Where to watch Yoko Shimada in the UK
Find every Yoko Shimada film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 16 September 2026.
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 Japanese history to foreign audiences. She won the Golden Globe For Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Drama category and was nominated for a Prime-time Emmy Award for her work on the serial in 1981. Shimada, who spoke some English for the serial, had been acting for years prior to Shogun however. She began learning ballet since age three and wanted to become a ballerina until her high hi…
Yoko Shimada films streaming in the UK
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Yoko Shimada TV shows streaming in the UK
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- Shōgun (1980) as Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
- Ōgon no Hibi (1978) as Hosokawa Gracia
- Crying Freeman (1995) as Lady Hanada
- The Hunted (1995) as Mieko
- The Castle of Sand (1974) as Reiko Takagi
- Labyrinth Romanesque (1988) as Tae Akimoto
- Shogun (1980) as Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
- Tuesday Suspense Theater (1981) Cast
- Fushoku no kōzō (1977) as Majima Kumiko
- The Inugami Family (1976) as Tamayo Nonomiya
- Dear Heart (2009) Cast
- Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears (1993) Cast
- My Champion (1981) as Miki
- I Am a Cat (1975) as Yukie
- Go Go Kamen Rider (1971) as Hiromi Nohara
- Truckster Goes to Hokkaido (1976) Cast
- Dog of Fortune (1979) as Reiko Kitamori
- The Making of Shōgun (2003) Cast
- Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813 (1979) as Mrs. Kesselbach
- Brothers Serving Time (1969) Cast
- Dead Angle (1979) Cast
- Sunflower on the Hill (1993) as Yabe Fumi
- Mikkai (2011) as Self
- Kanon (2016) as Sumiko
- Undiscovered Tomb (2003) as Ivy
- Kazu no Fūkei (1991) Cast
- Sister Yakuza, Bodhisattva Ryuko (2000) Cast
- 氷点 (1989) Cast
- The Sino-Dutch War 1661 (2001) as Matsu Tagawa
- The Faithless Love (2011) as Self
- The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma (1987) Cast
- The Deep Red (2005) as Dr. Tanaka
- Sea of Whitetail (1990) Cast
- Kyukei no Koya (1975) Cast
- River Without a Bridge (1969) Cast
- Bridge Cast
- Black Corridor (2004) Cast
- Minamoto Yoshitsune (1990) as Kaneuri Kichiji
- Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn (1974) Cast
- Visitor After Dark (1975) as Etsuko / Noriko
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Yoko Shimada's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
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Most-watched Yoko Shimada films currently: Crying Freeman (1995), The Hunted (1995), The Castle of Sand (1974), Labyrinth Romanesque (1988), Shogun (1980).
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Selected TV credits: Shōgun (1980), Ōgon no Hibi (1978), Tuesday Suspense Theater (1981), Fushoku no kōzō (1977), Sunflower on the Hill (1993).
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