Shima Shinoda, better known as Shima Iwashita (born January 3, 1941, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. She was married to film director Shinoda Masahiro. She won the award for best actress at the 2nd Hochi Film Award for Ballad of Orin. In junior high school, she aspired to become a psychiatrist, but gave up on that dream when she was 16-17 years old and suffered from childhood rheumatism and was hospitalized for a long time. To divert her energy , she appeared in the 1958 NHK drama Bus Street Back. This was the beginning of her acting career. She made her film debut two years later in 1960. In 1999, she launched her brand "Kimono Shima" with kimono manufacturer Kyoto Marubeni, and made her debut as a kimono designer. In 2004, she was awarded the Purple Ribbon Medal. In 2012 , she was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette.
Weet wanneer de volgende film van Shima Iwashita uitkomt
Volg één keer, wij laten het weten zodra hij in de bioscoop draait.
Shima Iwashita is een vooraanstaande Japanse actrice die opkwam als een bepalende aanwezigheid in zowel het Gouden Tijdperk van de Japanse cinema als de Japanse New Wave.
Ze staat bekend om haar memorabele optredens in meesterwerken zoals Harakiri, An Autumn Afternoon en Double Suicide.
Ze werkte regelmatig samen met gerenommeerde filmmakers, waaronder Yasujirō Ozu, Masaki Kobayashi en Masahiro Shinoda.
