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Shima Iwashita (岩下 志麻, Iwashita Shima, born January 3, 1941) is a Japanese actress who has appeared in about 100 films and many TV productions. She is married to film director Masahiro Shinoda, in whose films she has frequently appeared. She won the award for best actress at the 2nd Hochi Film Award for her performance in Shinoda's Ballad of Orin.[1]

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Shima Iwashita
Born	(1941-01-03) January 3, 1941 (age 81) Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1958–present
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Spouse(s)	Masahiro Shinoda ​ (m. 1967)​

Heritage

Iwashita was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her father was the actor and film producer Kiyoshi Nonomura （野々村潔）(1914-2003). Her maternal aunt Shizue Yamagishi （山岸しづ江）was married to the kabuki actor Kawarasaki Chōjūrō IV （四代目　河原崎長十郎）(1902-1981), who starred in Sadao Yamanaka's 1937 Humanity and Paper Balloons, one of the most influential early Japanese talkies, and was one of the founders in 1931 of the Zenshinza Theatre Company （劇団前進座）.

Education

After attending No 3 Municipal Primary School and No 3 Municipal Middle School in Musashino City to the west of Tokyo, Iwashita proceeded first to Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi High School then Myōjō Gakuen High School before entering the Arts Faculty of Seijo University, which she left before taking a degree.

Career

In a career lasting (so far) 60 years, Iwashita has appeared in some 40 TV productions (1958-2014) and about 100 films (1960-2003). She made her TV debut in 1958 in the daytime drama serial Basu-dōri ura （バス通り裏: Just Off the Main Street）. Her first film role was in Keisuke Kinoshita's 1960 The River Fuefuki （笛吹川: Fuefukigawa）. She remained with the production company Shōchiku from then until 1976. Also in 1960, she had the small part of a young woman at a reception desk in Yasujirō Ozu's Late Autumn （秋日和: Akibiyori）. Ozu again cast her as Chishū Ryū's daughter Michiko in the 1962 An Autumn Afternoon, his last film (he died shortly after completing it). According to the critic Nobuo Chiba, Ozu had Iwashita in mind for a role in the film he was preparing at the time of his death, Radishes and Carrots （大根と人参: Daikon to ninjin）(Nobuo Chiba, Ozu Yasujirō and the 20th Century: 千葉信夫,「小津安二郎と２０世紀」, p. 337) In an article in the 12 October 2011 edition of the weekly magazine Shūkan Shinchō（週刊新潮）, Iwashita was quoted as saying that whenever she is abroad she is still very frequently asked about Ozu. In 1986, she starred in Gokudō no onnatachi （極道の妻たち: Yakuza Wives）, which turned out to be the first in a series of (so far) 16 immensely popular films. (Up to 2013: Iwashita has not appeared in all of them.)

Iwashita has appeared in a large number of commercials for a variety of products. For many years she was the face of the Nippon Menard Cosmetic Company. Iwashita has been married to the director Masahiro Shinoda since 1967.

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
1960	Late Autumn	Uketsuke no josei: woman on reception desk
1961	Enraptured			[2]
1962	Harakiri	Miho Tsugumo
	An Autumn Afternoon	Michiko Hirayama	Leading role
1963	Twin Sisters of Kyoto	Chieko/Naeko	Leading role
1964	Assassination	Oren
1965	Sword of the Beast	Taka
1967	Portrait of Chieko	Chieko Takamura	Leading role
1969	Double Suicide	Koharu / Osan	Leading role
	Red Lion	Tomi
1971	Silence	Kiku
1974	Himiko	Himiko	Leading role
1977	Ballad of Orin	Orin	Leading role
1978	The Demon	Oume	Leading role
	Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron	Chiyo
1982	Suspicion	Ritsuko Sahara	Leading role
	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
1995	Sharaku	Troupe Leader
1997	Moonlight Serenade	Fuji
1999	Owls' Castle	Kita no Mandokoro
2003	Spy Sorge	Mrs. Konoe

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1979	Kusa Moeru	Hōjō Masako	Leading role; Taiga drama
1987	Dokuganryū Masamune	Yoshihime	Taiga drama
2000	Aoi	Ogō	Taiga drama

Stage

On stage, Iwashita played Desdemona to the Othello of Keita Asari (浅利慶太) .

Honours

• Kinuyo Tanaka Award (1988)[3]
• Medal with Purple Ribbon (2004)
• Guinness Book of World Records for longest modeling contract (2010)
• Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2012)

References

External links

• Shima Iwashita at IMDb
• Shima Iwashita at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

На других языках

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[ru] Ивасита, Сима

Сима Ивасита (яп. 岩下志麻 : Ивасита Сима, англ. Shima Iwashita; род. 3 января 1941 года в Токио) — японская киноактриса, одна из звёзд кинокомпании «Сётику», куда она пришла в 1960 году и вот уже на протяжении более чем полувека признаётся популярнейшей суперзвездой японского кинематографа[2]. Снималась в фильмах выдающихся режиссёров Ясудзиро Одзу, Кэйсукэ Киноситы, Тадаси Имаи, Хэйноскэ Госё, Масаки Кобаяси и других. Наиболее значительные образы на экране воплотила в фильмах своего супруга, кинорежиссёра Масахиро Синоды. За заслуги в карьере удостоена императорского Ордена Восходящего солнца, Медали почёта с пурпурной лентой[2], премии имени Кинуё Танака и множества национальных кинопремий Японии[1].

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