For the critically acclaimed FX series “Shogun,” Sunday night’s Golden Globe win marked somewhat of a full-circle moment. Anna Sawai took home the best actress in a television drama award for her ...
Yoko Shimada – the Japanese actress best known to worldwide audiences for her Golden Globe and Emmy-winning role as Mariko in the 1980s TV miniseries Shogun – has died at age 69. Japanese news ...
Kumamoto City-born Shimada Yoko is best known in the west as Mariko from the 1980 mini-series Shogun. The lady-in-waiting role created an interest in Japan and its culture overseas and introduced ...