Shima Iwashita profile
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Shima Iwashita

3rd January 1941 Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan Acting

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.

120 Movies 12 TV Shows 141 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Jealousy poster
Jealousy 13th November 1971 as Shizuko Noguchi
Sôshun poster
Sôshun 15th January 1968 as Yuriko Andō
Danshun poster
Danshun 31st December 1965 as Chizuru Sasaki
Harakiri poster
Harakiri 15th September 1962 as Miho Tsugumo
Uzu poster
Uzu 15th January 1961