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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1920-02-12

Place of Birth

Fushun, Manchuria

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Biography

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

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

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House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.

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The Legend of the White Serpent

The Legend of the White Serpent

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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The Nameless Man

The Nameless Man

1958 Toei movie.

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さよなら李香蘭

さよなら李香蘭

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Foghorn

Foghorn

A Japanese woman, the mistress of an American, falls in love with her servant.

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The Last Embrace

The Last Embrace

Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subsequently fall in love. But when Shinkichi dies in an avalanche, Yukiko leaves the mountains in despair and takes a job in a bar where she becomes deeply involved in the personal lives of several of the patrons. One day she thinks she sees Shinkichi alive, but it turns out to be a gangster named Hayakawa, a man on the run who bears an astonishing resemblance to Yukiko's lost love. Against her better judgment, she is drawn to help Hayakawa, though clearly danger follows him.

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The Unforgettable Night

The Unforgettable Night

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Chorus of Prayer

Chorus of Prayer

1943 japanese movie.

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Scandal

Scandal

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.

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Honeymoon Express

Honeymoon Express

This film was Japanese-Chinese Yamaguchi Yoshiko's screen debut and was filmed with the participation of an entirely Chinese cast.

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The Lady of Mystery

The Lady of Mystery

Spies, Military Documents and Traitors.

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The Yellow River

The Yellow River

Shot on location in the war zone of Liuyuankou in the suburbs of Kaifeng, Henan Province.

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Jōnetsu no ningyo

Jōnetsu no ningyo

A musical film marking Yoshiko Yamaguchi's debut at Daiei.

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Blood of Arms and Heart of Wisdom

Blood of Arms and Heart of Wisdom

Film about a police force exposing the activities of a group of smugglers.

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