Shima Iwashita
Birthday: 1941-01-03 | Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, JapanShima 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
Acting
Role
as Riku Ōishi
as Oshino
as 山田キン
as O-Go [Hidetada's wife]
as Fuji Onda
as Kiyoko Torigai
as Kiwa Domoto
as Okan
as 中里苑子
as Abandoned woman bearing a daughter
as Atsumi Nogi
as Kanae Fujinami
as Yoshi
as Fuyu Segami
as Kikuno Tatsumura
