Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Known for ActingBorn 1920-02-12Died 2014-09-07Fushun, Manchuria

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.Read more

Movies & web series

John Gunther's High Road

Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness

Husband Comes Home Every Suturday

The Last Embrace

Foghorn

First Love Questions and Answers

Winter Jasmine

Suzhou Nights

China Night

Holiday in Tokyo

The Lady of Mystery

Chin Ping Mei

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds

Onna no ryūkō

Shooting Star

Return to Japan

The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

Sayon's Bell

Shanghai Rose

Endless Passion

Dear Soldier

Eternity

Toyuki

Song of the White Orchid

Oath on the Burning Sands

Navy Wife

Ningen moyo

The Lucky Chair

Yasen gungakutai

君と僕

The Monkey King

Scandal

The Ed Sullivan Show

Sword for Hire

My Nightingale

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

House of Bamboo

The Legend of the White Serpent

Japanese War Bride

Escape at Dawn

さよなら李香蘭

The Unforgettable Night

Jōnetsu no ningyo

Chorus of the Promise

Tatakai no machi

冤魂復仇