Movies with Shima Iwashita
Shima Iwashita 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.
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As actor
27 performances
Sharaku
1995 · ★ 6.8
as Okan
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993 · ★ 7.5
as Abandoned woman bearing a daughter
Takeshi: Childhood Days
1990 · ★ 7.5
as Shizue Kazama (Shinji's mother)
Yakuza Ladies
1986 · ★ 5.5
as Tamaki Awazu
MacArthur's Children
1984 · ★ 5.5
as Tome Anabuki
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982 · ★ 6.2
as Uta Kiryûin
The Demon
1978 · ★ 6.5
as Oume
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978 · ★ 6.1
as Chiyo
Ballad of Orin
1977 · ★ 7.1
as Orin
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
1975 · ★ 7.0
as Shrewish Wife
Himiko
1974 · ★ 6.9
as Himiko
The Petrified Forest
1973 · ★ 6.2
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
1970 · ★ 7.1
as Michitose
The Shadow Within
1970 · ★ 5.7
as Yasuko Koiso
Double Suicide
1969 · ★ 6.9
as Koharu / Osan
Red Lion
1969 · ★ 6.5
as Tomi
Captive's Island
1966 · ★ 6.7
as Aya, Daigoku's daughter
Sword of the Beast
1965 · ★ 7.5
as Taka
Assassination
1964 · ★ 7.1
as Oren
Samurai from Nowhere
1964 · ★ 7.2
as Tae
A Legend or Was It?
1963 · ★ 6.9
as Kieko Sonobe
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963 · ★ 6.5
as Chieko / Naeko
Harakiri
1962 · ★ 8.4
as Miho Tsugumo
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 · ★ 7.9
as Michiko Hirayama
Killers on Parade
1961 · ★ 6.5
as Mana Arisaka
The River Fuefuki
1960 · ★ 7.7
as Ume - Daughter
Youth in Fury
1960 · ★ 7.0
as Yoko Katsura