--- name: "Shima Iwashita" canonical: "https://film.one/person/shima-iwashita" fi1m_id: "shima-iwashita" imdb_id: "nm0412615" tmdb_id: 76976 wikidata_id: "Q3067392" roles: ["Actor"] born: "3 January 1941" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 88 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-26T14:25:07.300053+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Shima Iwashita ## Identity Shima Iwashita - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shima-iwashita - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** shima-iwashita - **IMDb ID:** nm0412615 - **TMDB ID:** 76976 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3067392 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shima_Iwashita, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3067392, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412615/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76976 Actor. Born 3 January 1941 in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 3 January 1941, Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan - **Also known as:** Сима Ивасьта, Сима Ивасита, شیما ایواشیتا - **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shima_Iwashita, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3067392, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412615/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76976 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*An Autumn Afternoon*](https://film.one/film/an-autumn-afternoon.md) (86) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Shima Iwashita is a Japanese stage and film actress. Born on 3 January 1941 in Tokyo, she made her television debut in an NHK drama in 1958 while still at school and her film debut in 1960. She has appeared in films directed by Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Masaki Kobayashi and, most frequently, her husband Masahiro Shinoda. Notable roles include Miho Tsugumo in *Harakiri* (1962), Michiko Hirayama in *An Autumn Afternoon* (1962), and dual parts in *Double Suicide* (1969). She starred in the *Yakuza Wives* series of films from 1986 to 1998. Iwashita has received awards including the Blue Ribbon Newcomer Award in 1961 and the Hochi Film Award for Best Actress for *Ballad of Orin* (1977). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *An Autumn Afternoon* (1962), Fi1m 86, as Michiko Hirayama — [page](https://film.one/film/an-autumn-afternoon.md) - *Harakiri* (1962), Fi1m 91, as Miho Tsugumo — [page](https://film.one/film/harakiri.md) ## Complete filmography (142) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Mary of Magdalene Restaurant* (2025), series, as 桐江怜子 - *Out Burn* (2014), as Eirei Ryu - *Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon* (2012), series, as Masae Mihara（三原 雅恵） - *Toire no kamisama* (2011), as Waka Uemura - *Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke* (2010), as Riku Ōishi - *Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky* (2007), as Oshino - *Hanayome wa Yakudoshi!* (2006), series, Actor - *Spy Sorge* (2003), as Mrs. Konoe - *My Marriage* (2001), series, as 山田キン - *Honke no Yome* (2001), series, Actor - *優雅な悪事* (2001), series, Actor - *Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations* (2000), series, as O-Go [Hidetada's wife] - *I Don't Have a Grave!* (1998), Actor - *Yakuza Ladies: Decision* (1998), Actor - *Moonlight Serenade* (1997), as Fuji Onda - *After the Wind Has Gone* (1996), Actor - *Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble* (1996), Actor - *Lost in Time* (1996), as Kiyoko Torigai - *Onihei's Detective Records* (1995), Actor - *Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties* (1995), as Kiwa Domoto - *Sharaku* (1995), as Okan - *Yoru ni Dakarete* (1994), series, as 中里苑子 - *Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell* (1994), Actor - *Devil's Kiss* (1993), series, Actor - *Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict* (1993), as Abandoned woman bearing a daughter - *Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2* (1993), as Atsumi Nogi - *Taira no Kiyomori* (1992), Actor - *Yakuza Ladies Revisited* (1991), as Kanae Fujinami - *Heat Wave* (1991), as Yoshi - *Takeda Shingen* (1991), Actor - *Minamoto Yoshitsune* (1990), as Taira no Tokiko - *Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle* (1990), as Fuyu Segami - *Takeshi: Childhood Days* (1990), as Shizue Kazama (Shinji's mother) - *Cherry Blossoms* (1989), as Kikuno Tatsumura - *Hana no Furu Gogo* (1989), series, Actor - *Dai Chuushingura* (1989), series, Actor - *マルゴォの杯* (1988), Actor - *Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special* (1988), Actor - *My Beloved Is My Husband's Boss?!* (1987), as Shoko - *Masamune Shogun* (1987), series, Actor - *Yakuza Ladies* (1986), as Tamaki Awazu - *「松本清張サスペンス 隠花の飾り」足袋* (1986), as 京子 - *Gonza the Spearman* (1986), as Osai - *The Empty Table* (1985), as Kiwa Nakahara - *No More God, No More Love* (1985), Actor - *Moment of Demon* (1985), as Ryoko / Fukashi's mother - *Fireflies in the North* (1984), as Yu Nakamura - *MacArthur's Children* (1984), as Tome Anabuki - *The Women of Osaka Castle* (1983), as Chacha - *The Politicians* (1983), as Ayako Teranishi - *Sketchbook of Early Spring* (1983), series, Actor - *Lullaby of Death* (1982), as Yukiko - *Suspicion* (1982), as Ritsuko Sahara - *Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather* (1982), as Uta Kiryûin - *Island of the Evil Spirits* (1981), as Tomoe Goryōnin / Fubuki - *Nukata no Ōkimi* (1980), series, Actor - *Kusa Moeru* (1979), series, as Hōjō Masako - *The Demon* (1978), as Oume - *Monument to Holy Service* (1978), Actor - *Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron* (1978), as Chiyo - *Ballad of Orin* (1977), as Orin - *Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees* (1975), as Shrewish Wife - *Nagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: Dawn* (1974), Actor - *Himiko* (1974), as Himiko - *Professional Killers – Assignment by Night* (1974), as Ochiyo - *The Petrified Forest* (1973), Actor - *Kage no tsume* (1972), as Michiko - *Sono hito wa hono no yo ni* (1972), Actor - *Silence* (1971), as Kiku - *Jealousy* (1971), as Shizuko Noguchi - *Law of the Outlaw* (1971), as Rika - *Man on a False Flight* (1971), Actor - *A Woman Called En* (1971), as En Nonaka - *Shadow of Deception* (1971), as Minako Nishida - *Fun on the Run* (1970), as Reiko - *Forbidden Affair* (1970), as Maki Hayami - *The Shadow Within* (1970), as Yasuko Koiso - *The Rokumeikan* (1970), Actor - *The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan* (1970), as Michitose - *The Song from My Heart* (1969), Actor - *Red Lion* (1969), as Tomi - *Lady with Seven Faces* (1969), as Yumiko - *Double Suicide* (1969), as Koharu / Osan - *Through Days and Months* (1969), as Matsuko - *Big, Big Fellow* (1969), as Shizuko Yamaguchi - *The Day the Sun Rose* (1968), as Ayame - *Sôshun* (1968), as Yuriko Andō - *Onna no issho* (1967), Actor - *Swift Current* (1967), Actor - *Portrait of Chieko* (1967), as Chieko Takamura - *春日和* (1967), Actor - *Rebellion of Japan* (1967), as Suzuko Kanze - *Clouds at Sunset* (1967), Actor - *Inochi hateru hi made* (1966), Actor - *Ohana han: Dai ni bu* (1966), as Hana Asao - *Ohana han* (1966), as Hana Asao - *Captive's Island* (1966), as Aya, Daigoku's daughter - *The Kii River* (1966), as Shintani Fumio, Hana's daughter - *Warm Current* (1966), as Keiko Shima - *Danshun* (1965), as Chizuru Sasaki - *Sword of the Beast* (1965), as Taka - *Good Evening* (1965), as Yuriko Shido, Akiko Sonoda - *Snow Country* (1965), as Komako - *Ane to imôto* (1965), as Fumiko - *The Radish and the Carrot* (1965), Actor - *The Donkey Comes on a Tank* (1964), Actor - *The Scarlet Camellia* (1964), as Oshino - *Assassination* (1964), as Oren - *The Irresponsible Fool* (1964), Actor - *Destroyer Yukikaze* (1964), as Yukiko Tejima - *Samurai from Nowhere* (1964), as Tae - *To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2* (1964), as Female teacher - *A Million Girls* (1963), as Yūko Ichinose - *A Legend or Was It?* (1963), as Kieko Sonobe - *Double Wedding* (1963), as Noriko Kosaka - *Raised on an Island* (1963), Actor - *The House Where Flowers Bloom* (1963), Actor - *Ano hito wa ima* (1963), Actor - *The Hidden Profile* (1963), Actor - *Twin Sisters of Kyoto* (1963), as Chieko / Naeko - *Sing, Young People!* (1963), as Noriko Atsugi - *Pachinko* (1962), Actor - *An Autumn Afternoon* (1962), as Michiko Hirayama — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/an-autumn-afternoon.md) - *Harakiri* (1962), as Miho Tsugumo — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/harakiri.md) - *Records of loyal vassals* (1962), as Oshima - *Gakusei geisha koi to kenka* (1962), Actor - *Glory on the Summit* (1962), as Misa Takahashi - *San'nin musume kanpai!* (1962), Actor - *August Moon* (1962), as Kyoko Mishima - *Kono ni uruwashi* (1962), Actor - *A Roaring Trade* (1962), Actor - *京化粧* (1961), Actor - *A Good Man, A Good Day* (1961), as Tokiko - *Epitaph to My Love* (1961), as Chie Higashi - *Enraptured* (1961), Actor - *Killers on Parade* (1961), as Mana Arisaka - *Uzu* (1961), Actor - *Mahiru no wana* (1960), as Yoshie - *Late Autumn* (1960), as Uketuske - *The River Fuefuki* (1960), as Ume - Daughter - *Youth in Fury* (1960), as Yoko Katsura - *松本清張サスペンス 隠花の飾り*, series, Actor ## Gallery - ![Shima Iwashita (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/102962/gallery-07ddd2fe5e6d.jpg) Shima Iwashita (1965) — 国際情報社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Iwashita-Shima-1965-1.jpg/1280px-Iwashita-Shima-1965-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Shima Iwashita (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/102962/gallery-79876934f460.jpg) Shima Iwashita (1965) — 国際情報社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Iwashita-Shima-1965-2.jpg/1280px-Iwashita-Shima-1965-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![『大根と人参』（1965年）。左から岩下志麻、笠智衆、加賀まりこ。](https://film.one/media/person/102962/gallery-e42d99c3a2b3.jpg) 『大根と人参』（1965年）。左から岩下志麻、笠智衆、加賀まりこ。 — 国際情報社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Iwashita-Shima-Ryu-Chisyu-Kaga-Mariko-1.jpg/1280px-Iwashita-Shima-Ryu-Chisyu-Kaga-Mariko-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![『秋刀魚の味』（1962年）。](https://film.one/media/person/102962/gallery-940fda35f6d6.jpg) 『秋刀魚の味』（1962年）。 — キネマ旬報社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Kinema-Junpo-1963-February-Special-4.jpg/1280px-Kinema-Junpo-1963-February-Special-4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Shima Iwashita](https://film.one/media/person/102962/gallery-7b6eb1e8aaaa.jpg) Shima Iwashita — Image via TMDB - ![Shima Iwashita](https://film.one/media/person/102962/gallery-779d8f589193.jpg) Shima Iwashita — Image via TMDB - ![Shima Iwashita](https://film.one/media/person/102962/gallery-e19b063c7efc.jpg) Shima Iwashita — Image via TMDB - ![『秋刀魚の味』（1962年）。](https://film.one/media/person/102962/gallery-80e8575877cf.jpg) 『秋刀魚の味』（1962年）。 — キネマ旬報社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Kinema-Junpo-1964-February-Special-Ozu-3.jpg/1280px-Kinema-Junpo-1964-February-Special-Ozu-3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![映画『智恵子抄』（1967年）より。丹波哲郎と岩下志麻。](https://film.one/media/person/102962/gallery-e6418f382327.jpg) 映画『智恵子抄』（1967年）より。丹波哲郎と岩下志麻。 — キネマ旬報社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Kinema-Junpo-1967-June-early-1.jpg/1280px-Kinema-Junpo-1967-June-early-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Shima Iwashita](https://film.one/media/person/102962/gallery-f784d016866c.jpg) Shima Iwashita — Image via TMDB - ![Shima Iwashita](https://film.one/media/person/102962/gallery-6a594f777862.jpg) Shima Iwashita — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 6 won - Medal with Purple Ribbon 2004: Medal with Purple Ribbon (won) - Kinuyo Tanaka Award 1989: Kinuyo Tanaka Award (won) - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress 1978: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress (won) - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress 1965: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress (won) - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer 1962: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer (won) - Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 1961: Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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