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Yoshiko Yamaguchi‌

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Birthday

calendar1920-02-12

Popularity

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Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Fushun, Manchuria

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Fushun, Manchuria

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1920-02-12

Popularity

star6.5

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.

Movie Credits

House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo‌
star6.1
calendar 1955

Scandal

Scandal‌
star6.9
calendar 1950

Endless Passion

Endless Passion‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Japanese War Bride

Japanese War Bride‌
star5.5
calendar 1952

John Gunther's High Road

John Gunther's High Road‌
star10.0
calendar 1959

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood‌
star5.5
calendar 2019

Sayon's Bell

Sayon's Bell‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

The Legend of the White Serpent

The Legend of the White Serpent‌
star5.6
calendar 1956

Winter Jasmine

Winter Jasmine‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Eternity

Eternity‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

君と僕

君と僕‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Chin Ping Mei

Chin Ping Mei‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

Dear Soldier

Dear Soldier‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

China Night

China Night‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

A Holiday in Tokyo

A Holiday in Tokyo‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

The Monkey King

The Monkey King‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Song of the White Orchid

Song of the White Orchid‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness

Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

The Lady of Mystery

The Lady of Mystery‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

冤魂復仇

冤魂復仇‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Fuun Senryobune

Fuun Senryobune‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Navy Wife

Navy Wife‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

Oath on the Burning Sands

Oath on the Burning Sands‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Suzhou Nights

Suzhou Nights‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Foghorn

Foghorn‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

The Last Embrace

The Last Embrace‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

Sword for Hire

Sword for Hire‌
star7.0
calendar 1952

The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

The Most Beautiful Day of My Life‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

Toyuki

Toyuki‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Escape at Dawn

Escape at Dawn‌
star5.7
calendar 1950

Shanghai Rose

Shanghai Rose‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Ningen moyo

Ningen moyo‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

My Nightingale

My Nightingale‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

First Love Questions and Answers

First Love Questions and Answers‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

Tv Credits

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.6
calendar 1948

さよなら李香蘭

さよなら李香蘭‌
star0.0
calendar 1989