
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
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John Gunther's High Road
1959 · Movie
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Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
1958 · Movie
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Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
1954 · Movie
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The Last Embrace
1953 · Movie
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Foghorn
1952 · Movie
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First Love Questions and Answers
1950 · Movie
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Winter Jasmine
1942 · Movie
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Suzhou Nights
1941 · Movie
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China Night
1940 · Movie
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Holiday in Tokyo
1958 · Movie
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The Lady of Mystery
1957 · Movie
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Chin Ping Mei
1955 · Movie
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One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952 · Movie
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Onna no ryūkō
1950 · Movie
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Shooting Star
1949 · Movie
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Return to Japan
1949 · Movie
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The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948 · Movie
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Sayon's Bell
1943 · Movie
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Shanghai Rose
1952 · Movie
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Endless Passion
1949 · Movie
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Dear Soldier
1944 · Movie
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Eternity
1943 · Movie
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Toyuki
1940 · Movie
Song of the White Orchid
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Song of the White Orchid
1939 · Movie
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Oath on the Burning Sands
1940 · Movie
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Navy Wife
1956 · Movie
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Ningen moyo
1949 · Movie
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The Lucky Chair
1948 · Movie
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Yasen gungakutai
1944 · Movie
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君と僕
1941 · Movie
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The Monkey King
1940 · Movie
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Scandal
1950 · Movie
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The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
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Sword for Hire
1952 · Movie
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My Nightingale
1944 · Movie
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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019 · Movie
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House of Bamboo
1955 · Movie
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The Legend of the White Serpent
1956 · Movie
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Japanese War Bride
1952 · Movie
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Escape at Dawn
1950 · Movie

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さよなら李香蘭
1989 · Series

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The Unforgettable Night
1958 · Movie
Jōnetsu no ningyo
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Jōnetsu no ningyo
1948 · Movie

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Chorus of the Promise
1943 · Movie

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Tatakai no machi
1943 · Movie

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冤魂復仇
1939 · Movie