Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Yoshiko Yamaguchi (山口 淑子, Yamaguchi Yoshiko, February 12, 1920 – September 7, 2014), also known by her stage names Shirley Yamaguchi and Li Xianglan, is a China-born Japanese actress and singer who made a career in China, Japan, Hong Kong, and the United States. She was elected as a member of the Japanese Parliament in the 1970s and served for 18 years.
Early in her career, the Manchukuo Film Association concealed her Japanese origin and she went by the Chinese name Li Hsiang-lan (李香蘭), rendered in Japanese as Ri Kōran. This allowed her to represent China in Japanese propaganda movies. After the war, she appeared in Japanese movies under her real name, as well as in several English language movies under the stage name, Shirley Yamaguchi. After becoming a journalist in the 1950s under the name Yoshiko Ōtaka (大鷹 淑子, Ōtaka Yoshiko), she was elected as a member of the Japanese parliament in 1974, and served for 18 years. After retiring from politics, she served as vice president of the Asian Women's Fund. She died at the age of 94 in Tokyo on September 7, 2014.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 4.655 |
Birthday | 1920-02-12 |
Place of Birth | Fushun, Manchuria |
Also Known As | Li Xianglan, Yoshiko Ōtaka, 李香蘭, 李香兰, 大鷹淑子, Ri Koran, Shirley Yamaguchi, Ri Kōran, Li Xiang-Lan, Lee Heung-Lan, Li Hsiang-Lan, Yamaguchi Yoshiko, Pan Shu-Hua , |
1955
House of Bamboo
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1950
Scandal
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1949
Endless Passion
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1952
Japanese War Bride
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1959
John Gunther's High Road
10/1
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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
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1943
Sayon's Bell
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1956
The Legend of the White Serpent
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Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.
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1942
Winter Jasmine
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Eternity
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1941
君と僕
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1955
Chin Ping Mei
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Dear Soldier
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Two Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their families.
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China Night
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1958
A Holiday in Tokyo
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1940
The Monkey King
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Song of the White Orchid
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1958
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
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The Lady of Mystery
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Spies, Military Documents and Traitors.
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1939
冤魂復仇
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1952
Fuun Senryobune
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1956
Navy Wife
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1940
Oath on the Burning Sands
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1941
Suzhou Nights
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Suzhou Nights
1953
The Last Embrace
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The Last Embrace
1952
Foghorn
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1952
Sword for Hire
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1948
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
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1940
Toyuki
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1950
Escape at Dawn
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1952
Shanghai Rose
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1949
Ningen moyo
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1944
My Nightingale
6/1
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1950
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