It?
1963
as Kieko Sonobe
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
as Hana Asao
Ohana han
1966
as Hana Asao
Sing, Young People!
1963
as Noriko Atsugi
MacArthur's Children
1984
as Tome Anabuki
Onihei's Detective Records
1995
春日和
1967
Sono hito wa hono no yo ni
1972
Man on a False Flight
1971
Double Wedding
1963
as Noriko Kosaka
A Roaring Trade
1962
Law of the Outlaw
1971
as Rika
I Lived, But...
1983
as Self
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
as Female teacher
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988
Mahiru no wana
1960
as Yoshie
The Rokumeikan
1970
Forbidden Affair
1970
I Don't Have a Grave!
1998
The Politicians
1983
as Ayako Teranishi
Clouds at Sunset
1967
Rebellion of Japan
1967
as Suzuko Kanze
Fun on the Run
1970
as Reiko
Onna no issho
1967
マルゴォの杯
1988
My Beloved Is My Husband's Boss?!
1987
as Shoko
Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky
2007
as Oshino
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Records of loyal vassals
1962
as Oshima
Uzu
1961
The Hidden Profile
1963
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
as Ochiyo
Lady with Seven Faces
1969
as Yumiko
京化粧
1961
The Women of Osaka Castle
1983
as Chacha
The Irresponsible Fool
1964
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
as Tokiko
Inochi hateru hi made
1966
San'nin musume kanpai!
1962
August Moon
1962
as Kyoko Mishima
About Shima Iwashita
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 c… With 140 credits spanning from 1960 to 2025, Shima Iwashita has appeared in 125 films and 15 TV shows.
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- Harakiri (1962) — as Miho Tsugumo
- The Empty Table (1985) — as Kiwa Nakahara
- Epitaph to My Love (1961) — as Chie Higashi
- After the Wind Has Gone (1996)
- Captive's Island (1966) — as Aya, Daigoku's daughter
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