Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Age: N/A | From: Fushun, Manchuria
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Li Xianglan , Yoshiko Ōtaka , 李香蘭 , 李香兰 , 大鷹淑子 , Ri Koran , Shirley Yamaguchi , Ri Kōran , Li Xiang-Lan , Lee Heung-Lan , Li Hsiang-Lan , Yamaguchi Yoshiko , Pan Shu-Hua
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Fushun, Manchuria
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 16
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Scandal
(1950) Miyako Saijo
House of Bamboo
(1955) Mariko
My Nightingale
(1944) Mariko
The Legend of the White Serpent
(1956) The White Lady
Sword for Hire
(1952) Oryo
Escape at Dawn
(1950) Harumi
Eternity
(1943) 凤姑
Japanese War Bride
(1952) Tae ShimizuActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | (archive) | |
| 1989 | N/A | |
| 1959 | Self | |
| 1958 | N/A | |
| 1957 | N/A | |
| 1956 | The White Lady | |
| Akashi | ||
| 1955 | Mariko | |
| N/A | ||
| 1953 | N/A | |
| 1952 | Li Lili | |
| Oryo | ||
| Chiyo (Hana) | ||
| Tae Shimizu | ||
| 1950 | Miyako Saijo | |
| Harumi | ||
| 1949 | Beautiful singer | |
| N/A | ||
| 1948 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| 1944 | Singer | |
| Mariko | ||
| 1943 | Sayon | |
| 凤姑 | ||
| 1942 | N/A | |
| 1941 | N/A | |
| Manchurian girl | ||
| 1940 | N/A | |
| Oriental Woman | ||
| Liqin, the Typist | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1939 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
