---
name: "Yoshiko Shinohara"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yoshiko-shinohara"
fi1m_id: "yoshiko-shinohara"
imdb_id: "nm0794002"
tmdb_id: 72415
wikidata_id: "Q11490822"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 September 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:10:40.457856+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."
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# Yoshiko Shinohara

## Identity

Yoshiko Shinohara

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yoshiko-shinohara
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yoshiko-shinohara
- **IMDb ID:** nm0794002
- **TMDB ID:** 72415
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11490822
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11490822, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794002/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72415

Actor. Born 10 September 1948 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 September 1948, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11490822, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794002/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72415

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Grave of the Fireflies*](https://film.one/film/grave-of-the-fireflies.md) (94)

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## Biography

Yoshiko Shinohara is a Japanese actress. She was born on 10 September 1948 in Osaka Prefecture.

Shinohara is known for voicing the Mother in the animated film *Grave of the Fireflies* (1988). She also appeared in the historical drama *The Hidden Blade* (2004). Her other credits include roles in television series such as *Shadow Warriors* (1980) and *Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman* (1974).

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Grave of the Fireflies* (1988), Fi1m 94, as Mother (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/grave-of-the-fireflies.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Hidden Blade* (2004), Actor
- *At the Scene of Life* (1992), series, as Teruko
- *Grave of the Fireflies* (1988), as Mother (voice) — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/grave-of-the-fireflies.md)
- *The Fir Trees Remain* (1983), Actor
- *Odokumiyaku Shushou Kawaite sōrō* (1983), Actor
- *Tokugawa no Onnatachi* (1980), series, Actor
- *Professional Killers* (1972), series, Actor

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