Shima Iwashita
Shima Iwashita | |
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| Iwashita in the April 1965 edition of Eiga Jōhō | |
| Born | (1941年01月03日) 3 January 1941 (age 84) Ginza, Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1958–present |
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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.[1] [2] [3] She is best known for starring in the Yakuza Wives series of yakuza films.[4] [5]
Biography
[edit ]Iwashita was born in Tokyo, Japan, as the eldest daughter of Kiyoshi Nonomura and Miyoko Yamagishi, both stage actors.[1] In 1958, while still attending high school, she made her first television appearance in the NHK series Basu tōri ura.[1] The following year, she entered the literature department of Seijo University,[1] which she left without a degree.[2] She entered the Shochiku film studios the same year (1960) and gave her debut in Keisuke Kinoshita's The River Fuefuki , but due to the film's long production time, it was her next film, Masahiro Shinoda's Dry Lake, which was released first.[1] In 1961, she received the Blue Ribbon Newcomer Award.[1]
Iwashita subsequently appeared in Yasujirō Ozu's last film, An Autumn Afternoon , Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri (both 1962), Noboru Nakamura's Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963), in which she played a dual role, and many films by her husband Masahiro Shinoda like Assassination (1964) and Double Suicide (1969), in which she again played a dual role.[1] Also in 1969, she appeared on stage in the role of Desdemona in Othello.[1]
Iwashita is best known for starring in the Yakuza Wives series of female-led yakuza films, which are based on a book of interviews with the wives and girlfriends of real gangsters.[4] [5] Beginning with the first installment in 1986, she appeared in eight of the ten films, ending with 1998's Yakuza Wives: Decision.[5]
In addition to her film work, she kept appearing on television and on stage,[1] [2] receiving numerous awards like the Blue Ribbon Award, the Kinema Junpo Award and the Mainichi Award for Best Actress. [1]
Filmography (selected)
[edit ]Film
[edit ]| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Dry Lake | |
| The River Fuefuki | Ume | |
| Late Autumn | woman at reception desk | |
| 1961 | Enraptured | |
| 1962 | Harakiri | Miho Tsugumo |
| An Autumn Afternoon | Michiko Hirayama | |
| 1963 | Twin Sisters of Kyoto | Chieko / Naeko |
| A Legend or Was It? | Koeko Sonobe | |
| 1964 | Assassination | Oren |
| 1965 | Sword of the Beast | Taka |
| 1966 | The Kii River | |
| 1967 | Portrait of Chieko | Chieko Takamura |
| 1969 | Double Suicide | Koharu / Osan |
| Red Lion | Tomi | |
| 1971 | Silence | Kiku |
| 1974 | Himiko | Himiko |
| 1977 | Ballad of Orin | Orin |
| 1978 | The Demon | Oume |
| Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron | Chiyo | |
| 1982 | Suspicion | Ritsuko Sahara |
| Onimasa | Uta Kiryuin | |
| 1984 | MacArthur's Children | Tome |
| Fireflies in the North | Yu Nakamura | |
| 1986 | Gonza the Spearman | Osai |
| 1990 | Childhood Days | Shizue Kazama |
| 1993 | Kozure Ōkami: Sono Chiisaki Te ni | Oharu |
| 1995 | Sharaku | Troupe Leader |
| 1997 | Moonlight Serenade | Fuji |
| 1999 | Owls' Castle | Kita no Mandokoro |
| 2003 | Spy Sorge | Mrs. Konoe |
Television
[edit ]| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Kusa Moeru | Hōjō Masako |
| 1987 | Dokuganryū Masamune | Yoshihime |
| 2000 | Aoi | Ogō |
Awards and honours (selected)
[edit ]- 1961: Blue Ribbon Newcomer Award[1]
- 1969–70: Mainichi Film Award and Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress for Double Suicide[6]
- 1977–78: Blue Ribbon Award, Mainichi Film Award and Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress in Ballad of Orin [7] [8]
- 1988: Kinuyo Tanaka Award (1988)[9]
- 2004: Medal with Purple Ribbon
- 2012: Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette [10]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "岩下志麻". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "岩下志麻". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "岩下志麻". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ a b "岩下志麻が告白「自分の中の母性と女優の間でうつっぽくなった時期も...」". AERA dot. (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ a b c Schilling, Mark (2003). The Yakuza Movie Book: A Guide to Japanese Gangster Films. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 1-880656-76-0.
- ^ "毎日映画コンクール 第24回(1969年)". Mainichi (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "報知映画賞ヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ "毎日映画コンクール 第32回(1977年)". Mainichi (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Kinuyo Tanaka Award". 下関市立近代先人顕彰館 (田中絹代ぶんか館) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "岩下志麻に旭日小綬章「一筋にやってきたことへのご褒美」". Sponichi (in Japanese). 29 April 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
