10.0
10.0
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
as Ochiyo
Shima Iwashita
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Shima Iwashita (Japanese: 岩下志麻, Hepburn: Iwashita Shima; born 3 January 1941) 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.
Filmography (111 movies)
10.0
10.0
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
9.0
9.0
Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke
2010
as Riku Ōishi
8.7
8.7
Toire no kamisama
2011
8.5
8.5
Harakiri
1962
as Miho Tsugumo
8.0
8.0
The Kii River
1966
as Shintani Fumio, Hana's daughter
7.8
7.8
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
as Michiko Hirayama
7.8
7.8
Late Autumn
1960
as Uketuske
7.6
7.6
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993
as Abandoned woman bearing a daughter
7.5
7.5
Takeshi: Childhood Days
1990
as Shizue Kazama (Shinji's mother)
7.5
7.5
The River Fuefuki
1960
as Ume - Daughter
7.5
7.5
Sword of the Beast
1965
as Taka
7.2
7.2
Silence
1971
as Kiku
7.1
7.1
Assassination
1964
as Oren
7.1
7.1
Ballad of Orin
1977
as Orin
7.1
7.1
Samurai from Nowhere
1964
as Tae
7.0
7.0
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
as Ayame
7.0
7.0
Epitaph to My Love
1961
as Chie Higashi
7.0
7.0
Out Burn
2014
as Eirei Ryu
7.0
7.0
The Irresponsible Fool
1964
7.0
7.0
Gonza the Spearman
1986
as Osai
7.0
7.0
Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky
2007
as Oshino
6.9
6.9
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
1975
as Shrewish Wife
6.9
6.9
Youth in Fury
1960
as Yoko Katsura
6.9
6.9
Double Suicide
1969
as Koharu / Osan
6.9
6.9
Himiko
1974
as Himiko
6.8
6.8
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
1970
as Michitose
6.7
6.7
Suspicion
1982
as Ritsuko Sahara
6.6
6.6
Spy Sorge
2003
as Mrs. Konoe
6.5
6.5
Captive's Island
1966
as Aya, Daigoku's daughter
6.5
6.5
A Legend or Was It?
1963
as Kieko Sonobe
6.5
6.5
Lost in Time
1996
as Kiyoko Torigai
6.5
6.5
Yakuza Ladies Revisited
1991
as Kanae Fujinami
6.5
6.5
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
as Chieko / Naeko
6.4
6.4
The Demon
1978
as Oume
6.4
6.4
Red Lion
1969
as Tomi
6.3
6.3
Shadow of Deception
1971
as Minako Nishida
6.2
6.2
Killers on Parade
1961
as Mana Arisaka
6.1
6.1
Sharaku
1995
as Okan
6.0
6.0
The Petrified Forest
1973
6.0
6.0
Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2
1993
as Atsumi Nogi
6.0
6.0
Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble
1996
6.0
6.0
Island of the Evil Spirits
1981
as Tomoe Goryōnin / Fubuki
6.0
6.0
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
1998
6.0
6.0
No More God, No More Love
1985
6.0
6.0
Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties
1995
as Kiwa Domoto
6.0
6.0
Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell
1994
6.0
6.0
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982
as Uta Kiryûin
6.0
6.0
The Hidden Profile
1963
5.9
5.9
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
as Chiyo
5.8
5.8
Sing, Young People!
1963
as Noriko Atsugi
5.6
5.6
Heat Wave
1991
as Yoshi
5.5
5.5
Clouds at Sunset
1967
5.4
5.4
Moonlight Serenade
1997
as Fuji Onda
5.3
5.3
The Shadow Within
1970
as Yasuko Koiso
5.3
5.3
Fireflies in the North
1984
as Yu Nakamura
5.3
5.3
Yakuza Ladies
1986
as Tamaki Awazu
5.0
5.0
MacArthur's Children
1984
as Tome Anabuki
5.0
5.0
Lullaby of Death
1982
as Yukiko
4.8
4.8
Moment of Demon
1985
as Ryoko / Fukashi's mother
4.5
4.5
Cherry Blossoms
1989
as Kikuno Tatsumura
4.2
4.2
The Scarlet Camellia
1964
as Oshino
4.0
4.0
Man on a False Flight
1971
4.0
4.0
Snow Country
1965
as Komako
3.5
3.5
Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle
1990
as Fuyu Segami
3.0
3.0
After the Wind Has Gone
1996
Takeda Shingen
1991
Big, Big Fellow
1969
as Shizuko Yamaguchi
春日和
1967
京化粧
1961
Inochi hateru hi made
1966
Ano hito wa ima
1963
Ohana han
1966
as Hana Asao
Portrait of Chieko
1967
as Chieko Takamura
Pachinko
1962
Enraptured
1961
Rebellion of Japan
1967
as Suzuko Kanze
Monument to Holy Service
1978
Destroyer Yukikaze
1964
as Yukiko Tejima
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
as Hana Asao
Glory on the Summit
1962
as Misa Takahashi
Lady with Seven Faces
1969
as Yumiko
Mahiru no wana
1960
as Yoshie
Forbidden Affair
1970
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1990
as Taira no Tokiko
A Woman Called En
1971
as En Nonaka
The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
as Tokiko
Double Wedding
1963
as Noriko Kosaka
Taira no Kiyomori
1992
Law of the Outlaw
1971
as Rika
Warm Current
1966
as Keiko Shima
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
as Female teacher
August Moon
1962
as Kyoko Mishima
マルゴォの杯
1988
I Don't Have a Grave!
1998
The Politicians
1983
as Ayako Teranishi
A Roaring Trade
1962
その人は炎のように
1972
Swift Current
1967
Kono ni uruwashi
1962
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988
San'nin musume kanpai!
1962
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962
Records of loyal vassals
1962
as Oshima
Onna no issho
1967
The Rokumeikan
1970
Uzu
1961
My Beloved Is My Husband's Boss?!
1987
as Shoko
The Women of Osaka Castle
1983
as Chacha
Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn
1974
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